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Let's take a deeper dive into some of the economic numbers, and see what Americans think the future is going to hold. Six months from now, do you think that we're going to be in a recession? 42% think that. 35% think that it's going to be the same as now, and 24% think it's going to be improving. So depending upon how you look at it, there's 59% that think it's going to be as good as it is now if not better, and 42% who are more pessimistic about the outcome of the economy.If we ask them to rate the strength of the economy today, on a zero to 10 scale, almost no one says zero, one, two, or three. Pretty low numbers. Not that many people say 10, only 5% say 10. And if you look at it, most people are in the five, six, seven, eight range, which means they think the economy is good to very good. How would you rate business conditions today? Very good 14, good 32, normal 37, bad 15, very bad only two. So only 17% think business conditions are bad or very bad, which is a pretty good number for [inaudible



