Gallup: Obama Approval on Economy Hits New Low

At 36%, Americans give President Barack Obama his lowest job approval rating yet on his handling of the economy. By contrast, the president's 51% approval rating on handling foreign affairs is up slightly from last month.

Gallup measured Americans' ratings of the president on nine issues in its Feb. 1-3 survey. Obama's rating on foreign affairs is second only to education at the top of the list; these two constitute the only issues on which Obama receives a majority approval rating. Obama's rating on his handling of the economy is second only to the federal budget deficit as the lowest of the issues measured.