Almost half of P&I Online readers responding to last week's poll believe rising interest rates will be the biggest financial challenge of the next 10 years.
Market-related issues topped the choices of most respondents; the second most common answer was "another equity market crisis" with 30% of the vote.
In contrast, larger economic issues like a potential U.S. default or the collapse of the Euro each received about 10% of the vote.
The question was asked as part of P&I's 40th anniversary report story: "Looking ahead after 4 decades"