Gallup.Com: Blizzard-Hit Regions See Consumer Spending Plummet

December 31, 2010

In the first two days of the day-after-Christmas blizzard, consumers' average daily spending fell by nearly 50% in the East and by 55% in the Midwest, compared with their spending over four days prior to Christmas. By contrast, spending in the South and West fell by no more than 11% over the same time period.

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