Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go
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Some analysts see consumersâ shift toward thrift as a cultural inflection point, one with huge implications for an economy driven largely by consumer spending.
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The United States is showing signs of  faster economic growth, according to reports released on Monday  on the Midwest and New York City economies and U.S. personal  income.
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The U.S. economy's soft patch last spring was a bit firmer than previously thought.
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The average American should expect to work forever.
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A tax rebate is at the center of a plan to stimulate a flagging economy.
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The labor market is holding steady, businesses are rebuilding inventories and the consumer is still spending, all signs pointing to stronger economic growth in the latter part of this year.
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For the first time in a while, the monthly passenger figures show good growth.
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Across the country, Americans are giving in familiar ways, but with plenty of new twists.
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Everywhere you look, there are ways to save.
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NEW YORK: For years, profligate American consumers have been chided for putting aside nothing for a rainy day. Now, with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, the prospect that households could start
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Holiday shopping got off to a flying  start in the United States this weekend.
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Bumps on the road to retirement smooth themselves out.
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The U.S. economy appears to be  getting on a sustainable growth path with GDP expected to grow  2.8 percent in 2007, and the risks of inflation are slightly  higher than those of an economic slowdown, according to a  survey of economists released on Monday.
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Consumers  --  who play an important role in shaping economic activity  --  spent briskly in October, an encouraging sign that the final quarter of 2004 is getting off to a decent start. Incomes rose sharply.
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The U.S. economy appears to be getting on a sustainable growth path with GDP expected to grow 2.8 percent in 2007, and the risks of inflation are slightly higher than those of an economic slowdown, according to a survey of economists released on Monday.
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The outlook for the US economy in 2007 has picked up, a survey indicates, thanks to robust consumer spending.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: The middle classes congratulate themselves on going green, then carry on buying and flying as much as before.