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Retail Sales Up 1.4 Percent In October On Big Boost From Auto Sales

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Retailers, Auto Sales, U.S. Consumers, Retail Sale, Cash for Clunkers, Consumer Spending, Retail Sales October, Consumer Demand, Consumer Price Increase, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Improved retail sales gave Wall Street a boost Monday but provided little hope for a robust holiday shopping season that might invi...

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Don't Expect a Consumer-Led Recovery

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Debt, Us Consumers, Consumer Spending, US Recession, Recession, Business News
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To what extent can the consumer reasonably be expected to drive the economy going forward? The available evidence indicates the answer is probably "not so much."

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Sales, Dollar Plunge; Oil Soars

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Retail Sales, Consumerism, Weak Sales, Retail, Retail Sales, Shopping, Weak Dollar, Recession Fears, U.S. Consumers, Commerce Department, Recession, Credit Crunch, Consumers, Mall Sales, Malls, Business News

WASHINGTON — Oil hit a record high, the dollar sank again, and consumers stopped buying pretty much everything. Stocks kept gyrating, too, on T...

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