Inflation remains the No. 1 reason people continue to say the economy is bad, and that far outweighs recent issues with U.S. banks and the stock market, in the public mind.
/ CBS News
That's partly because as many people ascribe recent problems with banks to decisions made by those banks themselves as to any systemic issues with the banking sector. The Biden administration, for its part, gets narrowly positive marks for handling those bank issues well, at 51%. But people do see disparities as events unfold: there's a widely held view that government helps the wealthy more than the middle class when things do go wrong.
Americans overwhelmingly think the government looks after the wealthy and large investors in banking issues, much more than the middle class, poor people and small investors.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Most see TikTok as a national security risk — CBS News pollMost — whether they use social media or not — are concerned that foreign countries or agencies use these platforms to try to manipulate or influence the views of people in the U.S.
Read more »
Amazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs as Tech Layoffs ContinueAmazon Cuts 9,000 More Jobs as Tech Layoffs Continue | Compare reporting by crunchbasenews BreitbartNews CNNBusiness
Read more »
Manhattan DA Rebuffs Republican Criticism of Potential Trump IndictmentManhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg pushed back against Republican criticism on Tuesday. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from FoxNews, BusinessInsider, and NewsNation: AlvinBragg TrumpIndictment
Read more »
Americans' faith in banks low after failures: AP-NORC pollA new APNORC poll finds an underwhelming assessment of banks and other financial institutions in the U.S. in the wake of sudden bank failures earlier this month. Only 10% say they have high confidence in the nation’s banks.
Read more »
Americans' faith in banks low after failures: AP-NORC pollOnly 10% of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation’s banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds.
Read more »