Higher Real Wages and Lower Initial Unemployment Claims Spell Good News for Retailers This Holiday Season, Says Deloitte Research.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deloitte Research Leading Index of Consumer Spending increased this month, as real wages rose and initial unemployment claims showed a large decline. "The first rise in real hourly earnings in more than two years -- as a result of falling...

Is Consumer Confidence More Politics Than Economics? Republicans and Democrats give vastly different ratings of nation's economy.
Byline: Lydia Saad Synopsis: Consumer confidence in the nation's economy has not run at full throttle since President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. But behind the lackluster ratings, Republicans are about as positive about the economy today as Democrats were during the economic boom...

Census Bureau Seattle Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
SEATTLE, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program...

Census Bureau Los Angeles Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)...

Census Bureau Kansas City Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey...

Census Bureau Boston Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
BOSTON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program...

Census Bureau New York Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE)...

Census Bureau Atlanta Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
ATLANTA, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program...

Census Bureau Dallas Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
DALLAS, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program...

Census Bureau Philadelphia Office to Survey Nation's Spending Habits.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In January 2007, information about how much Americans spend for health care, groceries, clothing, transportation, housing and other items will be collected by U.S. Census Bureau field representatives from a sample of households across the country. The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program...