Economy

Line graph. Trend for Gallup Economic Confidence Index, 1996 to 2022. Potential range is -100 to +100, with record-high reading of +56 in 2000 and record-low reading of -72 in 2008. Current reading, from May 2022, is -45.

Economic Confidence -- Current Conditions

How would you rate economic conditions in this country today -- as excellent, good, only fair or poor?

	Excellent	Good	Only fair	Poor	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2022
2022 May 2-22	1	13	39	46	*
2022 Apr 1-19	2	18	38	42	--
2022 Mar 1-18	2	20	35	44	*
2022 Feb 1-17	3	18	37	42	*
2022 Jan 3-16	2	21	40	37	*
2021
2021 Dec 1-16	1	17	40	42	1
2021 Nov 1-16	2	20	42	36	*
2021 Oct 1-19	2	23	42	33	*
2021 Sep 1-17	2	23	39	35	1
2021 Aug 2-17	2	26	42	29	*
2021 Jul 6-21	2	26	45	27	*
2021 Jun 1-18	3	27	43	26	1
2021 May 3-18	3	24	42	30	1
2021 Apr 1-21	2	26	46	26	*
2021 Mar 1-15	2	21	46	31	--
2021 Feb 3-18	2	18	49	31	*
2021 Jan 4-15	4	24	39	33	--
2020
2020 Dec 1-17	7	26	38	29	*
2020 Nov 5-19	9	27	40	23	1
2020 Sep 30-Oct 15	7	26	37	29	*
2020 Aug 31-Sep 13	5	26	35	34	*
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	4	24	41	30	1
2020 Jul 1-23	4	25	38	33	*
2020 May 28-Jun 4	4	19	41	36	1
2020 May 1-13	4	18	35	42	*
2020 Apr 14-28	4	19	33	43	1
2020 Apr 1-14	7	20	34	39	1
2020 Mar 2-13	15	39	35	11	*
2020 Feb 3-16	24	39	28	9	*
2020 Jan 2-15	22	40	30	8	*
2019
2019 Dec 2-15	18	37	33	12	*
2019 Nov 1-14	16	39	35	9	*
2019 Oct 1-13	15	37	34	13	1
2019 Sep 3-15	15	35	36	14	*
2019 Aug 1-14	14	40	33	13	*
2019 Jul 1-12	16	37	34	12	1
2019 Jun 3-16	13	40	33	14	1
2019 May 1-12	11	40	37	12	*
2019 Apr 1-9	14	36	36	14	*
2019 Mar 1-10	13	40	35	12	*
2019 Feb 1-10	14	43	31	12	1
2019 Jan 2-10	12	37	36	14	1
2018
2018 Dec 3-12	10	40	37	12	1
2018 Nov 1-11	17	38	31	14	*
2018 Oct 15-28	14	41	32	12	1
2018 Oct 1-10	14	40	33	12	*
2018 Sep 4-12	14	37	35	13	*
2018 Aug 1-12	12	42	33	13	1
2018 Jul 1-11	11	44	33	12	1
2018 Jun 1-13	10	41	36	13	*
2018 May 1-10	4	41	38	15	1
2018 Apr 2-11	7	36	43	13	1
2018 Mar 1-8	8	41	39	12	*
2018 Feb 1-10	9	41	36	14	*
2018 Jan 2-7	8	37	39	16	*
2017
2017 Dec 4-11	7	36	38	18	1
2017 Apr 5-9	3	37	46	14	1
2016
2016 Apr 6-10	2	23	46	28	*
2015
2015 Apr 9-12	1	27	46	25	1
2014
2014 Apr 6-9	1	18	49	32	*
2013
2013 Apr 4-14	1	19	47	33	1
2012
2012 Apr 9-12	1	11	47	40	*
2011
2011 Apr 7-11	1	8	40	50	1
2010
2010 May 24-25	1	9	40	50	*
2010 Apr 8-11	*	9	45	46	*
2009
2009 Apr 6-9	1	4	34	61	*
2009 Feb 9-12 ^	1	6	23	69	*
2008
2008 Dec 4-7	*	4	28	67	*
2008 Nov 13-16	*	6	29	65	*
2008 Oct 10-12	1	4	22	73	*
2008 Oct 3-5	2	7	29	62	1
2008 Sep 8-11	*	11	40	47	1
2008 Aug 21-23	2	14	35	49	*
2008 Aug 7-10	1	12	43	43	1
2008 Jul 10-13	1	9	42	47	1
2008 Jun 9-12	2	7	42	49	1
2008 May 8-11	1	9	41	49	*
2008 Apr 6-9	1	12	40	46	*
2008 Mar 6-9	2	15	44	39	*
2008 Feb 11-14	1	13	46	39	1
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	2	17	39	42	1
2008 Jan 4-6	3	29	43	25	1
2007
2007 Dec 6-9	3	25	45	27	1
2007 Nov 11-14	2	25	44	28	1
2007 Oct 4-7	5	28	44	23	*
2007 Sep 14-16	3	28	46	23	*
2007 Aug 13-16	4	29	46	20	1
2007 Jul 12-15	8	32	40	20	*
2007 Jul 6-8	8	28	42	21	*
2007 Jun 11-14	5	29	43	23	*
2007 May 10-13	4	28	45	23	*
2007 Apr 2-5	8	35	40	18	*
2007 Mar 11-14	6	32	47	15	*
2007 Feb 1-4	8	35	41	16	*
2007 Jan 15-18	11	41	33	15	*
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	8	34	41	16	1
2006 Nov 9-12	8	32	43	16	--
2006 Oct 20-22	9	35	33	22	1
2006 Oct 9-12	7	34	42	16	1
2006 Sep 7-10	5	29	44	22	1
2006 Aug 7-10	5	31	43	21	*
2006 Jul 6-9	5	33	42	19	1
2006 Jun 1-4	6	30	46	18	*
2006 May 8-11	4	25	45	25	*
2006 Apr 10-13	5	33	40	23	--
2006 Mar 13-16	4	30	45	20	1
2006 Feb 6-9	4	34	42	20	*
2006 Jan 20-22	5	34	41	18	1
2006 Jan 9-12	8	35	37	18	1
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	6	33	39	22	*
2005 Dec 5-8	6	31	43	20	*
2005 Nov 17-20	5	32	39	24	*
2005 Nov 7-10	3	29	47	21	*
2005 Oct 24-26	3	26	45	25	1
2005 Oct 13-16	3	25	46	26	*
2005 Sep 26-28	3	28	41	27	1
2005 Sep 12-15	3	28	44	25	*
2005 Aug 22-25	4	30	42	24	*
2005 Aug 8-11	4	32	46	18	*
