If recommend looking at the article since it looks to the survey details. The survey I mentioned was specifically polling household’s and 73% said that their household was doing at least ok. This is a long running study done regularly by the fed, and the proportion of responses doesn’t fit with historical trends. So either something is missing on how we measure perceptions or how we measure the economy. Both lead to interesting questions.
Gift article: I’m OK, but Things Are Terrible
If recommend looking at the article since it looks to the survey details. The survey I mentioned was specifically polling household’s and 73% said that their household was doing at least ok. This is a long running study done regularly by the fed, and the proportion of responses doesn’t fit with historical trends. So either something is missing on how we measure perceptions or how we measure the economy. Both lead to interesting questions.