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Toplines - Inflation - August 14-15, 2008

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Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 14-15, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* How concerned are you about inflation?

56% Very concerned
29% Somewhat concerned
9% Not very concerned
2% Not at all concerned

4% Not sure

2* How likely is it that the federal reserve will raise interest rates in the near future to combat inflation?

25% Very likely

35% Somewhat likely

19% Not very likely

4% Not at all likely

17% Not sure

3* If the Federal Reserve raises interest rates will that increase inflation, reduce inflation or have no impact?

38% Increase

23% Decrease

20% No impact

18% Not sure

4* Will raising interest rates help or hurt the mortgage foreclosure situation?

11% Help

64% Hurt

11% No impact

13% Not sure

5* How do you rate the performance of the Federal Reserve during the past 6 months….excellent, good, fair or poor

6% Excellent

22% Good

41% Fair

25% Poor

6% Not sure

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