Economic Outlook Kankakee County November 2011 Survey

1. SURVEY #4 November 2011- Survey will close November 14thber 12th

We want to thank each of you for your ongoing participation in this project and welcome those of you who are joining us for the first time!

This survey is a little shorter this month- so you should be able to complete it in 2-3 minutes.

The survey will be open from November 7-14. Preliminary results will be sent to you, our panel, no later than November 21 and the key results then released to the public about November 25th.

As always, if you know of additional people that should be included have them send me an e-mail @ ddaake@olivet.edu and we will send them the link.

1. What do you think the state of the economy in Kankakee County will be six months from now?

What do you think the state of the economy in Kankakee County will be six months from now? MUCH BETTER

SOMEWHAT BETTER

ABOUT THE SAME

SOMEWHAT WORSE

MUCH WORSE

2. What do you think the state of the economy NATIONALLY will be six months from now?

What do you think the state of the economy NATIONALLY will be six months from now? MUCH BETTER

SOMEWHAT BETTER

ABOUT THE SAME

SOMEWHAT WORSE

MUCH WORSE

3. On a scale from 1 to 100 where 1 equals a depression level economy and 100 equals a high growth vigorous economy with GDP growth rates of 4-5% give us your rating on where you think we will be in the next next 6-12 months NATIONALLY. Please type a number from 1 to a 100 in the space provided.

On a scale from 1 to 100 where 1 equals a depression level economy and 100 equals a high growth vigorous economy with GDP growth rates of 4-5% give us your rating on where you think we will be in the next next 6-12 months NATIONALLY. Please type a number from 1 to a 100 in the space provided.

4. Now thinking more on the local level --On a scale from 1 to 100 where 1 equals a depression level economy and 100 equals a high growth vigorous economy with growth rates of 4-5% give us your rating on where you think we will be in the next next 6-12 months LOCALLY. Please type a number from 1 to a 100 in the space provided.

Now thinking more on the local level --On a scale from 1 to 100 where 1 equals a depression level economy and 100 equals a high growth vigorous economy with growth rates of 4-5% give us your rating on where you think we will be in the next next 6-12 months LOCALLY. Please type a number from 1 to a 100 in the space provided.

5. The Congressional "Super Committee" has to come up with an an additional $1.2 trillion in cuts over ten years. Below is list of areas that might be cut. Give us your opinion in terms of which of these programs you think should be cut and to what degree,

	No cuts	Slight cuts	Moderate cuts	Heavy cuts	Total cutting from Federal Budget
Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan	*The Congressional "Super Committee" has to come up with an an additional $1.2 trillion in cuts over ten years. Below is list of areas that might be cut. Give us your opinion in terms of which of these programs you think should be cut and to what degree, Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan No cuts	Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan Slight cuts	Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan Moderate cuts	Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan Heavy cuts	Funding of wars in Iraq & Afghanistan Total cutting from Federal Budget
National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan)	National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan) No cuts	National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan) Slight cuts	National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan) Moderate cuts	National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan) Heavy cuts	National Defense (other than for Iraq & Afghanistan) Total cutting from Federal Budget
Space program	Space program No cuts	Space program Slight cuts	Space program Moderate cuts	Space program Heavy cuts	Space program Total cutting from Federal Budget
Social Security	Social Security No cuts	Social Security Slight cuts	Social Security Moderate cuts	Social Security Heavy cuts	Social Security Total cutting from Federal Budget
Medicare/Medicaid	Medicare/Medicaid No cuts	Medicare/Medicaid Slight cuts	Medicare/Medicaid Moderate cuts	Medicare/Medicaid Heavy cuts	Medicare/Medicaid Total cutting from Federal Budget
Federal aid to education	Federal aid to education No cuts	Federal aid to education Slight cuts	Federal aid to education Moderate cuts	Federal aid to education Heavy cuts	Federal aid to education Total cutting from Federal Budget
Subsidies for student loans	Subsidies for student loans No cuts	Subsidies for student loans Slight cuts	Subsidies for student loans Moderate cuts	Subsidies for student loans Heavy cuts	Subsidies for student loans Total cutting from Federal Budget
Subsidies to various businesses	Subsidies to various businesses No cuts	Subsidies to various businesses Slight cuts	Subsidies to various businesses Moderate cuts	Subsidies to various businesses Heavy cuts	Subsidies to various businesses Total cutting from Federal Budget
Subsidies to universities for research	Subsidies to universities for research No cuts	Subsidies to universities for research Slight cuts	Subsidies to universities for research Moderate cuts	Subsidies to universities for research Heavy cuts	Subsidies to universities for research Total cutting from Federal Budget
Loan guarantees for homeowners	Loan guarantees for homeowners No cuts	Loan guarantees for homeowners Slight cuts	Loan guarantees for homeowners Moderate cuts	Loan guarantees for homeowners Heavy cuts	Loan guarantees for homeowners Total cutting from Federal Budget
Agriculture subsidies	Agriculture subsidies No cuts	Agriculture subsidies Slight cuts	Agriculture subsidies Moderate cuts	Agriculture subsidies Heavy cuts	Agriculture subsidies Total cutting from Federal Budget
Alternative (green) energy projects	Alternative (green) energy projects No cuts	Alternative (green) energy projects Slight cuts	Alternative (green) energy projects Moderate cuts	Alternative (green) energy projects Heavy cuts	Alternative (green) energy projects Total cutting from Federal Budget
Foreign Aid	Foreign Aid No cuts	Foreign Aid Slight cuts	Foreign Aid Moderate cuts	Foreign Aid Heavy cuts	Foreign Aid Total cutting from Federal Budget

6. Thinking about your level of spending for Christmas this year-what are your intentions compared to last year?

Thinking about your level of spending for Christmas this year-what are your intentions compared to last year? Much less than last year

Somewhat less than last year

About the same as last year

Somewhat more than last year

Much more than last year