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Are you anxious about the economy? You're not alone
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Oct 26, 2015
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Are you anxious about the economy? You're not alone
Eight years ago the country was in a financial free fall. As things seemed to have improved, do people feel better about the economy?
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Eight years ago the country was in a financial free fall. As things seemed to have improved, do people feel better about the economy?

Eight years ago, the United States was in a financial free fall. Now that things seemed to have improved, do people feel better?

That’s the question behind the new economic gauge created by the public radio program, Marketplace.

It’s called the Economic Anxiety Index, and we talk to Marketplace host

about it.