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                April 25
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                HANDOUT             | 
            
                HANDOUT + FORECAST TABLE              | 
        
        
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                April 19
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                ABLE BUT NOT VERY WILLING             | 
            
                Discretionary Retail Sales Growing, But Modestly; Housing Traffic and Starts OK but 2nd Home Sales Headed Lower; Consumer Debt Burden Rising; CES Data Confirms Income Trends Better Than Spending; 55-74 Year Group Now Does 32% of spending.             | 
        
        
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                April 13
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                PEAKS AND LAGS - THE HARD AND SOFT DATA             | 
            
                
PEAKS AND LAGS - THE HARD AND SOFT DATA             | 
        
        
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                April 10
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                WATCH|NG FOR PEAKS  LEGS             | 
            
                Job Gains Well Past their Peak;  Problem is Beyond Weather; Job Outlook  Sobering; Modest Gains for Cosnumer Credit, Fewer Applications; Vehicle Debt Burden in Peak Territory              | 
        
        
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                April 6
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                PEAKS AND LAGS             | 
            
                Consumer Spending Gains All Prices.  Data or Real Problem?; Moods Have Peaked as Have Home Prices; But Better Housing Outlook than Vehicle; Lower Mortgage Debt Payments Over for Now.             | 
        
        
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