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Old Mar 28th, 2003, 05:05 PM        Quotes
From the article itself

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A worsening labor market has made it more difficult for out-of-work people to find jobs and has made those who have jobs worry about keeping them, major factors coloring spending decisions, economists said.
WORSENING

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The nation's unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in February as the economy lost 308,000 jobs. Economists believe the jobless rate will move up to 6 percent in March and higher in coming months.
Where here is some growth....the unemployment rate grew

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The spending and income figures aren't adjusted for inflation. When they are, the picture looks worse.
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Adjusted for price changes, consumer spending fell by 0.4 percent in February, after a 0.2 percent decline in January. And inflation-adjusted disposal income dropped 0.2 percent in February, erasing a 0.2 percent advance the month before.
This shows that after the adjutments that little .2% doesn't exist.

Just thought I'd point this out.
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