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Re: Upper Income Savings



On Jun 6, 2007, at 12:47 AM, Paul Phillips wrote:

What did the upper income spend their newly
non-saved income on

Luxury goods & services. Big-ass TVs, Manhattan pieds-a-terre, $400 dinners, doggy spas...

and why did it not lead to inflationary pressure?

It did in the luxury sector. The Forbes Cost of Living Extremely Well index rose 66% from 1996-2006, vs. 28% for the CPI.

Doug



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