Questions - Economic Advisors and Federal Reserve - September 29-30, 2011
26% Have Favorable Opinion of Bernanke, 51% Unfavorable
Only 29% Think U.S. Has World's Best Economy
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted September 29-30, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Despite
current difficulties, does the
2* How
confident are you in President Obama’s economic advisers?
3* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Timothy Geithner?
4* Do you
have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Ben Bernanke?
5* Does
the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board have too much power, not enough power
or about the right amount of power over the economy?
6* Is the Federal Reserve chairman influenced by the President
in his decision making or is he truly independent of the administration?
7* Generally speaking, when it comes to important national
issues, whose judgment do you trust more—the American people or America’s
political leaders?
8*
Some people believe that
the federal government has become a special interest group that looks out
primarily for its own interests. What do you think? Has the federal government
become a special interest group?
9*
Do government and big business often work together in ways that hurt consumers
and investors?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence