Rajashri Chakrabarti, Thu Pham, Beck Pierce, and Maxim L. Pinkovskiy In this post, we use the inaugural release of our regional consumer spending indicators to ask whether these…
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Read more Food Insecurity and Consumer Pessimism – Liberty Street EconomicsJohn and Theresa Anderson meandered through the sprawling Ralph Lauren clothing store on Rodeo Drive, shopping for holiday gifts. They emerged carrying boxy blue bags. John scored quarter-zip…
Read more A tale of two Ralphs — Lauren and the supermarket — shows the reality of a K-shaped economy
