Americans are deeply pessimistic about the future as economic concerns rise and White House talks on raising the U.S. debt limit move slowly, Reuters reported.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday showed that the number of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track rose to 63 percent this month, up from 60 percent in June.

Voters do not appear to be holding President Barack Obama responsible for the problems, so far. His approval rating has held relatively steady at 49 percent, down one percentage point from June.

Obama’s standing could deteriorate if the economy does not begin to generate jobs and if Washington cannot show it is capable of solving problems, said Ipsos pollster Julie Clark in an interview with Reuters.

The poll found that more than half of Americans believe the economy is the country’s most pressing problem, the first time a majority has put it at the top of the list since shortly after Obama took office in 2009.