Seventy percent of Dominicans think that the economy is performing badly (28.1% very bad, 41.8% bad), compared to 11% who consider it to be performing very well or well (0.8% and 10.2%).<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the same Gallup-Hoy poll of 28 Nov-2 December showed that 48% believes that the country’s economic situation will worsen by the time the Fernandez term comes to an end next summer. This is up from 33% who believed so in August 2007. A total of 39% expect an improvement, and 11.8% say things will remain the same, compared to 16.7% who believed so in August 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Seventy percent of Dominicans think that the economy is performing badly (28.1% very bad, 41.8% bad), compared to 11% who consider it to be performing very well or well (0.8% and 10.2%). Furthermore, the same Gallup-Hoy poll of 28 Nov-2 December showed that 48% believes that the country’s economic situation will worsen by the time … <\/p>\n