B1 An income-tax plan in Connecticut is giving towns like Hamden, a suburb north of New Haven, the economic jitters.

Still, over the shorter term, Americans seem to be shaking off some of the economic jitters caused by the stock market crash.

The economic jitters show up elsewhere, too.

Throughout the High Point market, which closes today, economic jitters translated into uninspired design.

But underlying economic jitters, particularly fears about a United States slowdown, also contributed to the price drop, analysts said.

With some Hanford reactors shut down because of safety and cost problems, Richland was already feeling economic jitters.

The market has been torn for two weeks by interrelated economic jitters, all of them bubbling up at once.

The British pound took center stage again in foreign exchange yesterday, while the dollar weakened against all major currencies amid continued economic jitters.

Mr. Wirthlin said the economic jitters began even before the Iran affair and may have played a role in the Democratic Senate victories last fall.

But platinum prices dropped sharply, reflecting declining Japanese investor interest and worldwide economic jitters.