Businesses Growing More Anxious as Elections Get Closer, Fed Survey Shows

Businesses are becoming more anxious about presidential elections set for November, according to the Federal Reserve's latest anecdotal appraisal of the economy.

Election worries were cited as a source of concern seven times in the central bank's Beige Book release, a survey of business contacts published Wednesday in Washington. That's up from two mentions in the July survey of business contacts by the Fed's twelve districts and none in June.