2005 Jul 25-28	4	28	44	23	1
2005 Jul 7-10	3	33	45	18	1
2005 Jun 16-19	4	33	40	23	*
2005 Jun 6-8	4	31	45	20	*
2005 May 23-26	3	37	41	19	*
2005 May 2-5	1	30	44	25	*
2005 Apr 18-21	2	29	44	24	1
2005 Apr 4-7	3	29	49	18	1
2005 Mar 21-23	2	30	43	24	1
2005 Mar 7-10	3	32	48	16	1
2005 Feb 21-24	5	33	42	20	*
2005 Feb 7-10	3	37	44	16	*
2005 Jan 3-5	3	38	42	17	*
2004
2004 Dec 5-8	2	35	43	19	1
2004 Nov 7-10	3	33	44	20	*
2004 Oct 11-14	2	32	44	22	*
2004 Oct 9-10	4	31	40	24	1
2004 Sep 13-15	3	36	39	22	*
2004 Aug 9-11	3	36	40	21	*
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	6	32	39	23	*
2004 Jul 8-11	5	32	41	21	1
2004 Jun 3-6	3	32	44	21	*
2004 May 2-4	2	27	43	27	1
2004 Apr 5-8	3	31	44	22	*
2004 Mar 8-11	2	30	44	24	*
2004 Feb 9-12	2	31	46	21	--
2004 Jan 12-15	3	34	42	21	--
2004 Jan 2-5	3	40	41	16	*
2003
2003 Dec 11-14	3	34	44	19	*
2003 Nov 3-5	2	28	49	21	*
2003 Oct 24-26	2	24	44	30	*
2003 Oct 6-8	2	20	50	27	1
2003 Sep 8-10	1	20	49	30	*
2003 Aug 4-6	1	24	52	23	*
2003 Jul 7-9	1	23	50	26	*
2003 Jun 12-15	1	25	49	25	*
2003 May 19-21	1	20	47	31	1
2003 May 5-7	1	21	50	28	*
2003 Apr 7-9	2	25	51	22	*
2003 Mar 29-30	1	25	51	23	*
2003 Mar 24-25	3	30	47	20	--
2003 Mar 3-5	1	21	46	32	*
2003 Feb 17-19	1	17	48	34	*
2003 Feb 3-6	2	20	53	25	*
2003 Jan 20-22	1	19	49	31	*
2003 Jan 13-16	2	20	50	28	*
2002
2002 Dec 19-22	1	23	48	28	*
2002 Dec 5-8	2	23	51	24	*
2002 Nov 22-24	2	30	45	23	*
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	2	26	45	26	1
2002 Oct 3-6	2	24	46	27	1
2002 Sep 23-26	2	25	47	25	1
2002 Sep 5-8	2	22	53	23	*
2002 Aug 19-21	1	23	47	28	1
2002 Aug 5-8	1	27	52	19	1
2002 Jul 29-31	2	27	48	22	1
2002 Jul 22-24	2	25	48	24	1
2002 Jul 9-11	2	26	51	20	1
2002 Jun 17-19	2	35	43	19	1
2002 Jun 3-6	3	33	49	14	1
2002 May 20-22	3	38	46	12	1
2002 May 6-9	2	33	51	14	*
2002 Apr 22-24	2	37	46	14	1
2002 Apr 8-11	2	36	51	11	*
2002 Mar 4-7	3	31	51	14	1
2002 Feb 4-6	2	26	55	16	1
2002 Jan 7-9	2	27	54	16	1
2001
2001 Dec 6-9	2	29	53	16	*
2001 Nov 8-11	2	29	50	19	*
2001 Oct 11-14	2	36	48	13	1
2001 Sep 14-15	3	43	44	9	1
2001 Sep 7-10	2	30	49	19	*
2001 Aug 16-19	2	34	49	14	1
2001 Jul 19-22	3	38	47	11	1
2001 Jun 11-17	3	39	45	12	1
2001 May 10-14	3	37	45	15	*
2001 Apr 6-8	4	41	41	14	*
2001 Mar 5-7	3	43	43	10	1
2001 Feb 1-4	7	44	36	13	*
2001 Jan 10-14	11	56	27	6	*
2000
2000 Dec 2-4	12	51	28	8	1
2000 Nov 13-15	19	53	21	7	*
2000 Oct 6-9	14	57	24	4	1
2000 Aug 18-19	25	49	21	4	1
2000 Jul 25-26	26	48	21	4	1
2000 May 18-21	17	49	24	9	1
2000 Apr 3-9	14	46	30	9	1
2000 Jan 7-10	19	52	23	5	1
1999
1999 Oct 21-24	16	49	27	8	*
1999 Sep 10-14	20	47	24	8	1
1999 Aug 24-26	14	50	28	7	1
1999 Jun 4-5	18	56	21	5	*
1999 Jan 15-17	14	55	27	4	*
1998
1998 Dec 4-6	13	52	27	8	*
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	13	53	27	6	1
1998 Sep 1	11	54	25	9	1
1998 Mar 20-22	20	46	27	7	*
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	7	41	38	12	2
1997 Nov 6-9	10	48	33	9	*
1997 Aug 22-25 ^	8	41	38	13	*
1997 May 6-7	7	39	38	15	1
1997 Jan 31-Feb 2	4	38	43	15	*
1996
1996 Oct 26-29	5	42	39	13	1
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1 #	3	34	46	16	1
1996 Jul 18-21	5	38	43	14	*
1996 May 9-12	3	27	50	19	1
1996 Apr 9-10	1	26	52	20	1
1996 Mar 15-17	2	31	48	18	1
1996 Jan 5-7	1	28	47	23	1
1995
1995 Nov 6-8	2	28	47	22	1
1995 May 11-14	2	27	50	20	1
1994
1994 Dec 16-18	2	25	52	21	*
1994 Nov 2-6	2	28	49	20	1
1994 Oct 22-25	1	25	52	21	1
1994 Jul 15-17	1	26	52	21	*
1994 Apr 22-24	1	23	49	26	1
1994 Jan 15-17	*	22	54	24	*
1993
1993 Dec 4-6	1	20	57	21	1
1993 Nov 2-4	1	16	50	33	*
1993 Aug 8-10	*	10	49	40	1
1993 Jun 29-30	1	14	52	32	1
1993 Feb 12-14	*	14	46	39	1
1992
1992 Dec 18-20	2	16	34	47	1
1992 Dec 4-6	1	14	41	43	1
1992 Oct 23-25	*	11	45	43	1
1992 Sep 11-15	1	10	37	51	1
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 #	1	9	37	53	*
1992 Jun 12-14 #	1	11	47	41	*
1992 Apr 9-12 #	1	11	40	48	*
1992 Jan 3-6	*	12	46	41	1
Note: Based on non-tracking polls. * Less than 0.5%; ^ Asked of a half sample; # Asked of registered voters
Gallup

