{"id":2287,"date":"2011-11-22T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T23:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2011-11-22T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T23:21:14","slug":"consumers-may-be-spending-more-but-theyre-not-happy-about-it-real-time-economics-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/22\/consumers-may-be-spending-more-but-theyre-not-happy-about-it-real-time-economics-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers May Be Spending More, but They\u2019re Not Happy About It &#8211; Real Time Economics &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of Americans saying they were cutting back on their spending rose from 66% at the start of the year to 72% in September, where it has stayed for nine straight weeks. Spending, however, was up 5% in September from a year ago&#8230;..[it could be] that, more than two years into an anemic economic recovery, Americans are simply settling into a new routine, somewhere in between the forced austerity of the recession and the heady days that came before. Asked by Gallup whether they are watching their spending \u201cvery closely,\u201d 88% of Americans said yes. That figure has hardly moved in two years.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/economics\/2011\/11\/22\/consumers-may-be-spending-more-but-theyre-not-happy-about-it\/?mod=djemRTE_t'>Consumers May Be Spending More, but They\u2019re Not Happy About It &#8211; Real Time Economics &#8211; WSJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The percentage of Americans saying they were cutting back on their spending rose from 66% at the start of the year to 72% in September, where it has stayed for nine straight weeks. 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