Questions - Gold Standard and the Federal Reserve - October 18-19, 2011
Public has Mixed Views of Return to Gold Standard
34% Have Favorable Opinion of the Fed
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National Survey of
1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted October 18-19, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have
you followed news stories about whether the U.S. monetary system should return
to the gold standard?
2* Do you have a very
favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable
impression of returning the U.S. monetary system to the gold standard?
3* Many say that
adopting the gold standard would “dramatically reduce the power of central
bankers and political leaders to steer the economy.” If you knew that
returning to the gold standard really would reduce the
power of central bankers and political leaders to steer the economy, would you
favor or oppose returning to the gold standard?
3* Do you have a very
favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable
impression of the Federal Reserve?
4* Who has more
control over the direction of the economy - the Federal Reserve chairman, the
president or Congress?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence