Media fast view | poll: 80 % of Americans are pessimistic about economic prospects

The latest polls show that Americans are deeply pessimistic about the American economy and believe that Americans have serious differences in the most important values.

The survey found that Americans are currently poor and their dissatisfaction with the economy has reached the highest level in recent years. This pessimism is not only aimed at the current economy, but also includes doubts about the US political system, global leadership, and its help most people to realize the American dream ability.

About 83%of respondents believe that the US economic situation is poor or not very good. 35%of the respondents were not satisfied with their financial situation. Only 27%of the respondents believed that they had a lot of opportunities to improve their living standards, a decrease of 20 percentage points from last year.

38%of the respondents said that their financial situation has deteriorated in the past few years. According to the polls since half a century, except for the economic recession from 2007 to 2009, this is the only interviewee with more than 30%of the respondents that their financial conditions have deteriorated.

Jennifer Benz, vice president of public affairs and media research, said that the results of the survey showed that high inflation is the main factor that caused pessimistic economic prospects.

This poll also revealed the pessimistic views of Americans 'unity and the differences between the two parties on cultural issues, indicating that Americans' economic and social attitudes are shrouded in pessimistic emotions. About 86%of the respondents said that in terms of the most important values, Americans have serious differences. More than half of the respondents expect these differences to exacerbate in 5 years. About 60 % of the respondents are pessimistic about the ability of most people to realize the American dream.

Every time the World Bank estimates that food prices will rise by 1%, nearly 10 million people will fall into extreme poverty.

Recently, the World Bank estimates that global food prices rose 1%, and nearly 10 million people will fall into "extreme poverty." According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in May this year, the World Food Price Index rose 22.8%year -on -year. The estimation of the World Bank shows that extreme poor people are expected to reach 656 million to 676 million in 2022. Before the crisis of the new crown pneumonia, the World Bank estimated that the number would be reduced to 581 million in 2022, but the estimated increase was increased by 75 million to 95 million people. As a result, food prices rose and rising fertilizer prices.

The top 50 richest people in Japan shrink 30 % of the total assets

At present, the total assets of the top 50 richest people in Japan (converted in the US dollar) decreased by 30 % from the previous year to $ 170 billion. According to the data released by Forbes, Japan ranked first is Liu Jingzheng, chairman and president of Uniqiku, which operates leisure clothing brand Uniqlo (ranked second last year), with assets of $ 23.6 billion, but its assets have been in the past year Reduced 44%. Last year, Sun Zhengyi, chairman and president of SoftBank Group (SBG), fell to the third place, with assets of US $ 21.1 billion, less than half of last year. The assets of 38 of the top 50 rich people in Japan have shrunk from last year.

Amazon stock "cheap"

After the US stock market opened on June 6, Amazon began to demolish stocks to about $ 122 per share. As early as March of this year, Amazon announced that it was split on the proportion of each share to 20 shares. Stock splitting will not change the company's financial or performance in nature, but the stock price after spin -off will be cheaper. It will be able to attract more extensive investors to participate in stock investment and transactions. This is like a 20 yuan banknotes replaced with 20 one -dollar banknotes, and the essence has not changed.

(This article published in "China Economic Weekly", No. 11, 2022)

The cover of the 11th issue of "China Economic Weekly" in 2022

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