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Not so great expectations
What
are Virginians' economic expectations? Virginia Commonwealth
University quizzed people during its annual Commonwealth
Poll, a public opinion survey of 800 Virginia residents.
Here's what residents foresee for the Old Dominion and
the nation:
| National
Conditions |
Good
Times
|
Bad
Times
|
Same
(Vol.)
|
| National
business conditions next year |
27%
|
49%
|
13%
|
| National
economy in 5 years |
28%
|
52%
|
11%
|
| Buying
big items now |
66%
|
21%
|
11%
|
|
| State
Conditions |
|
|
|
| Virginia
economy next year |
37%
|
42%
|
12%
|
| Finding
a job in Virginia next year |
31%
|
54%
|
7%
|
|
| Personal
Finances |
|
|
|
| Personal
finances over last year |
49%
|
29%
|
21%
|
| Personal
finances next year |
38%
|
11%
|
49%
|
Data:
The Commonwealth Poll, Virginia Commonwealth University,
October, 2002
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