"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Your problem is due to one or more of these three reasons:
1) You read the headline, but not the article.
2) You read the article, but you are the poster boy for reading
comprehension problems.
3) Numbers 1 and 2 are false, but you posted your nonsensical message
because you're hung over from the weekend and just felt like making waves.

The actual article simply says that mall merchants had vastly different
experiences than the big discount chains. It discusses trends, and does
not suggest that mall sales results are an indication of the retail
economy as a whole.


I read the full article and I'm fully aware of what point the author is
trying to make. The article itself is pretty fair and impartial. But true
to NY Times form, they run a headline on the one negative that comes out of
the weekend's sales data, and completely ignore the fact that retail sales
were up 22% for the weekend compared to a year ago.

You and I aren't like the average Joe walking down the street, where all he
does is glance at a headline and forms an opinion about the general shape of
the economy from that headline.


Headlines help to shape public opinion and confidence. Bad economic news
begets bad economic news.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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Headlines help to shape public opinion and confidence. Bad economic news
begets bad economic news.

Only if you're a complete idiot who decides not to shop because other people
didn't shop as much as they were supposed to.

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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Headlines help to shape public opinion and confidence. Bad economic news
begets bad economic news.

Only if you're a complete idiot who decides not to shop because other
people didn't shop as much as they were supposed to.

So you're under the impression that consumer confidence plays no role in
influencing people's spending habits? Then why keep track of consumer
confidence?

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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Headlines help to shape public opinion and confidence. Bad economic
news begets bad economic news.

Only if you're a complete idiot who decides not to shop because other
people didn't shop as much as they were supposed to.

So you're under the impression that consumer confidence plays no role in
influencing people's spending habits? Then why keep track of consumer
confidence?


Because the numbers are a necessary form of advertising. Much of the country
shops because it's expected, not because of real needs.