Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Data on spendng and earnings

Jared Bernstein (see here) has an interesting graph from Marketwatch showing spending and earnings growth (see below).  Bernstein says:

Confidence remains low but at least in some surveys is climbing off the bottom.  Still, it’s shaky and could head south again if things worsen.  Retail sales have actually been pretty steady, but there’s a disconnect, as the figure below reveals, between, earnings and sales growth.  Hmmm…spending out of savings when earnings are weak…where have I seen that before?

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