Economic confidence plummets in US amid Iran war, poll shows
A recent Gallup poll indicates that economic confidence in the US has dropped significantly amid the ongoing war with Iran, reaching a record low of -45. Only 16 percent of Americans view the economy positively, with rising petrol prices contributing to widespread pessimism. The survey highlights the challenges facing President Trump as he approaches the midterm elections, with many voters expressing dissatisfaction with his handling of the situation.
- ▪The Gallup poll shows economic confidence in the US at -45, the lowest since 2022.
- ▪Only 16 percent of Americans consider the economy to be 'good' or 'excellent'.
- ▪Seventy-six percent of respondents believe the economy is getting worse due to rising petrol prices and inflation.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 7 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 1 lean left, 1 right.
- ▪ US Voters’ Confidence In Economy Nosedives To Nearly 4-Year Low — Dailycaller
- ▪ Poll shows voter confidence in economy plummeting to a nearly 4-year low — Washington Post — Politics
Al Jazeera English files mainly under world. We currently carry 1,387 of its stories.
Story provenance
Source · retrieval · rights · ranking — open for full record
inspect →
Story provenance
Attribution is not the same as permission. This drawer separates discovery metadata, excerpts, WeSearch-generated summaries, reuse status, and whether the publisher receives the visit. Nothing here claims a legal grant the publisher has not made.
Record
| Original publisher | Al Jazeera English |
| Canonical URL | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/22/economic-confidence-plummets-in-us-amid-iran-war-poll-shows?traffic_source=rss |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 15:44:22 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-22T16:07:02.438Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-22T16:07:02.438Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | 2AGyIrYOxaYs · 3 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
News|Business and EconomyEconomic confidence plummets in US amid Iran war, poll showsAs petrol prices rise, new survey suggests economic confidence in the US is at -45, the worst since 2022.ListenListen (4 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPetrol prices on display at a gas station in Morton Grove, Illinois, May 14 [Nam Y Huh/AP Photo]Published On 22 May 202622 May 2026Only 16 percent of Americans view the economy in the United States as “good” or “excellent”, a new Gallup poll suggests, as inflation continues to rise amid the war on Iran.The survey, released on Friday, deepens US President Donald Trump’s political woes ahead of the midterm elections in November, which will determine whether his…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Al Jazeera English.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from Al Jazeera English
