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Questions - Banking and Inflation - August 8-9, 2011

New High: 62% Expect To Pay Higher Interest Rates Next Year
New High: 93% Say They're Paying More for Groceries Than A Year Ago
37% Confident in U.S. Banking System
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 8-9, 2011
By Rasmussen Reports

 

 

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

 


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?


3* How concerned are you about inflation?



4* How confident are you that the Federal Reserve Board will be able to keep inflation under control and interest rates down?

 


5* Are you paying more for groceries now than you were a year ago?



6* A year from now, will the amount you spend for groceries by higher, lower or about the same?



7* Do you owe more money, less money or about the same amount as you did a year ago?

 


8* Are the interest rates you’re paying now higher or lower than a year ago, or are they about the same?


9* A year from now, will interest rates be higher, lower or about the same?

 

 

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