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Articles tagged with: consumer spending
Written By: Frank Kalman on July 15, 2010
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Written By: Deb Weinstein on April 15, 2009
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Consumer prices tumbled in March. (Therese Flanagan/FLICKR)
BY DEB WEINSTEIN- MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Penny-pinching has taken a toll on prices, according to the latest read on the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Reduced demand for gas, natural gas and oil exerted the most pressure on the index, forcing consumer prices to [...]
Written By: bcm141 on April 3, 2009
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BY BRIDGET MACDONALD – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Retail food prices are continuing to slip due to thrifty grocery spending, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s quarterly Marketbasket Survey, which tracks the cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare a meal.
The Farm Bureau surveyed 90 shoppers in 32 states, whose [...]
