Greatest Long-Term Challenges to the U.S. Economy

We separated long-term concerns from short-term for this survey. Health-care spending and its primary driver, the growth of the elderly population, remain at the top of the list of long-term problems, with deficits moving into third, ahead of education.

Longer-Term Challenges to the U.S. Economy
(Percent of survey panelists responding)

	Mar 2004	Aug 2004	Mar 2005
Health care	19	22	23
Growth of elderly population/dependency ratio	27	23	22
Federal deficit	24	17	21
Education system	12	19	16
Competitiveness	na	6	8
Energy		6	4

 

Survey Summary
Greatest Short-term Risk to US Economy
Greatest Long-term Challenges to US Economy
Strengths in the US Economy
Monetary Policy
Fiscal Policy
Detailed Answer File
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