Americans Grow More Pessimistic on Economy

A new Financial Times poll finds Americans have become more pessimistic about the prospects for a quick pandemic recovery, especially in the states of the US south and west where coronavirus cases have spiked.

Almost half of likely voters, some 49%, said they believed the outbreak would get worse in their community over the next month, a sharp increase from the 35% who said the pandemic would worsen when asked a month ago. Only 24% said they believed it would improve.