Economic Confidence -- Economic Outlook

Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country as a whole are getting better or getting worse?

	Getting better	Getting worse	Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2022
2022 May 2-22	20	77	2	1
2022 Apr 1-19	20	76	3	1
2022 Mar 1-18	20	75	3	2
2022 Feb 1-17	26	70	3	1
2022 Jan 3-16	29	67	4	1
2021
2021 Dec 1-16	26	67	5	1
2021 Nov 1-16	26	70	4	*
2021 Oct 1-19	27	68	4	1
2021 Sep 1-17	32	63	3	2
2021 Aug 2-17	37	60	3	*
2021 Jul 6-21	41	54	4	1
2021 Jun 1-18	47	50	2	1
2021 May 3-18	43	53	3	1
2021 Apr 1-21	47	46	5	1
2021 Mar 1-15	44	50	4	2
2021 Feb 3-18	39	54	6	1
2021 Jan 4-15	29	66	4	2
2020
2020 Dec 1-17	29	64	6	2
2020 Nov 5-19	40	55	4	2
2020 Sep 30-Oct 15	42	53	4	1
2020 Aug 31-Sep 13	40	56	3	1
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	32	61	6	1
2020 Jul 1-23	35	60	4	1
2020 May 28-Jun 4	33	62	3	1
2020 May 1-13	31	67	2	1
2020 Apr 14-28	26	71	1	1
2020 Apr 1-14	22	74	3	1
2020 Mar 2-13	47	47	5	1
2020 Feb 3-16	61	33	5	1
2020 Jan 2-15	59	33	6	1
2019
2019 Dec 2-15	51	42	6	1
2019 Nov 1-14	52	41	5	2
2019 Oct 1-13	47	45	6	2
2019 Sep 3-15	46	48	5	1
2019 Aug 1-14	50	43	5	2
2019 Jul 1-12	54	37	6	3
2019 Jun 3-16	49	45	6	1
2019 May 1-12	54	41	3	2
2019 Apr 1-9	49	44	6	1
2019 Mar 1-10	52	41	6	1
2019 Feb 1-10	54	36	9	1
2019 Jan 2-10	44	48	5	3
2018
2018 Dec 3-12	47	45	6	2
2018 Nov 1-11	57	36	5	2
2018 Oct 15-28	53	39	6	2
2018 Oct 1-10	57	34	6	3
2018 Sep 4-12	55	37	6	1
2018 Aug 1-12	57	38	4	2
2018 Jul 1-11	55	38	5	2
2018 Jun 1-13	56	35	7	2
2018 May 1-10	54	41	4	1
2018 Apr 2-11	46	45	7	2
2018 Mar 1-8	52	39	7	2
2018 Feb 1-10	55	36	7	2
2018 Jan 2-7	50	43	5	2
2017
2017 Dec 4-11	46	46	5	3
2017 Apr 5-9	53	34	10	3
2016
2016 Apr 6-10	38	53	8	1
2015
2015 Apr 9-12	49	39	9	2
2014
2014 Apr 3-6	42	48	9	1
2013
2013 Apr 4-14	48	42	9	1
2012
2012 Apr 9-12	49	43	6	2
2011
2011 Apr 7-11	39	50	9	2
2010
2010 May 24-25	49	43	6	2
2010 Apr 8-11	49	38	10	2
2009
2009 Apr 6-9	34	51	11	4
2009 Feb 9-12	11	77	9	3
2008
2008 Dec 4-7	13	77	8	2
2008 Nov 13-16	15	78	5	2
2008 Oct 10-12	9	84	5	3
2008 Oct 3-5	10	83	5	2
2008 Sep 8-11	17	74	7	2
2008 Aug 21-23	19	69	9	3
2008 Aug 7-10	17	71	10	2
2008 Jul 10-13	7	86	6	1
2008 Jun 9-12	8	87	4	1
2008 May 8-11	9	86	4	1
2008 Apr 6-9	10	83	6	1
2008 Mar 6-9	8	87	4	2
2008 Feb 11-14	11	82	5	1
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	15	76	6	3
2008 Jan 4-6	15	77	6	2
2007
2007 Dec 6-9	21	71	6	2
2007 Nov 11-14	13	78	6	3
2007 Oct 4-7	23	66	8	3
2007 Sep 14-16	20	71	7	2
2007 Aug 13-16	20	72	6	2
2007 Jul 12-15	29	59	10	3
2007 Jul 6-8	30	61	7	3
2007 Jun 11-14	23	70	6	2
2007 May 10-13	28	67	5	1
2007 Apr 2-5	29	60	9	2
2007 Mar 11-14	28	62	7	3
2007 Feb 1-4	38	52	7	2
2007 Jan 15-18	38	53	6	3
2006
2006 Dec 11-14	35	54	8	2
2006 Nov 9-12	38	50	8	4
2006 Oct 20-22	41	54	4	2
2006 Oct 9-12	38	52	7	3
2006 Sep 7-10	31	61	6	2
2006 Aug 28-30	22	68	8	2
2006 Jul 6-9	28	64	7	2
2006 Jun 1-4	28	61	9	3
2006 May 8-11	26	68	4	2
2006 Apr 10-13	29	64	5	2
2006 Mar 13-16	29	61	8	2
2006 Feb 6-9	34	57	7	3
2006 Jan 20-22	35	54	7	3
2006 Jan 9-12	39	52	7	2
2005
2005 Dec 19-22	37	56	5	2
2005 Dec 5-8	39	50	8	3
2005 Nov 17-20	36	58	5	1
2005 Nov 7-10	30	61	7	2
