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The Consumer Spending Cliff

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Tony Lima

Consumer confidence dropped by ten full percentage points in November. Read this post to learn why. Continue Reading →

Posted in Current issues, The state of the economy | Tagged commerce department, consumer confidence, consumer spending, consumers, featured, personal income, retail sales

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TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his customers. — Ambrose Bierce

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