1 1 <p>Despite slight uoticks in some economic indicators, <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/indexes/rasmussen_consumer_index">Rasumussen reports that a solid majority of Americans continue to rate the economy as poor</a>: "Nationally, only 10% of adults rate the U.S. economy good or excellent while 55% rate it as poor. While 13% of men give the economy positive ratings, only 7% of women do the same. But 55% of both men and women say the economy is in poor shape."&nbsp;</p> 2009-07-06T14:46:24-04:00 990 false true 2009-07-08T09:48:52-04:00 2009-07-08T09:48:52-04:00