2005 Oct 24-26	25	66	7	2
2005 Oct 13-16	24	68	6	2
2005 Sep 26-28	24	66	7	3
2005 Sep 12-15	25	66	7	2
2005 Aug 22-25	28	63	7	2
2005 Aug 8-11	36	52	9	3
2005 Jul 25-28	35	53	9	3
2005 Jul 7-10	35	54	8	3
2005 Jun 16-19	35	57	6	2
2005 Jun 6-8	35	55	8	2
2005 May 23-26	41	52	5	2
2005 May 2-5	32	61	6	1
2005 Apr 18-21	31	61	5	3
2005 Apr 4-7	35	56	6	3
2005 Mar 21-23	33	59	6	2
2005 Mar 7-10	41	50	6	3
2005 Feb 21-24	43	48	7	2
2005 Feb 7-10	47	44	7	2
2005 Jan 3-5	48	42	7	3
2004
2004 Dec 5-8	47	42	8	3
2004 Nov 7-10	49	43	6	2
2004 Oct 11-14	39	50	8	3
2004 Oct 9-10	43	48	7	2
2004 Sep 13-15	47	45	6	2
2004 Aug 9-11	45	46	7	2
2004 Jul 30-Aug 1	48	43	7	2
2004 Jul 8-11	51	38	7	4
2004 Jun 3-6	47	45	6	2
2004 May 2-4	43	51	4	2
2004 Apr 5-8	47	45	6	2
2004 Mar 8-11	44	47	7	2
2004 Feb 9-12	53	40	6	1
2004 Jan 12-15	53	39	6	2
2004 Jan 2-5	66	27	4	3
2003
2003 Dec 11-14	60	32	7	1
2003 Nov 3-5	53	37	8	2
2003 Oct 24-26	47	43	8	2
2003 Oct 6-8	45	46	7	2
2003 Sep 8-10	40	50	8	2
2003 Aug 4-6	44	45	9	2
2003 Jul 7-9	43	47	8	2
2003 Jun 12-15	45	43	10	2
2003 May 19-21	40	48	10	2
2003 May 5-7	42	51	5	2
2003 Apr 7-9	36	51	11	2
2003 Mar 29-30	33	56	9	2
2003 Mar 24-25	39	47	11	3
2003 Mar 3-5	23	67	7	3
2003 Feb 17-19	26	63	9	2
2003 Feb 3-6	27	60	11	2
2003 Jan 20-22	29	57	12	2
2003 Jan 13-16	34	54	10	2
2002
2002 Dec 19-22	35	50	12	3
2002 Dec 5-8	35	54	8	3
2002 Nov 22-24	38	53	8	1
2002 Oct 31-Nov 3	37	51	8	4
2002 Oct 3-6	30	59	8	3
2002 Sep 23-26	33	52	10	5
2002 Sep 5-8	35	54	9	2
2002 Aug 19-21	38	48	10	4
2002 Aug 5-8	32	55	9	4
2002 Jul 29-31	42	47	8	3
2002 Jul 22-24	27	59	10	4
2002 Jul 9-11	31	57	10	2
2002 Jun 17-19	47	40	10	3
2002 Jun 3-6	48	38	11	3
2002 May 20-22	49	34	14	3
2002 May 6-9	52	39	7	2
2002 Apr 22-24	53	35	10	2
2002 Apr 8-11	53	37	7	3
2002 Mar 4-7	54	37	7	2
2002 Feb 4-6	41	47	10	2
2002 Jan 7-9	49	41	8	2
2001
2001 Dec 6-9	44	48	6	2
2001 Nov 8-11	30	59	7	4
2001 Oct 11-14	33	55	10	2
2001 Sep 14-15	28	60	8	4
2001 Sep 7-10	19	70	9	2
2001 Aug 16-19	27	59	11	3
2001 Jul 19-22	35	53	9	3
2001 Jun 11-17	29	60	8	3
2001 May 10-14	25	63	9	3
2001 Apr 6-8	24	63	9	4
2001 Mar 5-7	28	61	7	4
2001 Feb 1-4	23	66	8	3
2001 Jan 10-14	32	56	8	4
2000
2000 Dec 2-4	39	48	8	5
2000 Nov 13-15	50	38	9	3
2000 Oct 6-9	54	34	10	2
2000 Aug 18-19	60	26	10	4
2000 Jul 25-26	58	29	9	4
2000 May 18-21	52	37	9	2
2000 Jan 7-10	69	23	6	2
1999
1999 Oct 21-24	52	34	11	3
1999 Sep 10-14	59	29	9	3
1999 Aug 24-26	54	31	12	3
1999 Jun 4-5	60	27	9	4
1999 Jan 15-17	63	28	6	3
1998
1998 Dec 4-6	52	38	8	2
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	51	38	8	3
1998 Sep 1	45	41	11	3
1997
1997 Dec 18-21	49	39	8	4
1997 Nov 6-9	51	37	9	3
1997 May 6-7	50	40	7	3
1997 Jan 31-Feb 2	46	39	12	3
1996
1996 Oct 26-29	50	38	7	5
1996 Aug 30-Sep 1 #	52	37	8	3
1996 Jul 18-21	43	46	9	2
1996 May 9-12	39	49	9	3
1992
1992 Aug 31-Sep 2 #	29	59	10	2
1992 Aug 10-12 #	24	65	10	1
1992 Jun 12-14 #	28	61	9	2
1992 Apr 9-12 #	40	45	13	2
1992 Mar 20-22 #	37	51	11	1
1992 Jan 31-Feb 1 #	22	70	7	1
1992 Jan 3-6 #	22	71	6	1
1991
1991 Dec 5-8	19	69	9	3
1991 Sep 5-8	27	60	10	3
1991 Jul 11-14	34	51	9	6
Note: Based on non-tracking polls. (vol.) = Volunteered response; # Based on registered voters
Gallup

