Confidence remains high by historical standards.
Sixty-five percent say their own finances are in good shape and 52 percent call it a good time to buy things, both 5 points from their respective highs. Its lifetime average is -10, depressed by recession in the early 1990s. Seventy-six percent of Americans rate the nation's economy as excellent or good, down 1 point from last week. The best was 80 percent on Jan. 16. The worst was 7 percent in late 1991 and early 1992.