According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the U.S. economy has been growing (in other words, hasn't been in recession) for the last 75 months. Such a long time of expansion has only happened 3 times since the end of WWII. Even so, according to a Hart-McInturff survey, 42% of Americans asked felt the economy was just "fair," and 35% felt it was "poor." Only 23% of the 800 people asked felt the state of the economy was "good" or "excellent."
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