Articles, tagged with "consumer spending", page 1

The spa industry has witnessed stupendous growth during the last decade. The popularity of spas comes in large part because of the stress of modern living, and the desire of the aging population to stay as young looking and acting as possible. The industr...

Since we have been hearing so much about a Federal VAT over the past few years, I wanted to take a minute to review some of the largest pros and cons of such a tax with all of my blog readers. PRO: Increased Revenue Obviously, the largest benefit of...

The Dubai crisis should serve as an eye opener to countries that are too leveraged, said Israeli economists, noting that Israel's continued productivity in the high-tech sector, strict budget policy and banking regulation would mostly shield it from ongoi...

My survey produced an interesting anomaly--- several respondents felt that excessive consumer spending was the primary cause of the economic problems we face today, and that spending is not to be encouraged. But the root problem they were correctly sp...

The state of the United States economy has always been on the minds of tax payers, but with the recent economic downturn complete with talks of bailouts, stimulus checks and living within our means, the economy has pushed to the forefront of most people's...