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SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)

18. April is always a reality check month

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Jun 1, 2013, 06:44 AM

Jun 2013

People who have to pay to the IRS, spend less that month because they wait until as close to the deadline as possible... (we had to write a check for close to 2K)

for people who charge their Xmas, those bills are still coming in regular as clockwork

we had really bad weather for a LOT of places pretty much all of April..people hunker-in-place when that happens

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Consumer Spending in U.S. Unexpectedly Declined in April [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

'Unexpectedly?' KG May 2013 #1

+1 Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #5

Let me join you Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #11

du rec. xchrom May 2013 #2

Yeah! How's that "austerity thingy" working for you now? kelliekat44 May 2013 #3

oh my what a surprise who could have forseen HiPointDem May 2013 #4

as if my chronically empty wallet and bank account didn't tell me this already Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #12

the ptb are always surprising us HiPointDem May 2013 #13

The weather was kind of crappy Renew Deal May 2013 #6

and everyone was sick. so they didn't shop as much HiPointDem May 2013 #8

Good point Renew Deal May 2013 #9

yes. we must be scientific about it. else someone might try to operate. HiPointDem May 2013 #10

Well, duh. djean111 May 2013 #7

Where are the Consumers from? Consumeria? Consumerstan? Zorra May 2013 #14

Not unexpected by me. n/t Bonhomme Richard May 2013 #15

Not unexpected at all adieu May 2013 #16

Well, I went onshort term disability tavalon Jun 2013 #17

April is always a reality check month SoCalDem Jun 2013 #18