42 percent of Americans now rate their own finances positively, 15 points below the long-term average and just 3 points shy of the record low in late Far fewer, 25 percent, say it’s a good time to buy things, 12 points below average and below 30 percent for a record 83 weeks. And positive ratings of the national economy are a whopping 27 points below average.
32 percent say the economy’s still getting worse. An additional 28 percent think the economy’s improving, the most since spring.