>On the other front, Americans have become so anxious that they may also join the soaring numbers of unemployed that they have stopped spending on all but essential items such as food and petrol.
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>Everyone is finally taking Suze Orman's advice :o) Interestingly, in the most recent (over the past 3 months) talks she's given that I've heard, she's stressed that the overall condition of the economy is more important than individual economic well-being and she's stressed that folks not follow her standard advice but rather *buy buy buy!*

You go ahead and buy. I'm waiting til things start creeping upward.