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Old 05-13-2013, 10:39 AM  
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Originally Posted by Adam_M View Post
How are house sales, car sales, holiday sales and all other markets now in comparison to 2007? I think tubes have had an affect but I think people are spending a lot less now then 4 or 5 years ago. Good quality products are still doing well in the current market but I do agree things have changed a lot!
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Home sales:


Car sales:
http://www.macrotrends.net/1372/auto...storical-chart

Holiday retail sales:
http://www.macrotrends.net/1371/reta...storical-chart

All other markets .... hmmmmm ...
World GDP


Seems like maybe things are down at most 25% - that doesn't really explain it. And the world gdp is not down. Only US because we've grown poorer in the last few years, but haven't lost 50% of our purchasing power.
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