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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 29 > A new spirit of thrift, a slower economic recovery, experts say

A new spirit of thrift, a slower economic recovery, experts say

By Peter S. Goodman / The Bulletin
August 29, 2009

Even as evidence mounts that the Great Recession has finally released its chokehold on the American economy, experts worry that the recovery may be weak, stymied by consumers' reluctance to spend.

Given that consumer spending has in recent years accounted for 70 percent of the nation's economic....

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