New York (CNN Business) The pandemic has caused the worst economic crisis in living memory. Yet Americans were more downbeat about the state of the economy during the Great Recession than they are now. A new study from the Pew Research Center says 69% of Americans think the current economic situation is bad, while 30% think it's good. By comparison, only 17% thought the economy was in good shape in 2009 , the worst year of the Great Recession. The Great Recession was often dubbed " man-cession " because so many jobs in male-dominated sectors like manufacturing and construction vanished.

Source: CNN September 03, 2020 13:52 UTC