The FINANCIAL — The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, rose a point on Monday to reach 74.8. Consumer confidence is up five points from a week ago, down four points from a month ago and is down seven points from three months ago. The Rasmussen Investor Index also rose two points on Monday to reach 86.1. Investor confidence is up six points from last week, down four points from a month ago and is down nine points from three months ago.
For the full month of April, consumer confidence was at 76.7, down from 78.5 in March and the lowest full-month finding since last September. Investor confidence was at 87.2 for the month of April, down three points from the previous month and also the lowest since September 2010.
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of consumers rate their own personal finances as good or excellent, while 25% rate their finances as poor. Forty-four percent (44%) of investors rate their finances as good or excellent while 14% give their finances a poor grade.
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