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

We separated long-term concerns from short-term for this survey. Worries were more evenly split, with health-care costs edging out the deficit and education. The elderly population dropped as a worry.

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

	Survey Date
	Mar 2004	Aug 2004	Mar 2005	Sep 2005
Health Care	19	22	23	23
Federal deficit	24	17	21	22
Education system	12	19	16	21
Growth of elderly population/dependency ratio	27	23	22	18
Competitiveness	NA	6	8	7
Energy issues	NA	6	4	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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