To all US consumers: which letter grade would you assign to the current state of the US economy?

A+/A/A- (10%) – "Historically low unemployment, and stronger wages at the bottom of the scale are progress. People refusing to pay the new higher prices at fast food joints is the real answer to inflationary forces. Let em know there is no demand for a $2.50 McChicken."

B+/B/B- (22%) – "The problem for some of us isn’t just inflation in general or the high interest rates. It’s the knowledge that businesses are still gouging customers with over-priced items and using the excuses of ‘Covid’ and ‘supply chain’ to support the increases. When you can get a delicious, never frozen burger and hand cut fries at a sit-down fast casual place, why pay the same price at McDonald’s?"

• "Inflation has steadily declined over the past year. Wages are up and despite complaining people are still spending $. Because of factors worldwide affecting food production I don't think food prices will ever go back down and will be something we have to live with. Same with energy prices, we are at the whim of OPEC and supply, demand."

C+/C/C- (24%) – "I think that many reports that supposedly show strength are misleading. For example, if jobs reports just say there are more jobs but don't consider how many are government jobs or how many are people getting a second job, it doesn't help understand where people are at from an affording to live perspective. I feel like prices for everything are going up, but I don't feel more well off financially..."

• "Prices keep going up not from real inflation just from corporations making all the money. You can watch it grow weekly and people are tired of paying money at a higher rate over and over. And for no reason but to make someone else rich."

"On fixed income and food prices seem to be increasing. Gas prices at high prices & credit card interest at loan shark highs meanwhile new charges are invented for old products. Cable stations/networks charge for ad free vs viewing ads which we never had before."

D+/D/D- (25%) – "This is the worst I’ve seen in decades. It’s really the price of groceries and goods. My monthly spending has doubled, and I’m struggling to manage things. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for people who are also buying homes in this economy."

• "This is the worst we've seen it in a long time and it doesn't feel like there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Our economy is in shambles; what little to moderate discretionary spending money people had is now going to the essentials like food, housing, gas, etc. I have this extreme sense of unfounded guilt and shame when our bank account gets low as payday approaches but it isn't because we've been irresponsible with our finances, everything just costs so much more and adds up so quickly."

"Everything is so expensive and there seems to be no end in sight for the increases, while income is not keeping up, particularly for service, minimum wage workers and retirees."

F+/F/F- (19%) – "I’m making more money than I ever have before, and I’m just as broke and struggling till the end of the month. Instead of being able to save a surplus with increased pay, everything (gas, groceries, clothes, etc) got more expensive. I wish news outlets would stop focusing on how the stockholder class is doing and look at the other 90%, joblessness is down, but only because many people are working two jobs to make ends meet."

• "The walls are closing in. Inflation is ramping up, the regime wants to make energy prices skyrocket and that will drive inflation higher. The mass invasion of illegal immigrants is taking all the governments money so domestic programs are lacking for citizens, yet they expect the taxpayer to foot the bill for all the spending. The economy is well on the road to collapse."