The Wal-Mart recession
Here's my nominee for who really needs a bailout: Wal-Mart moms.
FreeExchange points us to an discomfiting Reuters story telling us what can be learned about the economy from parsing Wal-Mart sales figures.
As the economy worsens, Wal-Mart's customers have increasingly shown signs of living paycheck to paycheck. Wal-Mart's sales typically surge around pay periods at the beginning and… » Full Story on Salon.com
FreeExchange points us to an discomfiting Reuters story telling us what can be learned about the economy from parsing Wal-Mart sales figures.
As the economy worsens, Wal-Mart's customers have increasingly shown signs of living paycheck to paycheck. Wal-Mart's sales typically surge around pay periods at the beginning and… » Full Story on Salon.com
