Americans are more pessimistic about the nation’s economic
outlook and overall direction than they have been at any time
since President Obama’s first two months in office, when the
country was still officially ensnared in the Great Recession,
according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
At a time of rising gas prices, stubborn unemployment and a
cacophonous debate in Washington over the federal
government’s ability to meet its future obligations, the poll
presents stark evidence that the slow, if unsteady, gains in
public confidence earlier this year that a recovery was under
way are now all but gone.
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