President Obama’s already all-time low 44% approval rating in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll will almost certainly get a lot lower if Americans are right about the direction the United States economy is headed. Forty-nine percent of respondents told NBC/WSJ that they think the economy is headed into another recession. Only 44% believe that won’t happen.

Already, 37% of those polled by NBC/WSJ, say Obama’s policies have “hurt” economic conditions. Another 39% say they have made no difference while only 23% say Obama has “helped” the economy. The NBC/WSJ results mirror those of the ABC News/Washington Post poll showing that 37% of respondents believe “Obama’s economic program” is making the economy worse. Only 17% told ABC/Post Obama had made the economy better while 47% say his economic program has had no effect.