September has seen a significant increase in the number of Americans who say they are worried about money. As concern over their personal finances increases, Americans are assessing the best options for the long-term security of their money.
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Gallup's personal finance measure reports the percentage of Americans who, reflecting on the day before they were surveyed, say they worried about money.
Just days before the historic plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, 20% of Americans had seriously considered taking their money out of the stock market and 8% already had. But a majority (51%) were not too worried, or not worried at all about the money they have in banks.
Over half of Americans (55%) say they are worse off financially now than they were a year ago, tied for the most negative reading in Gallup’s 32-year history of asking this question, but no worse than four months ago at the beginning of the summer.
As U.S. businesses face pressure to grow, Americans persistently report much more confidence in small business than in big business.
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