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Title: Incomes and spending both slow in April (AP)
Post by: riky on May 31, 2008, 08:43:24 AM
Incomes and spending both slow in April
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080530/capt.cps.mor65.300508145811.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=PaJ8qxczmCa_20QJNr9C3A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A man shops for clothing inside a store in Chicago, 2004. US consumer spending and incomes both rose 0.2 percent in April, data showed, suggesting sluggish growth in the world's biggest economy is continuing.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080531/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy)AP - The first round of economic stimulus checks gave a boost to personal incomes in April but a huge question remains: Will people spend the checks quickly enough to keep the economy afloat?</p><br clear="all"/>


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