Thinking about the job situation in America today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a quality job?

Based on national adults

	Good time	Bad time	No opinion
	%	%	%
2022 Apr 1-19	71	27	2
2022 Jan 3-16	72	25	3
2021 Oct 1-19	74	24	2
2021 Aug 2-17	72	26	2
2021 Apr 1-21	43	55	2
2021 Jan 4-15	27	71	2
2020 Nov 5-19 ^	36	61	3
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	29	69	2
2020 Apr 1-14	22	77	1
2020 Jan 2-15	68	30	2
2019 Nov 1-14	65	34	2
2019 Oct 1-13	65	32	3
2019 Aug 1-14	69	29	2
2019 Jul 1-12	67	31	3
2019 Jun 3-16	66	32	2
2019 May 1-12	71	27	2
2019 Apr 1-9	65	32	3
2019 Mar 1-10	65	33	2
2019 Feb 1-10	69	29	2
2019 Jan 2-10	66	31	4
2018 Dec 3-12	66	30	4
2018 Nov 1-11	68	28	4
2018 Oct 1-10	68	28	3
2018 Sep 4-12	64	32	4
2018 Aug 1-12	65	32	4
2018 Jul 1-11	68	27	5
2018 Jun 1-13	65	32	3
2018 May 1-10	67	31	2
2018 Apr 2-11	62	35	3
2018 Mar 1-8	64	31	4
2018 Feb 1-10	64	33	3
2018 Jan 2-7	57	39	4
2017 Dec 4-11	62	34	3
2017 Nov 2-8	62	34	5
2017 Oct 5-11	61	33	5
2017 Sep 6-10	61	36	3
2017 Aug 2-6	59	36	5
2017 Jul 5-9	53	43	5
2017 Jun 7-11	58	36	6
2017 May 3-7	53	43	4
2017 Apr 5-9	50	45	5
2017 Mar 1-5	53	42	5
2017 Feb 1-5	54	42	4
2017 Jan 4-8	50	46	4
2016 Dec 7-11	43	53	4
2016 Nov 9-13	43	53	5
2016 Oct 5-9	42	54	3
2016 Sep 7-11	44	52	4
2016 Aug 3-7	39	57	5
2016 Jul 13-17	43	53	4
2016 Jun 1-5	43	53	4
2016 May 4-8	42	54	4
2016 Apr 6-10	40	58	3
2016 Mar 2-6	42	54	4
2016 Feb 3-7	40	56	4
2016 Jan 6-10	45	50	5
2015 Dec 2-6	44	52	4
2015 Nov 4-8	42	55	3
2015 Oct 7-11	43	55	3
2015 Sep 9-13	45	51	4
2015 Aug 5-9	39	56	5
2015 Jul 8-12	38	57	5
2015 Jun 2-7	41	55	4
2015 May 6-10	43	54	3
2015 Apr 9-12	43	53	4
2015 Mar 5-8	42	53	5
2015 Feb 8-11	40	56	5
2015 Jan 5-8	45	50	5
2014 Dec 8-11	36	61	2
2014 Nov 6-9	30	66	4
2014 Oct 12-15	31	66	3
2014 Sep 4-7	29	67	4
2014 Aug 7-10	30	64	6
2014 Jul 7-10	35	61	4
2014 Jun 5-8	28	68	5
2014 May 8-11	26	70	4
2014 Apr 3-6	30	66	3
2014 Mar 6-9	28	68	4
2014 Feb 6-9	27	70	3
2014 Jan 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Dec 5-8	24	73	4
2013 Nov 7-10	26	70	4
2013 Oct 3-6	22	75	3
2013 Sep 5-8	27	70	3
2013 Aug 7-11	21	76	4
2013 Jul 10-14	25	70	4
2013 Jun 1-4	26	70	4
2013 May 2-7	24	73	3
2013 Apr 4-7	26	71	3
2013 Mar 7-10	22	74	3
2013 Feb 7-10	23	73	4
2013 Jan 7-10	25	70	5
2012 Dec 14-17	19	76	5
2012 Nov 15-18	24	73	3
2012 Oct 15-16	22	73	5
2012 Sep 6-9	20	76	4
2012 Aug 9-12	17	81	2
2012 Jul 9-12	17	81	2
2012 Jun 7-10	20	78	2
2012 May 3-6	19	80	2
2012 Apr 9-12	21	77	2
2012 Mar 8-11	19	78	3
2012 Feb 2-5	13	85	2
2012 Jan 5-8	15	81	4
2011 Dec 15-18	12	87	2
2011 Nov 3-6	8	90	2
2011 Oct 6-9	10	88	2
2011 Sep 8-11	9	89	2
2011 Aug 11-14	12	86	2
2011 Jul 7-10	10	88	3
2011 Jun 9-12	11	86	3
2011 May 5-8	15	82	3
2011 Apr 7-11	17	81	2
2011 Mar 3-6	13	83	4
2011 Feb 2-5	12	86	2
2011 Jan 7-9	13	84	3
2010 Dec 10-12	13	84	3
2010 Nov 4-7	11	86	3
2010 Oct 7-10	9	88	3
2010 Sep 13-16	10	88	2
2010 Aug 5-8	10	88	2
2010 Jul 8-11	12	85	2
2010 Jun 11-13	13	85	2
2010 May 3-6	12	86	2
2010 Apr 8-11	11	88	2
2010 Mar 4-7	10	88	1
2010 Feb 1-3	11	88	1
2010 Jan 8-10	9	90	1
2009 Dec 11-13	9	89	2
2009 Nov 5-8	8	89	3
2009 Oct 1-4	10	88	2
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	10	87	2
2009 Aug 6-9	9	90	1
2009 Jul 10-12	11	87	2
2009 Jun 14-17	11	86	2
2009 May 7-10	9	89	2
2009 Apr 6-9	10	89	2
2009 Mar 5-8	9	90	1
2009 Feb 9-12	9	90	1
2009 Jan 9-11	13	86	2
2008 Dec 4-7	10	88	2
2008 Nov 13-16	12	86	2
2008 Oct 3-5	14	82	3
2008 Sep 8-11	20	76	3
2008 Aug 7-10	20	75	5
2008 Jul 10-13	19	76	5
2008 Jun 9-12	21	74	5
2008 May 8-11	23	73	4
2008 Apr 6-9	20	75	5
2008 Mar 6-9	26	69	5
2008 Feb 11-14	26	71	3
2008 Jan 4-6	33	60	7
2007 Dec 6-9	35	57	8
2007 Nov 11-14	38	55	7
2007 Oct 4-7	39	56	5
2007 Sep 14-16	39	55	5
2007 Aug 13-16	42	51	7
2007 Jul 12-15	43	50	7
2007 Jun 11-14	43	53	5
2007 May 10-13	47	50	3
2007 Apr 2-5	46	49	5
2007 Mar 11-14	45	49	6
2007 Feb 1-4	45	50	5
2007 Jan 15-18	48	47	5
2006 Dec 11-14	44	50	6
2006 Nov 9-12	41	53	5
2006 Oct 9-12	40	54	6
2006 Sep 7-10	41	54	5
2006 Aug 7-10	42	53	5
2006 Jul 6-9	42	51	7
2006 Jun 1-4	41	53	6
2006 May 8-11	42	52	6
2006 Apr 10-13	41	53	6
2006 Mar 13-16	41	55	5
2005 Dec 19-22	40	56	4
2005 Dec 5-8	36	60	4
2005 Nov 17-20	42	56	2
2005 Nov 7-10	37	59	4
2005 Oct 24-26	37	58	5
2005 Oct 13-16	35	62	3
2005 Sep 26-28	38	56	6
2005 Sep 12-15	38	59	3
2005 Aug 22-25	36	58	6
2005 Aug 8-11	39	58	3
2005 Jul 25-28	35	61	4
2005 Jul 7-10	39	58	3
2005 Jun 16-19	40	56	4
2005 Jun 6-8	35	62	3
2005 May 23-26	39	58	3
2005 May 2-5	38	59	3
2005 Apr 18-21	38	58	4
2005 Apr 4-7	37	59	4
2005 Mar 21-23	34	61	5
2005 Mar 7-10	39	57	4
2005 Feb 21-24	38	57	5
2005 Feb 7-10	38	59	3
2005 Jan 3-5	33	62	5
2004 Dec 5-8	36	59	5
2004 Nov 7-10	37	60	3
2004 Oct 11-14	29	67	4
2004 Sep 13-15	34	61	5
2004 Aug 9-11	33	63	4
2004 Jul 8-11	36	61	3
2004 Jun 3-6	32	65	3
2004 May 2-4	30	67	3
2004 Apr 5-8	30	66	4
2004 Mar 8-11	28	69	3
2004 Feb 9-12	28	70	2
2004 Jan 12-15	31	68	1
2003 Dec 11-14	29	68	3
2003 Nov 3-5	24	73	3
2003 Oct 6-8	24	74	2
2003 Sep 8-10	19	79	2
2003 Aug 4-6	17	81	2
2003 Jul 7-9	20	78	2
2003 Jun 12-15	22	76	2
2003 May 5-7	22	75	3
2003 Apr 7-9	23	75	2
2003 Mar 3-5	16	81	3
2003 Feb 3-6	19	79	2
2003 Jan 13-16	20	78	2
2002 Dec 5-8	19	78	3
2002 Nov 11-14	27	69	4
2002 Oct 14-17	23	70	7
2002 Sep 5-8	22	74	4
2002 Aug 5-8	27	68	5
2002 Jul 9-11	26	69	5
2002 Jun 3-6	32	64	4
2002 May 6-9	29	67	4
2002 Apr 8-11	29	68	3
2002 Mar 4-7	26	72	2
2002 Feb 4-6	25	72	3
2002 Jan 7-9	24	73	3
2001 Dec 6-9	25	73	2
2001 Nov 8-11	22	75	3
2001 Oct 11-14	25	71	4
2001 Aug 16-19	39	56	5
^ Asked of a half sample
Gallup

Thinking about the job situation in America today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a quality job?

