Consumer Spending Stays Steady

Overall self-reported daily US consumer spending in stores, restaurants, gas stations, and online averaged $69 per day during June 2011, unchanged from May 2011 and essentially the same as the $67 average of June 2010, according to Gallup daily tracking data. Consumer spending has shown no improvement during the first half of 2011 compared with 2010, but remains slightly higher than in 2009.
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