{"id":527472,"date":"2026-03-16T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527472\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T20:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:39:16","slug":"46-of-americans-feel-negative-about-the-economy-poll-shows-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/527472\/","title":{"rendered":"46% of Americans feel negative about the economy, poll shows :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans may feel okay about their own finances but far less confident about the economy overall, according to a new report from Lending Tree.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>5 On Your Side broke down what\u2019s driving that divide and why it matters for your wallet.<\/p>\n<p>LendingTree surveyed more than 2,000 Americans. Nearly half, 46%, said they feel negative about the U.S. economy. More 38% believe things will get worse over the next year.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s driving the concern? Inflation tops the list, with 62% of Americans saying the rising cost of living is their biggest worry. Behind it are fears of a recession and concerns about retirement security.<\/p>\n<p>The report also shows Americans are divided on leadership. About one-third said they\u2019re confident in the federal government\u2019s ability to manage the economy, while another one-third said they\u2019re not confident at all.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Schulz with LendingTree talked to 5 On Your Side about what people can control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A firm financial foundation means a significant emergency fund,&#8221;\u00a0Schulz said. &#8220;It means that you are working on knocking down your high-interest debt &#8230; building your emergency fund and knocking down your high-interest debt can go a long way toward preparing you for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Americans may feel okay about their own finances but far less confident about the economy overall, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[78315,28,101,2402],"class_list":["post-527472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-5-on-your-side","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-inflation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}