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Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices: U.S. adults (Pew)

74.0% in Oct 2026the highest in data back to 2022+5.0 pp since Oct 2022
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Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · U.S. adults (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/

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