Quiz: How Tightly Are Consumers Squeezed?

June 23, 2008

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Everyone knows times are tight. But do you know just how tight? Take this Alpha Consumer Quiz to test yourself on how the economic slowdown is changing consumers' daily lives.

How much credit card debt does the average consumer carry?
1. $600
2. $1,700
3. $2,500
4. $3,800
Which state has the highest average credit card debt?
1. Alaska
2. California
3. Nevada
4. Michigan
What share of consumers reports spending $200 or more on gas for cars each month?
1. 10 percent
2. 25 percent
3. 35 percent
4. 50 percent
How much has the price of milk increased over the past year?
1. 1 percent
2. 5 percent
3. 7 percent
4. 14 percent
What about butter?
1. 2 percent
2. 4 percent
3. 6 percent
4. 9 percent

Click here to learn the answers.

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How long is it going to take our elected officials in Washington
to stop playing games with out lives? It's time the American
people begin to shout loud and clear, and make their voices
heard before we're no longer the world's richest and most
powerful country and this whole mess that they created comes
crashing down on the middle class and poor.

Joan A. Lindstrom of CT 2:11PM August 11, 2008

i live in rural person county north carolina. it is 24 miles to durham where i and my wife work. i work 3rd shift and she works first. we spend about 400 a month on gas. we drive toyota rav 4s. groceries have gone up substantially this year. we have cut out a lot of weekend travel and shopping. people in rural areas have been hurt the worst.

robert fisher of NC 2:04PM August 11, 2008