9.23am BST But other market watchers seem relatively confident.
Though the industrial sector of the economy has suffered, consumers have remained relatively confident.
"I'm relatively confident this is going to work," he said in an interview last week from his home in Atlanta.
Republicans have been relatively confident, in part because their redistricting in 2010 tilted the congressional map in their favor.
"I've always been relatively confident that we can get a good outcome," Chalmers said in the interview.
The oil industry is relatively confident that their response to events farther south will not be too restrictive.
Officials said they were relatively confident that even if General Musharraf lost power or was killed, Pakistan has established some fairly reliable nuclear safeguards.
"They can be relatively confident of their current position in the medium term - but with the likes of Freeview, these are issues Channel 4 must talk about.
In the leading acting categories, the voters polled seemed relatively confident in four winners -- with a decidedly British accent on the dramatic side.
The poll found Americans to be relatively confident in their knowledge of technology (the public's narrow definition may well have influenced that response).
We are in a good location and feel relatively confident we are in a solid hotel market, and we have land to add onto if we want".
