Willingness to Spend Freely for Consumables Versus Consumer Balance Index

(Source of Information: 511 consumers sampled nationally and interviewed
by phone in June 2009)

	Consumer Balance Index
	Strongest	Next	Middle	Next	Lowest
CBI	163	109	73	36	18
Index of willingness to spend freely	98	93	68	58	46
% spending without restraints for...
Food	53	51	37	27	19
Clothing	50	45	28	15	17
Gasoline	55	51	32	33	25
Medical Expenses	79	78	66	66	50