Inflation now top economic problem and rising: Gallup

Published March 29, 2022 6:17pm ET



The share of people saying inflation is the top problem facing the country has more than doubled in the last three months as the United States experiences the fastest price increases in generations.

A monthly Gallup poll released on Tuesday showed 17% of respondents in March listed inflation and the high cost of living as the most important problem facing the country today. That number is a 7-percentage-point increase from last month and far more than the 8% of respondents who said the same in January. Inflation now polls as the top economic problem and the second problem overall, slightly behind “the government/poor leadership.”

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