It has also boosted worries about health care to the point where it may soon rival jobs and the economy as the issue Americans select as most important.
The Saudi and UAE role in the anti-Qatar campaign has boosted worries in Washington that the countries are pursuing policies without considering American priorities.
A further worry for the boost-phase system is that military commanders have at most 30 seconds to debate whether to shoot down a missile that might actually be a peaceful satellite launcher.
North Korea unexpectedly canceled an official meeting with South Korea last week, which could well boost the worries of the country's conservatives.
Other Western governments, by contrast, worry that boosting the rebels would undermine the chances of negotiation.
As colleges increasingly worry about boosting their retention and graduation rates, campuses are returning to their old-school ways.
"We looked around and said, 'How can we survive going forward?' One way was growing for Dole". The ability to turn a predictable profit has made his bankers happy, Merrill says, and it has allowed him to focus more on boosting yields, rather than worrying about the timing of his crop and the supply of lettuce headed to market.
There is intense debate in Hungary regarding whether such a program would boost confidence; some worry about the stigma, as only countries in serious trouble and crisis would apply for such a program.
More than half of those polled — 56 percent — said the president and Congress should worry more about keeping the budget deficit down, and 38 percent said they should worry more about boosting the economy even though it might mean larger deficits now and in the future.
They show up in cost cutting at a time in a recovery when companies often have worried more about boosting volume at any cost.
Ms Yellen, like Mr Bernanke, is seen as a "dove", meaning she prefers to prioritise boosting employment by keeping rates low rather than worrying about inflation.
