On August 4, 2015 Gallup released the poll results titled “U.S. Economic Confidence Index drops to -12 in July.”
Notable excerpts include:
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index declined to an average of -12 in July from -8 in June. This is the lowest monthly average since last October, and is a noticeable departure from the +3 average in January.
also:
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index is the average of two components: Americans’ ratings of the current economy and their views of whether the economy is improving or getting worse. The former component dropped only slightly, while the latter had a large drop last month.
The current conditions component averaged -6 in July, slightly below the -4 of June. The July average was the result of 25% of Americans rating the current economy as “excellent” or “good” and 31% rating it as “poor.” In July, 39% of Americans said the economy was “getting better,” while 56% said it was “getting worse.” This resulted in an economic outlook score of -17, the lowest since August 2014.
Here is an accompanying chart of the two components (Sub-Indexes) of the Gallup Economic Confidence Index, discussed above:
Here is an accompanying chart of the Gallup Economic Confidence Index:
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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation
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