Based on those employed or unemployed and looking for work

	Good time	Bad time	No opinion
	%	%	%
2022 Apr 1-19	72	26	2
2022 Jan 3-16	73	23	3
2021 Oct 1-19	77	22	2
2021 Aug 2-17	77	21	2
2021 Apr 1-21	44	54	1
2021 Jan 4-15	28	71	1
2020 Nov 5-19 #	39	58	4
2020 Jul 30-Aug 12	31	67	2
2020 Apr 1-14	22	78	1
2020 Jan 2-15	72	26	2
2019 Nov 1-14	65	35	1
2019 Oct 1-13	68	30	2
2019 Aug 1-14	72	27	1
2019 Jul 1-12	68	30	2
2019 Jun 3-16	69	29	2
2019 May 1-12	74	25	1
2019 Apr 1-9	68	29	3
2019 Mar 1-10	67	31	2
2019 Feb 1-10	70	29	2
2019 Jan 2-10	66	31	3
2018 Dec 3-12	69	29	3
2018 Nov 1-11	69	27	3
2018 Oct 1-10	70	28	2
2018 Sep 4-12	64	33	4
2018 Aug 1-12	68	30	2
2018 Jul 1-11	70	26	5
2018 Jun 1-13	68	31	1
2018 May 1-10	71	27	1
2018 Apr 2-11	66	33	1
2018 Mar 1-8	68	30	2
2018 Feb 1-10	66	32	3
2018 Jan 2-7	59	37	4
2017 Dec 4-11	64	33	3
2017 Nov 2-8	62	32	5
2017 Oct 5-11	65	30	5
2017 Sep 6-10	63	34	3
2017 Aug 2-6	61	36	3
2017 Jul 5-9	59	37	5
2017 Jun 7-11	57	37	6
2017 May 3-7	59	37	4
2017 Apr 5-9	54	43	4
2017 Mar 1-5	54	41	5
2017 Feb 1-5	57	40	3
2017 Jan 4-8	55	42	3
2016 Dec 7-11	48	49	3
2016 Nov 9-13	47	47	6
2016 Oct 5-9	48	50	2
2016 Sep 7-11	46	50	4
2016 Aug 3-7	42	53	5
2016 Jul 13-17	47	49	4
2016 Jun 1-5	50	46	4
2016 May 4-8	49	47	4
2016 Apr 6-10	45	53	2
2016 Mar 2-6	48	48	3
2016 Feb 3-7	43	53	3
2016 Jan 6-10	50	47	3
2015 Dec 2-6	50	46	4
2015 Nov 4-8	47	51	2
2015 Oct 7-11	48	50	2
2015 Sep 9-13	48	48	4
2015 Aug 5-9	43	53	4
2015 Jul 8-12	43	53	4
2015 Jun 2-7	46	50	4
2015 May 6-10	52	47	1
2015 Apr 9-12	48	50	2
2015 Mar 5-8	46	49	4
2015 Feb 8-11	45	51	4
2015 Jan 5-8	47	49	4
2014 Dec 8-11	43	56	2
2014 Nov 6-9	30	65	5
2014 Oct 12-15	34	63	3
2014 Sep 4-7	31	66	3
2014 Aug 7-10	36	57	3
2014 Jul 7-10	38	59	3
2014 Jun 5-8	31	66	4
2014 May 8-11	30	67	3
2014 Apr 3-6	32	66	3
2014 Mar 6-9	31	65	4
2014 Feb 6-9	29	68	3
2014 Jan 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Dec 5-8	25	71	4
2013 Nov 7-10	29	67	4
2013 Oct 3-6	26	72	2
2013 Sep 5-8	29	68	3
2013 Aug 7-11	22	75	3
2013 Jul 10-14	28	68	4
2013 Jun 1-4	28	68	3
2013 May 2-7	26	71	3
2013 Apr 4-7	28	69	2
2013 Mar 7-10	22	75	2
2013 Feb 7-10	23	75	3
2013 Jan 7-10	26	69	5
2012 Dec 14-17	23	73	5
2012 Nov 15-18	26	72	2
2012 Oct 15-16	23	73	4
2012 Sep 6-9	21	75	4
2012 Aug 9-12	19	78	2
2012 Jul 9-12	19	79	2
2012 Jun 7-10	22	77	1
2012 May 3-6	18	80	2
2012 Apr 9-12	23	75	3
2012 Mar 8-11	21	77	2
2012 Feb 2-5	13	85	2
2012 Jan 5-8	16	81	3
2011 Dec 15-18	13	86	1
2011 Nov 3-6	7	92	1
2011 Oct 6-9	11	87	2
2011 Sep 8-11	10	88	2
2011 Aug 11-14	15	84	1
2011 Jul 7-10	12	86	2
2011 Jun 9-12	11	86	3
2011 May 5-8	17	80	3
2011 Apr 7-11	19	79	2
2011 Mar 3-6	15	81	4
2011 Feb 2-5	13	86	2
2011 Jan 7-9	15	83	2
2010 Dec 10-12	14	83	3
2010 Nov 4-7	11	87	2
2010 Oct 7-10	9	88	3
2010 Sep 13-16	12	86	2
2010 Aug 5-8	12	86	2
2010 Jul 8-11	13	86	2
