The Fall of the American Consumer


	The Fall of the American Consumer

JICWyllie

3-12-2008 2:53 PM

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economy, consumers, employment, spending, decrease, currencies, i-exhange rate, i-consequences

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3-12-2008 5:02 PM

gwendolyn

more and more Manhattan stores are accepting Euros and at least one has gone Euros-only.

Huh?

I wonder if Euros will be accepted down in Crawford.

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