Washington – The trust of the Americans in President Donald Trump to reinforce the US economy seems to be hesitant, and a new survey shows that many people fear that the country is being He went to a recession and that the president’s crowded rates are applied randomly make prices increase.
Approximately half of American adults say that Trump’s commercial policies will increase “a lot” prices and another 3 in 10 think that prices could upload “something”, according to the survey of The Associated Press-Norc Public Affairs Research Center.
Around half of the Americans are “extremely” or “very” very “concerned about the possibility that the US economy enters a recession in the coming months.
While skepticism about tariffs is increasing modestly, that does not mean that the public is automatically rejecting Trump or its trade approach. However, caution could cause problems to a president who Promised voters who could quickly fix inflation.
Three months after his second term, Trump’s management of the economy and tariffs is presented as a potential weakness. Around 4 out of 10 Americans approve the way in which the Republican president manages the economy and commercial negotiations. That is more or less in line with An AP-NORC survey conducted in March.
Matthew Wood, 41, said he is waiting to see how rates develop, but feels anxious.
“I am not a great admirer of it, especially taking into account China and coming and coming with adjustments at both ends,” said Wood, who lives in West Liberty, Kentucky, and is unemployed. “Personally, it has not yet affected me. But, in general, I don’t know how it will come to an end, especially with the great countries involved.”
Even so, Wood said he changed his Republican record to Independiente, after being turned off by Trump’s attitude and deference to multimillion -dollar advisor Elon Musk. Wood voted for Trump last year and said he is willing to give the president until the end of the year to offer positive results on rates.
Around half of American adults, 52%, are against imposing tariffs on all goods brought to the US of other countries. That is Lightly JanuaryWhen a survey found that 46% were against tariffs. Driving that little change seems to be adults under 30 who did not have an opinion about tariffs.
Trump’s supporter, Janice Manis, 63, said her only criticism of Trump in tariffs is that she put A partial pause of 90 days for commercial negotiations with other countries.
“Actually, I think it shouldn’t have suspended it,” said Manis, a deputy of the River retired from Del Río, Texas. “Because now China is trying to manipulate all these other countries to go against us, while if you had left all the rates at stake, these countries would be affected hard. But, oh, well, things happen.”
No. 100 days in Trump’s second mandate in the White House, people throughout the country are preparing for possible interruptions on how they spend, work and live. The economy of the United States remains solid at the moment with moderating inflation and a healthy unemployment rate of 4.2%However, measures such as consumer confidence have decreased abruptly.
Trump has used executive actions to remote the global economy. He has imposed hundreds of billions of dollars a year on new import taxes, although partially suspending some of them, launching a large -scale commercial war against China and committing to conclude agreements with dozens of other countries that face 10%tariffs. The financial markets balance with each turn and revolve from Trump’s tariff pronouncements.
Many Americans are not convinced that this is the right approach. According to the survey, around 6 out of 10 says that Trump “has gone too far” when it comes to imposing new tariffs.
The shares have decreased this year, while interest charges in the US government bonds have been risen so that it could make it more expensive to pay mortgages, loans for cars and student debt. The CEOs are discarding their earning guide for investors and seek exemptions from Trump tariffs, which affected allies such as Canada and even penguin islands.
Trump seemed to recognize the drag of the tariffs, since he highlighted this week the possibility of an agreement with China. The Treasury Secretary, Scott Besent, had also said in a closed door speech that The situation with China is not “sustainable.”
Around 6 out of 10 American adults are “extremely” or “very” very “concerned about the cost of groceries in the coming months, while approximately half is very concerned about the cost of large purchases, such as a car, a cell phone or device. Less than half is very concerned about its ability to buy the goods they want, a sign of the resistance of the economy so far.
Retirement savings are a source of anxiety: approximately 4 out of 10 Americans say that their retirement savings are an “important source” of stress in their lives. But less, only about 2 out of 10, identify the stock market as an important source of anxiety.
“All this tariff war is only a losing situation not only for the American people but for everyone around the world,” said Nicole Jones, 32. “It’s revenge, and everyone is losing.”
The Englewood resident, Florida, voted last year for the then Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced the titular president, Joe Biden, as a democratic nominated. Jones had not thought much about tariffs until recently, and now, as an occupational therapy student, he also cares about losing his financial help and facing large amounts of educational debt.
“Things are more expensive for us,” he said.
And most Americans still think that the national economy is in a weak state.
The difference is that the Republicans, who largely thought that the economy was in poor condition when Biden was president, now feel more optimistic. But the Democrats have become much more bleak on the country’s financial future.
“Not everything was sun and rainbow, but we were fine,” said Jones, a Democratic voter, about the economy before Trump’s policies went into force.
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The AP-NORC survey of 1,260 adults was held from April 17 to 21, using a sample extracted from the Amerispeak panel based on NORC’s probability, which is designed to be representative of the American population. The margin of adult sampling error in general is more or less 3.9 percentage points.
