[kabar]

But you said, "Most people base their assessments about the economy on how things are affecting them personally."

[Mr Ramsbotham]

But you said, "Most people base their assessments about the economy on how things are affecting them personally."

Yes, and that's what I intended to say. It's difficult to explain, really--it's a purely subjective thing; something that most average people don't even try to qualify or quantify, because average people not only aren't up to it intellectually, they don't really care. All they know is how they feel at the time.