Oct. 27, 2008

The New York Times

Losing Confidence, and Sleep

A report released today by ComPsych Corporation, a provider of corporate employee assistance programs, found that 92 percent of workers are losing sleep because they are worrying about their finances.

Specifically, ComPsych found, the worries break down like this:
Cost of living: 30 percent
Credit-card debt: 29 percent
Mortgage payment: 14 percent
Retirement account: 13 percent
Kids’ tuition: 3 percent
Health care costs: 3 percent

The other 8 percent said they were not worried.