2010 Jun 11-13	13	85	2
2010 May 3-6	11	87	2
2010 Apr 8-11	11	87	1
2010 Mar 4-7	12	87	1
2010 Feb 1-3	14	84	1
2010 Jan 8-10	10	89	1
2009 Dec 11-13	9	89	2
2009 Nov 5-8	9	89	2
2009 Oct 1-4	9	89	2
2009 Aug 31-Sep 2	11	88	1
2009 Aug 6-9	10	90	1
2009 Jul 10-12	11	88	2
2009 Jun 14-17	12	86	1
2009 May 7-10	9	90	2
2009 Apr 6-9	12	88	1
2009 Mar 5-8	9	90	1
2009 Feb 9-12	10	88	1
2009 Jan 9-11	15	84	1
2008 Dec 4-7	11	87	2
2008 Nov 13-16	12	86	2
2008 Oct 3-5	16	80	3
2008 Sep 8-11	21	77	2
2008 Aug 7-10	21	73	6
2008 Jul 10-13	19	77	4
2008 Jun 9-12	22	72	5
2008 May 8-11	24	73	3
2008 Apr 6-9	21	76	3
2008 Mar 6-9	28	67	5
2008 Feb 11-14	26	71	3
2008 Jan 4-6	35	60	5
2007 Dec 6-9	39	54	7
2007 Nov 11-14	43	50	6
2007 Oct 4-7	44	52	4
2007 Sep 14-16	40	56	4
2007 Aug 13-16	46	50	4
2007 Jul 12-15	46	49	5
2007 Jun 11-14	45	52	4
2007 May 10-13	49	48	2
2007 Apr 2-5	48	48	3
2007 Mar 11-14	47	50	3
2007 Feb 1-4	45	51	4
2007 Jan 15-18	48	48	4
2006 Dec 11-14	47	48	5
2006 Nov 9-12	44	53	3
2006 Oct 9-12	42	52	6
2006 Sep 7-10	44	53	3
2006 Aug 7-10	44	53	3
2006 Jul 6-9	45	50	5
2006 Jun 1-4	46	50	4
2006 May 8-11	46	49	5
2006 Apr 10-13	43	52	5
2006 Mar 13-16	43	54	3
2006 Feb 6-9	42	54	4
2006 Jan 9-12	41	56	3
2005 Dec 19-22	41	56	3
2005 Dec 5-8	37	59	4
2005 Nov 17-20	45	54	1
2005 Nov 7-10	40	58	2
2005 Oct 24-26	41	56	3
2005 Oct 13-16	35	62	3
2005 Sep 26-28	41	55	4
2005 Sep 12-15	42	56	2
2005 Aug 22-25	36	59	5
2005 Aug 8-11	42	56	2
2005 Jul 25-28	38	59	3
2005 Jul 7-10	41	57	2
2005 Jun 16-19	42	55	3
2005 Jun 6-8	38	59	3
2005 May 23-26	42	56	2
2005 May 2-5	39	59	2
2005 Apr 18-21	40	57	3
2005 Apr 4-7	39	57	4
2005 Mar 21-23	36	60	4
2005 Mar 7-10	41	57	2
2005 Feb 21-24	43	53	4
2005 Feb 7-10	37	61	2
2005 Jan 3-5	35	61	4
2004 Dec 5-8	40	57	3
2004 Nov 7-10	38	60	2
2004 Oct 11-14	29	68	3
2004 Sep 13-15	37	60	3
2004 Aug 9-11	35	63	2
2004 Jul 8-11	37	61	2
2004 Jun 3-6	34	64	2
2004 May 2-4	30	67	3
2004 Apr 5-8	34	63	3
2004 Mar 8-11	30	68	2
2004 Feb 9-12	30	69	1
2004 Jan 12-15	34	65	1
2003 Dec 11-14	31	67	2
2003 Nov 3-5	25	73	2
2003 Oct 6-8	27	71	2
2003 Sep 8-10	20	78	2
2003 Aug 4-6	19	80	1
2003 Jul 7-9	23	76	1
2003 Jun 12-15	22	77	1
2003 May 5-7	24	74	2
2003 Apr 7-9	23	76	1
2003 Mar 3-5	16	82	2
2003 Feb 3-6	20	79	1
2003 Jan 13-16	20	78	2
2002 Dec 5-8	20	77	3
2002 Nov 11-14	29	68	3
2002 Oct 14-17	24	70	6
2002 Sep 5-8	23	75	2
2002 Aug 5-8	29	68	3
2002 Jul 9-11	28	68	4
2002 Jun 3-6	35	62	3
2002 May 6-9	30	67	3
2002 Apr 8-11	30	68	2
2002 Mar 4-7	28	70	2
2002 Feb 4-6	24	73	3
2002 Jan 7-9	24	73	3
2001 Dec 6-9	26	71	3
2001 Nov 8-11	22	75	3
2001 Oct 11-14	26	71	3
2001 Aug 16-19	38	59	3
2000 Aug 4-31 ^	78	16	6
2000 Jan 5-19 ^	76	19	5
1999 Feb 5-22 ^	70	24	6
1998 Aug 5-16 ^	69	25	6
^ University of Connecticut/John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University survey; # Asked of a half sample
Gallup

