However, while there’s more economic optimism in the Northeast and the West Coast, the level of worry about three major economic concerns—protecting current levels of wealth, planning for retirement, and the cost of health care—vary from region to region.
Of course, it’s not all coming up roses for everyone on optimism; the report says that respondents in the Rocky Mountain region (44 percent) and the Southwest (44 percent) are most likely to express pessimistic outlooks. But overall, people are focused on wealth protection, retirement planning and health care costs.
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