“Yesterday the econoblogosphere was all atwitter about a MasterCard report that consumers had only spent 0.7% more this holiday season vs. last year. This is said to be the weakest showing since the recession collapse of 2008,
But before you accept that a the final word on the subject of consumer sales at year end 2012, take a look at this screenshot of Gallup’s daily consumer spending report published yesterday, covering data
fron February 2008 through December 23….”
