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Old 11-01-2015, 12:21 PM   #239
glatt
 
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Location: Arlington, VA
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
...$20 more in the pocket each month to spend on something else = lots of economic activity = more jobs = security = consumer confidence = more economic activity

inspired me to get the graph of miles traveled - it's on the upswing again

http://cellar.org/showpost.php?p=943990&postcount=1099
We have these little displays in our elevators at work and they display short snippets. Friday they displayed that consumer spending was down in the last quarter, and they attributed it to cheaper gas.

So maybe people are saving the gas money they aren't spending?
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