Voters losing confidence in Bush on economy

Negative ratings on economy highest since he took office

By Corbett B. Daly, CBS Marke****ch


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) --

Americans are steadily losing confidence in President Bush's ability
to run the world's largest economy and his disapproval ratings on the
task are now at their highest level since he took office, according to
a new CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday.

Forty percent of Americans are confident in his ability to make the
right decisions about the economy, while 56 percent are uneasy about
his approach.

That is a significantly harsher assessment of his performance than his
grade in April, when 54 percent were confident in his ability and 42
percent were uneasy.

The telephone survey, conducted Sunday through Wednesday from a sample
of 981 adults, found that 32 percent of respondents said the economy
and the labor market are the most important problems facing the
country today, far ahead of any other international or domestic
problem.







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