Consumer spending falling
November 05, 2008 at 08:02 AM EST
[Skip to the end] Consumer spending hit by crisis: MasterCard By Nicole Maestri NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers slashed spending in October, shunning purchases of items over $1,000, as a global financial crisis battered their savings accounts and their psyches, according to figures released on Wednesday by SpendingPulse, the retail data service of MasterCard Advisors. “The numbers for [...]