What do American people think about central banks?
Sovereignty axis · 🇺🇸 the United States · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
34% of American respondents take the position “A country gains more than it loses by sharing control of money with others.”, against 39% for “A country should keep full control of its own money.”, with 27% choosing neither. n = 101, margin of error ±9.9, weighted to the United States's adult population.
Where the United States sits on sovereignty
What is measured about the United States on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$76,931 |
among the highest in the world
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Trade openness
World Bank national accounts · 2024
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25.0% |
among the lowest in the world
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Foreign direct investment
IMF Balance of Payments · 2025
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1.3% |
somewhat below the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on central banks
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · A country should keep full control of its own money.
B · A country gains more than it loses by sharing control of money with others.
World, unweighted: 48% A ·
23% neither ·
29% B · n = 3894
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34% B 🇺🇸 n=101 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- The united states public opinion on central banks
- Central banks poll the united states
- What do american people think about central banks
- What percentage of american people support central banks
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.