Princeton, July 30 : US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has hit a new low of 40 percent, a new poll has found.

According to Gallup Daily Tracking Poll poll, it is a sharp slide from his 50 percent approval rating earlier this month.

Obama's previous low was 41 percent, which he hit most recently in April.

"The inability of US lawmakers to agree on the debt ceiling has apparently shaken Americans' confidence in the economy and now seems to be taking its toll on the president''s public support, with Obama''s approval rating at a new low," the New York Post quoted Gallup, as saying.

The poll was conducted by phone from July 26 to 28 with a random sample of 1,463 American adults. (ANI)