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More than half of middle-class Americans say higher borrowing costs are making it difficult to afford groceries, utilities and other basic needs. Despite roaring growth and a resilient job market, more middle-class Americans are worried about the state of the economy than a year ago, a Harris Poll for Bloomberg News has found. One big reason: The rapid increase in interest rates deployed by the Federal Reserve to rein in inflation, which are now expected to remain higher for longer.

More than half of middle-class Americans say higher borrowing costs are making it difficult to afford groceries, utilities and other basic needs. Despite roaring growth and a resilient job market, more middle-class Americans are worried about the state of the economy than a year ago, a Harris Poll for Bloomberg News has found. One big reason: The rapid increase in interest rates deployed by the Federal Reserve to rein in inflation, which are now expected to remain higher for longer.

More than half of respondents said higher borrowing costs were having a negative impact on their household finances.

In a Harris poll, the latest in a series taken for Bloomberg over the past year, 57% of middle-class respondents said higher borrowing costs were having a negative impact on their household finances.