Americans Feel Like They’re Poorer

“The nation may not be in recession, but Americans are reckoning with a classic recessionary symptom: feeling poorer,” The Hill reports.

“Half of American respondents say they are worse-off financially than a year ago, according to a Gallup poll released this month. In nearly 50 years of polling on this question, only once before have so many people reported dwindling fortunes: during the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009.”