News Summary

• The disconnect comes as Americans' confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month.
• The average long-term u.s. mortgage rate jumped this month to its highest level in nearly three years and the unemployment rate ticked up last month.
• Trump has occasionally acknowledged that gas prices are high, but has called it "a small price to pay" for keeping the country and the world safe with the Iran war.
• Some voters said Trump's rosy view on the economy turns them away.