The Housing Chronicles Blog: Gallup: U.S. Economic Confidence Index slightly more positive than negative

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Gallup: U.S. Economic Confidence Index slightly more positive than negative

Americans continue to evaluate the economy slightly more positively than negatively, with Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index averaging +4 last week. Since late March, Americans' assessments of the economy have been largely stable, with weekly averages of Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index typically ranging between +3 and +5. Though Americans remain optimistic about the state of the economy, this sentiment is not as strong as it was in the weeks just before and after Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, when the index hit +10 or higher several times.

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