by the48thronin » Tue 06 Oct 2009, 01:14:24
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', 'J')ohn Denver : Please STFU, you don't know anything about France. We are in the middle of a depression, more and more people jobless, and retails dying all at once. Even the number of police officers getting south (while we have a police-in-love president) because of lack of money. Too bad we will need them a lot when TSHTF.
If by growth, you mean fake numbers on MSM, then I'm sorry, I would in this case totally agree with you.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/63513977.htmlEuro retail sales down 0.2 percent in August for second month running as non-food falls$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ONDON — Retail sales in the 16 countries that use the euro fell 0.2 percent in August from the previous month for the second straight month, official figures showed Monday.
Though food, drink and tobacco sales increased, Eurostat said the nonfood sector continued to weigh down on the overall figure — a further indication that consumers remain reluctant to splash out on non-essential items during the recession.
In the wider 27-country European Union, sales fell 0.3 percent following a stable outcome in July.