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Americans are feeling more optimistic about their finances than in generations

Americans are feeling more optimistic about their finances than in generations

Gallup has been putting this question to US respondents on an almost annual basis since 1977—59% is the highest positive response rate it has ever recorded, just topping 58% in 1999. The unemployment rate is unusually low. While 76% of Republicans say they are better off today than a year ago, only 43% of Democrats agreed with that statement.