Change in Retail Sales / by H. Pike Oliver

ECON - 2009-09-15 - Retail sales trends in the USA  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This graph is from The Liscio Report by Philippa Dunne and Doug Henwood as published in John Mauldin's Outside the Box newsletter on September 15, 2009.  One can see that  while spending on non-essential items has decreased dramatically since 2007.