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October 31, 2026 / Caldwell Research

Pew: 21% rate the U.S. economy positively in October survey

Pew Research Center reports that 21% of U.S. adults rated national economic conditions excellent or good in its latest economic-conditions release, published October 8. The survey interviewed 5,062 adults from September 28 through October 4, 2026.

Reported findings

The source reports 37% describing conditions as only fair and 42% as poor. Its separately rounded categories show 2% excellent and 19% good. Nonresponse was below 0.5%.

Caldwell commentary

The published positive rating was 28% in January and 24% in July. This sequence describes changing survey responses; it does not establish which events caused the change. These are repeated waves of one research program, so Caldwell presents them as individual survey results. They do not meet the independent-pollster requirement for a Caldwell average.

Compare the archived economic surveys. Caldwell’s summary was written October 31, 2026; the original source date remains October 8.

Sources and records

Polling releases

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