1 1 <p>While <em>PollTrack </em>may be stating the obvious, Americabs remain very pessimistic about the economy, though they attitudes have taken an upturn since January.<a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/indexes/rasmussen_consumer_index"> Rasmussen Report's "Consumer Index</a>, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, was up two points on Sunday to 71.8. The index is now down a point from a week ago and down three points from one month ago. However, today's index is up twelve points from its first reading of 2009 . . . Nationally, only 9% of adults rate the economy as good or excellent, while 57% disagree and say the economy is poor. 30% rate their personal finances as either good or excellent, while 24% rate their personal finances as poor"</p> 2009-06-14T12:29:33-04:00 963 false true 2009-06-16T09:40:03-04:00 2009-06-16T09:40:03-04:00