HOUSEHOLD SPENDING TRENDS IN 2007 AND 2008
With the help of their credit cards, Saskatchewan consumers were on a two-year spending
spree in 2007 and 2008. The recently released survey of household spending shows that
the growth in spending was concentrated among those in the younger age groups, living in
Regina and Saskatoon, and with relatively high incomes.
There is no evidence that the people buying new homes could not afford them but the
same may not be true for the new vehicles and new televisions that were also popular.
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