1.   Are they feeling poorer?

2.   A steep downturn in the market could leave individual investors feeling poorer and cause them to rein in their spending.

3.   Consumers could look at portfolios, feel poorer and stop spending.

4.   Fed officials are aware that falling stock prices hurt consumer confidence and make people feel poorer.

5.   If stocks fall, consumers would feel poorer and would stop spending, causing the economy to slow dramatically.

6.   So, how much poorer do you feel?

7.   That means, Barbera noted, that American investors may be feeling poorer with lower stock prices, but they will also be enjoying lower mortgage interest rates.

8.   The large number of Hong Kong residents who own their own apartments feel much poorer, and banks are worried about bad real estate debt.

9.   The tech-stock slide is a reflection of underlying weakness in Silicon Valley, and it could cause new problems if people feel poorer and stop spending freely.

10.   The decline in the rupiah value has caused people to feel poorer and, therefore, they are trying to reduce their expenditures.