Americans in a new survey from Edward Jones are about equally divided in their views on the state of the U.S. economy.
Forty-five percent said they are optimistic about the direction of the economy, while 42 percent are pessimistic. Respondents' top concerns:
|- Inflation: 83 percent
- Supply chain disruptions: 77 percent
- Employment rate: 71 percent
- Interest rates: 71 percent
According to the survey, the more worried respondents are with economic conditions, the bigger the effect those concerns have on their financial decisions. Forty-one percent said they have considered the rate of inflation when making financial decisions in the past nine months.
"Americans have certainly been faced with disruptive conditions over the past year," Mona Mahajan, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones, said in a statement.
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Michael S. Fischer
Michael S. Fischer is a longtime contributing writer for ThinkAdvisor. He previously reported on trade and intellectual property topics for the Economist Intelligence Unit and covered the hedge fund industry for MARHedge and Reuters News Service.
