Survey: Three Out Of Four Americans Say The Recession Is Still On

Americans have a bleak outlook about both the nation’s financial health and their own, according to the 2014 American Values Survey released Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute.

The Ford Foundation-funded study revealed nearly three out of every four Americans (72 percent) believe the recession is still on.

And fewer than one out of 10 Americans (7 percent) say they are in excellent financial health themselves. About a third of the people in the survey said they or someone else in their household had to cut back on food in the last year to save money.