Over three-fourths of respondents felt current policy is too stimulative, up from 63% half a year ago, while only 6% believe it is too tight. An even greater percentage (80%) of respondents believe fiscal policy should become more restrictive, but only 34% believe fiscal policy will tighten, while 31% believe it will become even looser. 39% of respondents felt it was very important to get the deficit in balance before the baby boom retires, while 34% said it was somewhat important.
| Current fiscal policy is: | Fiscal policy should be in two years: | Fiscal policy is expected to be in two years: | |||||
| Mar 04 | Mar 05 | Mar 2004 | Mar 2005 | Mar 2004 | Mar 2005 | ||
| Too Stimulative | 63 | 76 | Tighter | 80 | 80 | 37 | 34 |
| About right | 28 | 17 | Same | 15 | 11 | 41 | 34 |
| Too tight | 6 | 6 | Looser | 4 | 9 | 20 | 31 |
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
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