NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. The American economy is a consumer economy.

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Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But ...

Consumer sentiment has fallen and layoffs are rising, yet U.S. shoppers have fueled solid retail sales growth and turned out in large numbers during the five-day stretch from Thanksgiving Day through ...

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