AP-GfK Poll: Debt turning shoppers into Scrooges
A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather th... Full Story
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AP-GfK Poll: Debt turning shoppers into Scrooges
A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.
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How the poll on debt stress was conducted
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The Associated Press-GfK Poll on debt, stress and holiday spending was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 5-9, 2009. It was based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,006 adults. Interviews were conducted with 806 rspondents on landline telephones and 200 on cellular phones.
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Gas prices fall to begin busy travel week
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