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Article: Economic Anxiety is Soaring to Unprecedented Levels, According to Yankelovich.
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- August 4, 2008
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic anxiety is not just rising, it is sprinting its way to new heights, with 61 percent of consumers saying they feel high or severe levels of anxiety, according to the most recent Yankelovich study fielded in June 2008.
The latest Yankelovich tracking of economic worries finds that 37 percent of consumers feel severe economic anxiety, a number that has nearly tripled in only six months. In the first wave of tracking in January 2008, only 14 percent of consumers felt severe economic anxiety, while 19 percent felt high anxiety and 32 percent felt moderate anxiety.
"As the price of gas and other necessities rise, consumer ...