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Article: Strong economy, negative perceptions; Why voters discount good economic news.(OPED)(THE AMERICAN SURVEY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 7, 2006
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Byline: Gary Andres, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The last two installments of The American Survey explored the disconnect between good economic news and poor perceptions among voters. Despite the U.S. economy's continuing robust performance revised first-quarter GDP numbers released June 29 show a 5.6 percent growth clip, the fastest in over two years Americans remain in a sour mood. The previous articles analyzed the impact of hyper-partisanship (May 26) and new-economy angst (June 23) on this collective gloom. In the third part of this series we examine another factor, lifestyle inflation, and its contribution to the public's negative views despite an ...