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Biggest Drop In Personal Income Since Feb 2010 Can't Stop Borrowers Spending, While Savings Rate Plunges

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US personal income fell 0.1% MoM - missing the +0.3% expectations by the most since September 2011 - but that didn't stop spending which modestly beat expectations at +0.3%. The drop in incomes is the largest (absent the 2012 year-end debacle) since February 2010. Given the disparity, it is hardly surprising that the savigs rate dropped to its lowest since June. So unsaving is the route to freedom once again as borrowing helps drive durable good spending up 0.77%

 

As a result, and as expected, the personal savings rate plunged from 5.2% to 4.8%.

 

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Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:52 | 4221035 Dr. Engali
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It's hard to save when you get punished for it and you have that pesky need of having to eat.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 10:15 | 4221107 toady
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You don't need to eat. It's all in your mind. A month or two at the reeducation camp will teach you that, and many other things

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:54 | 4221037 LetThemEatRand
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No worries.  All that wealth being generated at the very top by QE will trickle down and everything will be great.  The trickle down model has been working so well for the last 40 years or so, why would it stop now?  We just need to generate more wealth at the top to make it work better.  That's the answer.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:57 | 4221051 nickt1y
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We are in a trickle up world where the wealth of the 99.9% is trickling up to the 0.1%

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 10:15 | 4221101 TWSceptic
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trickle down

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. The current administration does not believe in true trickle down economics (laissez-faire), that's why they think they need the fed to print to fund their stupid trickle up programs.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 12:44 | 4221616 MachoMan
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The administration hasn't been forced to have an opinion...  rather, it's simply a conduit.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:53 | 4221042 101 years and c...
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futures just ramped 10 whole points.  did h-rat just pen a 1200 word essay how the taper is off, but if it is on, it would still be bullish?

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:56 | 4221048 666
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I'm saving up for a platinum case to keep my EBT card in.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 09:58 | 4221058 Pig Circus
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Who needs income when the Fed is printing it?

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 10:13 | 4221106 pragmatic hobo
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i don't get it ... if people are getting jobs, ... wouldn't income increase?

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 10:53 | 4221224 toady
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I'm not sure if I missed the /sarc tag, but the gains for the last year or two have been people expiring out of unemployment, 'leaving the workforce', not people getting jobs.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 10:15 | 4221109 Son of Loki
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Just for fun I looked at some new model homes in the area last weekend and the sales offices were empty. I came across a couple of Yutes who looked bewildered and we began chatting. When asked what their issue was the young couple looked at me and with a look of amazement said, "Can you believe they want $1,000 deposit to buy a house. Who has that kind of money?"

I suspect they are the norm. Low/stagnat wages, zero yield on savings and the Yuteful urge to spend may be some of the reasons our system is in this dire shape.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 11:44 | 4221388 Crash Overide
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Don't worry, Eric Holder will issue a mandate that banks must lend to people who can't afford the loan... Everything is fixed again.

 

http://news.investors.com/070811-577794-holder-launches-witch-hunt-again...

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 12:51 | 4221643 MachoMan
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The reason why the pending sales signs turn back to for sale signs is that no prospective buyer has any skin in the game...  literally, even for a $300k house, you won't have any earnest money exchanged with the purchase agreement...  Further, not only is there no earnest money, but in order to entice a sale, the seller will probably have to pay the buyer's closing costs, etc.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 11:21 | 4221317 yogibear
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Bernanke and the rest of the Fed banksters, as well as Wall Street, indicate the sheeple to max borrow to spend.

The sheeple are doing what their told to do. Max out student loans, car loans and tap the house if you can.

Fri, 12/06/2013 - 21:44 | 4223431 Iam_Silverman
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Well, the DOW closed over 16K, things are better now.... Right?  Isn't the "wealth effect" kicking in again?

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