Many Americans spent an uneasy weekend wondering whether the rescue would help in time - or at all - and trying to figure out where next to cut back as the economic screws tighten.
Would financing come through for the new washing machine? Could the old car hold out another year? Would a nice dinner out bust the budget?
"People are afraid," said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store in a Dallas...
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