Economic optimism steps aside for long-lurking anxieties

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It was just last month that Gallup rolled out an eye-popping poll result about economic confidence. Almost 60% of U.S. citizens said they were better off now than they were a year ago, but even more impressively, 74% said “this time next year” they would be “financially better off,” the high-water mark for the over 40 years Gallup has asked that question.

A lot can change in one month.

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