>Retail sales dropped 2.4% in September, the Commerce Department reported, as
> consumers cut spending on all but essential items in the wake of the
> terrorist attacks. The decline, the largest since February 1992, is likely
> to increase fears that the country has entered a recession. A separate
> report showed that wholesale prices rose 0.4% last month.

Daher kam ja der Taucher. Das erstaunlich positive Konsumentenvertrauen hat scheinbar das Schlimmste noch verhindert.

Gruß

J.


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