Measuring News Interest Week of October 28 November 2
The public’s interest in economic news remains moderate and has not grown in recent months. Roughly a quarter of the public (27%) paid very close attention to economic news last week and 16% listed this as the story they followed most closely.
Measuring News Interest  | Week of October 28 November 2  | 27  | 2008 Campaign  | 22  | 31  | Situation in Iraq  | 20  | 27  | U, S. economy  | 16  | Hurricane Noel  | 21  | Iraq policy  | 5  | 10  | Mukasey  | 3  | Percent who followed this story very closely  | Percent who named story as their most closely followed 