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- the total value of household and personal expenditure measured at macro and micro levels. At the macro level, consumer confidence can be measured by the overall levels of consumer spending...
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- The Lost Culture of Saving
- Social scientist Barbara Dafoe Whitehead discusses the institutions and forces that conspire against saving, and how we can change them. According to Whitehead, shortsighted government policy and a financial system based on greed turned Americans away from thrift… Even before it was fashionable, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead was proselytizing about the...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- Is Saving More a Good Thing?
- Americans have cut down dramatically on spending and ratcheted up their savings rates. And while that's good for the economy long term, helping to finance valuable investment, in the short term, it's only making our economic woes worse…A recent store visit underscores just how dramatically spending habits have changed in...
- Articles 2009-03-09
- Stimulus Package Report Card: Has It Worked?
- So far, at least some of the $787 billion stimulus package is showing signs of success. But what about the longer term? And will it have been worth the cost? The answer is that at least some of the spending has goosed the economy. But it’s a tricky...
- Articles 2009-09-15
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- VAT reduction has had very little impact on consumer spending so far research finds
- You are here: News / VAT reduction has had very little impact on consumer spending so far research finds Nearly nine in ten consumers say the VAT cut has had no effect. The reduction in the rate of VAT from 17.5% to 15% late last year has had little or...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Universal Studios Home Video's 4th Quarter Captures Over $1 Billion in Consumer Spending
- DVD News 12-20-2001 Universal Studios Home Video's 4th Quarter Captures Over $1 Billion in Consumer Spending DVD NEWS-20 December 2001-Universal Studios Home Video's 4th Quarter Captures Over $1 Billion in Consumer Spending C1999-2001 DVD New DVD News ...
- Research articles 2001-12-20
- Consumer Spending: A Balancing Act Between the Weak Housing Market and the Strong Labor Market, Says Deloitte Research Leading Index of Consumer Spending
- To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Laura E. Wilker of Deloitte Services LP, +1-212-492- 2871, lwilker@deloitte.com; or Rory Mackin of Hill & Knowlton, +1- 212-885-0455, rory.mackin@hillandknowlton.com, for Deloitte NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deloitte Research Leading Index of Consumer Spending fell this month, due to continued weakness in the housing market....
- Research articles 2007-02-13
- Deloitte Research's Leading Index of Consumer Spending
- The pace of consumer spending has more than doubled in the past year, rising from 2% to more than 4%, according to Deloitte Research's Leading index of Consumer Spending. Surging home values will fuel consumer spending for the next several months, including purchases of home-related items like furniture, consumer electronics...
- Research articles 2004-06-21
- Rise in housing prices spurs consumer spending.(Real Estate and Construction)(Brief Article)
- The pace of consumer spending has more than doubled in the past year, rising from 2 percent to more than 4 percent, according to Deloitte Research's Leading Index of Consumer Spending. Upward revisions of housing prices since October 2003 are the driving force of the recent...
- Research articles 2004-06-14
- A Strange Anomaly: Increasing Foreclosures Equals Increased Consumer Spending
- Just heard an intriguing observation on the CNBC show Fast Money from a guest commentator that the increase in foreclosures may actually be a cause of increased consumer spending. The argument is that people whose homes are in foreclosure stop making mortgage payments; therefore, they have more money to spend...
- External links 2009-06-08
- US consumer spending slows in June
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending moderated in June as households were buffeted by rising energy prices and interest rates, the Commerce Department said. The government said consumer spending slowed to a rise of 0.4 percent in June, compared with a 0.6 percent gain in May. Personal income...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Slowing consumer spending in Turkey
- Turkey is the fastest growing member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD with average annual GDP growth from 2002 through 2005 of 7.5 percent, according to International Monetary Fund IMF statistics. In spite of this fact, Morgan Stanley's Global Economic Forum GEF is not optimistic about consumer...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- US consumer spending rises 0.8 pct in May, incomes up 1.9 pct
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, suggesting Americans increased their spending last month, a government report showed Friday. The gains in spending and income were both stronger than most economists had expected, and were likely helped by tax rebates...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- ANALYSTS GIVE MIXED OUTLOOK ON CONSUMER SPENDING FOR '05.
- Byline: Vicki M. Young NEW YORK-Less than a month into the new year, there are already mixed perceptions about the state of consumer spending. Will consumers continue their free-spending ways, buying everything their hearts desire? Or will they snip the...
- Research articles 2005-01-17
- US consumer spending, inflation up in August
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending has rose 0.1 percent in August from July while households' income went up a faster 0.3 percent, but inflation also surged, the Commerce Department has revealed. The spending figure was lower than Wall Street's forecast of 0.2 percent, but incomes were in line with...
- Research articles 2006-09-29
- US consumer spending cools in June, income rises
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending, a crucial driver of the American economy, cooled in June in line with most analysts' forecasts amid a nagging housing market slump, a government survey showed Tuesday. The monthly report by the Commerce Department revealed that consumer spending increased 0.1 percent last month...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- US consumer spending stalls
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending stalled in February despite rising incomes as Americans boosted savings amid recession fears, according to government data released Friday. A Commerce Department report showed a meager 0.1 rise in spending, the driver of growth in the world's biggest economy. The figure was the...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- US tax rebates boosted consumer spending in May
- WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May, as Americans spent the proceeds of tax rebate checks, while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, a government report showed Friday. The jump in consumer spending last month was significantly boosted by the one-off rebate checks, part of a giant...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- US consumer spending grows 0.3 percent in April
- WASHINGTON AFP ? American consumers raised spending at a marginally slower pace in April after a tax-refund-fuelled shopping spree in the first quarter of 2004, data showed. Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of US economic activity, rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in the month after 0.5...
- Research articles 2004-05-28
- French consumer spending rose in May: data
- PARIS AFP — French consumer spending on manufactured goods increased by 2.0 percent in May on a monthly basis after a fall of 0.9 percent in April, official data showed on Tuesday. On a 12-month basis, spending increased by 3.1 percent, statistics agency INSEE said, adding that the data...
- Research articles 2008-06-24
- Consumer spending on video: $30 billion by 2006; Forecast: DVD will be 58% larger than VHS next year.(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
- Consumer spending on video: $30 billion by 2006 Forecast: DVD will be 58% larger than VHS next year ...
- Research articles 2002-04-08
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