French September Consumer Spending Unexpectedly Falls
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Household spending in France, Europe&#39;s third-largest economy, unexpectedly fell in September, hurt by unemployment and rising oil prices.
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NEW YORK - US consumer sentiment took a surprise spill in September, according to a survey released Friday, suggesting Americans continue to be uncertain about the economic outlook and the job market.
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Retail sales unexpectedly fall in December as consumers rein in their Christmas spending.
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Battered consumers, faced with weak income growth and rising inflation, trimmed their spending in August by the largest amount in nearly a year. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, dropped by 0.1 percent last month, the first decline since a 0.3 percent fall in September 2005, a month when business activity was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.
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Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped unexpectedly in September while the number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits was higher than expected, according to data that painted a picture of a weakening economy.
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WASHINGTONâAmerican shoppers turned tight-fisted in August, dropping sales at retailers by 0.3 per cent and providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.
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The economy ambled into the fall steadily but unstartlingly, with fresh signs of a slowdown as consumers watched spending more warily.
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NEW YORK -- Continued job worries resulted in an unexpected decline in consumer confidence in September, the second consecutive monthly dip, a New York-based private research group said yesterday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Wholesale sales declined for the first time in seven months in September, Statistics Canada says. Sales fell by 1.9 per cent from August, to $37.6 billion.
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NEW YORK - Consumer confidence declined in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.9 points to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board...
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US consumer sentiment stagnated in early September, according to a survey released Friday, as doubts about the economy and the job market persisted.
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Consumer spending emerged from a slump and rebounded in July as households dipped aggressively into their pocketbooks after an unexpected spell of restraint in June.
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A pullback in spending raises the possibility that the country may be experiencing a rare decline in personal consumption.
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A closely watched gauge of future US economic activity fell in September for the fourth straight month after a stronger pace earlier in the year, a private research firm said on Thursday.
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Consumers continued to curtail their spending last month as rising gasoline prices dampened purchases of other goods, a fresh indication of a cooling economy.
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WASHINGTON - Shoppers turned a bit tightfisted in August, dropping sales at the nation's retailers by 0.3 percent, providing fresh evidence of an erratic pace of consumer spending in recent months.    The decline in sales reported by the Commerce Department on Tuesday came after shoppers pushed sales up by a solid 0.8 percent in July as consumers' willingness to spend revived after a June lull...
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US consumers become more bullish in September, thanks to a sharp slide in the cost of energy.