(WSJ) Poll Shows Complicated, Contradictory Feelings on Economy

How do Americans feel about the economy? That depends on how you ask.
A strong majority of Americans think the U.S. economy remains troubled, but they also are growing more optimistic about their personal financial situations, an NBC News/Marist Poll released Wednesday found.
About six in 10 Americans””up from 54% last July””say the U.S. is still in a recession, and 63% think the country is moving in the wrong direction. (Officially, the recession ended in June 2009.)

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