The FINANCIAL — The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, slipped only slightly on Monday to 72.5. Today's index is nearly the same as it was a week ago and up just half a point from a month ago. The index is now up twelve points from the beginning of the year.
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.
"The Rasmussen Investor Index, which measures the economic confidence of investors on a daily basis, slipped nearly three points from Thursday to 82.0. That's down two points over the past week, but up one point over the past month. Investor confidence is up nineteen points from the first reading of the year," Rasmussen Reports says.
Among investors, 12% give the economy good or excellent ratings while 51% rate it as poor.
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