What is the most important financial problem facing your family today?

Recent trend

	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
	%	%	%	%	%	%
High cost of living/inflation	32	8	3	6	7	8
Lack of money/Low wages	11	10	11	11	13	10
Energy costs/oil and gas prices	10	1	*	--	1	*
Cost of owning/renting a home	8	9	9	8	7	9
Healthcare costs	7	8	8	17	12	17
Too much debt/Not enough money to pay debts	7	6	7	6	11	11
Unemployment/Loss of job	4	7	12	3	5	3
College expenses/Student loans/Student loan debt	4	7	5	8	8	10
Retirement savings	2	3	4	5	5	6
Taxes	2	7	1	8	5	5
State of the economy	2	2	3	1	1	1
Lack of savings	2	2	2	1	2	2
Stock market/investments	1	2	4	*	2	*
Supporting parents/children/grandchildren	1	2	2	--	1	--
Interest rates	1	*	*	1	*	1
Effects of coronavirus situation	1	3	5	--	--	--
Credit card debt	1	1	1	--	--	--
Transportation/commuting costs	*	*	*	*	1	1
Controlling spending	*	*	*	*	*	1
Insurance/Life insurance	--	2	--	--	3	--
Social Security	--	1	*	1	1	3
Other	4	2	7	5	5	4
None	10	16	18	20	14	16
No opinion	1	4	1	2	4	4
Percentages total more than 100% due to multiple responses.
Gallup

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