Saturday, February 23, 2008

Weaker Consumer Spending


Consumer spending turned south in the summer of 2007, according to surveys conducted by the ChangeWave Alliance. ChangeWave also found that business IT spending dipped in the first quarter of 2008.

In January, 34 percent of ChangeWave respondents said they planned to spend less during the next 90 days than they did a year ago. About 29 percent said they would spend more.

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