Tags: consumer spending

What We Read Today 06 December 2012

December 6th, 2012
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Econintersect: Click Read more >> below graphic to see today's list. The top of our reading list is "Morsi's Mistake" ...... and the last is Jeff Gundlach's view of coming financial catastrophe. more »

Economists Debate: Where is the Recession?

August 8th, 2012
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Econintersect Economic Indicator does not see a recession starting in August or September 2012:  http://econintersect.com/wordpress/?p=24667Editor’s Note: There have been 12 recessions between 1945 and 2007.  That is one approximately every five years.  … more »

Consumer Metrics Institute: Weakness Continues

February 18th, 2011
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Online purchases of discretionary durable items are lagging other areas of retail sales. more »

Consumer Metrics Institute: Mortgage Defaults Likely Increase Consumer Spending 2-4%

February 7th, 2011
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The CMI (Consumer Metrics Institute) has estimated that some of the mortgage payments not made when a mortgagor is defaulting end up as consumer spending.  more »

Same Store Sales Surprise to Upside in January 2011

February 3rd, 2011
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Econintersect: Wind, sleet, hail, rain and snow did not dappen the post holiday buying mood.  Data provided by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) for same store sales for January 2011 shows a year-over-year rise of 4.2%.Same-store sales in January sur… more »