Americans critical of the US Economic Outlook sharply: poll

Shoppers inside the Bed Bath and beyond store in New York, 13. April 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC | Fri 22 Apr 2011 8: 20 am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters)-Americans are about the US Economic Outlook are more pessimistic than ever since the beginning of the Obama administration and most believe that in the United States is on the wrong track, according to the New York Times/CBS News released Thursday.

The number of Americans who think that the economy is worse jumped 13 percentage points in just one month, 39 percent, the poll indicated.

Only 23 percent said they thought the economy was recovering a decrease by 3 percentage points from the previous month.

Seventy percent of respondents said that the country is headed in the wrong direction, and most think that the American President Barack Obama or the Republicans in Congress share his priorities for the country, the poll showed.

A Dour mood stretches down the evaluation of performance for President Barack Obama and the two parties in Congress in the 2012 election season already ongoing polls.

Fifty-seven percent of respondents said that they do not agree on Obama's handling of the economy, while 75 percent said they disapproved of the way Congress is handling its job.

While Washington is consumed with the discussion of the proposals to reduce the deficit, the Americans seemed uncertain about the impact of the reduction in the deficit on the US economy.

Some 29 percent of those surveyed said deficit reduction would create more jobs, while 29 percent said the reduction of the deficit would cost jobs and 27 percent, it will have no impact on the employment outlook.

The survey found considerable support for Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the rich--72 percent of respondents approved of the idea as a way to address the deficit.

Obama's job approval was at 46 percent, while 45 percent did not approve of his performance in Office.

More than half of the respondents of the survey, 56 percent said that they had a favorable view of Republicans in Congress, as opposed to 37 percent who said yes.

The Democratic Party led a somewhat better, with a 49 percent popularity versus 44 percent disapproval.

The telephone survey of adults was carried out Friday 1224 until Wednesday and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

( JoAnne AllenReports; editing Todd Eastham)

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