Subject: Re: Polling ( Ritholtz article )
Wow!

Our fractured media is at least partly responsible for such ignorance.

* 55% believe the economy is shrinking, and 56% think the US is experiencing a recession, though the broadest measure of the economy, gross domestic product (GDP), has been growing.

* 49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index went up about 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year.

* 49% believe that unemployment is at a 50-year high, though the unemployment rate has been under 4%, a near 50-year low.