National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted July 27-28, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Ben Bernanke?

5% Very favorable
21% Somewhat favorable
21% Somewhat unfavorable
12% Very unfavorable
42% Not sure

2* Bernanke’s four-year term as Fed chairman expires in January. Should President Obama reappoint him or name someone new to the post?

26% Reappoint him
33% Name someone new
41% Not sure

3* Who has been a better Fed chairman – Ben Bernanke or Alan Greenspan?

18% Ben Bernanke
33% Alan Greenspan
41% Not sure

4* How important are public comments of the Fed chairman to the movement of the financial
markets - very important, somewhat important, not very important, not at all important?

39% Very important
41% Somewhat important
9% Not very important
4% Not at all important
8% Not sure

5* Bernanke is opening up to the public far more than any of his predecessors as Fed
chairman. Is it good for the economy or bad for the economy for Bernanke to be speaking out more?

52% Good
18% Bad
30% Not sure

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