National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted April 14-15, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How confident are you in the stability of the U.S. banking industry today?

7% Very confident
41% Somewhat confident

33% Not very confident

13% Not at all confident

6% Not sure

2* When thinking about the money you have in the bank, how worried are you that it will be lost due to a bank failure?

12% Very worried

20% Somewhat worried

43% Not very worried

20% Not at all worried

5% Not sure

3* Some banks are planning to re-pay the bailout money they received from the government. Government regulators are concerned that some banks might be rushing things before they are strong enough to pay back the money safely. If a bank wants to re-pay the money, should the regulators be allowed to block the re-payment?

11% Yes

60% No

28% Not sure

4* If a bank re-pays the bailout money, should the government still have the right to regulate the pay and bonuses of the bank’s executives?

47% Yes

41% No

12% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence