The public perceives government spending as inflationary.
Orth and Bialik 22- Taylor Orth is a Senior Survey Data Journalist. Carl Bialik is a U.S. Politics Editor and Vice President of Data Science.
Taylor Orth and Carl Bialik, "What Americans know — or think they know — about inflation," No Publication, 11-4-2022, https://today.yougov.com/topics/economy/articles-reports/2022/11/04/what-americans-know-about-inflation-yougov-poll--嘉玮
Placing blame
Who or what do Americans blame for inflation? The largest share (60%) place "a lot" of blame on the price of foreign oil, followed by 53% who place the same amount of blame on government spending and 52% who put a lot of blame on large corporations seeking to maximize profits. Half of Americans also say that the supply chain (50%) should receive a lot of blame, and a similar share (49%) say the same about COVID-19. More Americans say Democrats are a lot to blame (43%) than say Republicans are (30%).