-->>Hi,
>Anfang November 64 nach 80,6 Anfang Oktober. Nach Katrina 2005 lag's bei 61,5.
>Als Gründe gelten: Dollarfall, Ã-lpreis-Hoch, Kreditkrise.
>Gruß!
Dazu einige Stimmen Betroffener gestern in der IHT (online):
"Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of all economic activity in the United States, or about $9.8 trillion, so even a slight dip in home borrowing takes huge amounts of money out of the flow. The prospect of a slowdown, combined with the squeeze on households from higher oil costs, is sending shivers through the retail world, as apparel merchants, furniture dealers and electronics stores brace for the possibility that the all-important holiday shopping season will disappoint. Automakers are bemoaning sluggish sales.
"A fall of 2 percent in consumption would be big enough to trigger a recession," said Christian Menegatti, lead analyst for RGE Monitor, a consulting firm in New York."
"Local businesses are already suffering the effects of consumers who are less inclined to buy. A Volkswagen dealership downtown said sales were down two-thirds from a year ago. At the Flowing Tide, a bar and restaurant in south Reno, the co-owner Justin Moscove said business was down 10 to 15 percent.
At the Meadowood Mall, near the airport, shoppers were scarce."We're dead," said Cendy Rodriguez, manager at Lane Bryant, the plus-size women's clothing store, who said business was down 25 percent over the last two months."I don't think it's going to be nowhere near the Christmas we had last year."
Die hauseigenen Geldautomaten (sprich Hypotheken und Kredite auf's Grundeigentum)sind ausgetrocknet. Das wird noch lustig. Unsere Amerikanischen Importeure fuer Textilien fragen auch nur noch einen Bruchteil nach, was als Ursache, wie sie uns versichern, neben dem schwachen Dollar auch die gesunkene Binnennachfrage hat.
Gruss
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