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CNNMoney: The economy needs a Cheerleader-in-Chief

  • May 4, 2016
  • The Progressive Policy Institute

PPI President Will Marshall was quoted in an article on economic despair from CNNMoney‘s Steven A. Holmes.

In a recent AP poll, 54% of respondents described the economy as “poor.” In a new CNNMoney/E*Trade survey, a majority graded the economy as a “C” — or worse. In Gallup’s weekly survey, 60% of Americans said the economy was “getting worse,” the poorest rating given this year, and the worse since last August.

“The nation seems to be wallowing in a degree of economic pessimism,” said Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute, a Democratic think tank.”

Continue the article at CNNMoney.

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