Consumer Spend l Kids’ Entertainment l Multi-generational Households

Overall self-reported daily US consumer spending in stores, restaurants, gas stations, and online averaged $65 per day in September 2011, down from $68 in August and from the 2011 high of $74 in July, according to Gallup daily tracking data. After two months of declines, spending has now returned to March and April levels, which are some of the lowest of the year.
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