Poll: 46 percent of respondents approve of Trump's handling of economy [View all]
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 07/17/2017 08:06 AM EDT
Americans are increasingly confident about the state of the U.S. economy, a new Bloomberg poll released Monday morning shows, but that confidence does not extend to the performance of President Donald Trump.
Fifty-one percent of those polled said they believe the stock market will end 2017 higher than it is right now, while 30 percent said they anticipate a lower finish. Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they feel they are moving closer to reaching their career and financial hopes.
But just 46 percent of those polled said they approved of Trumps handling of the economy, while 47 percent said they approved of his record on job creation. Overall, just 40 percent of respondents said they approve of the job Trump has done as president. Fifty-five percent said they view him unfavorably and 61 percent said the nation is headed down the wrong path, both numbers that climbed 12 points relative to a Bloomberg poll taken last December.
The presidents net favorability rating was 41 percent in Mondays poll, a nine-point dip relative to last December, when Trump was president-elect.
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