“Consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets next year to pay for costlier health care, more expensive grocery bills and higher taxes, an extra drag on the country’s already slow-moving economy.  The additional outlays look set to test the resilience of consumers, whose spending accounts for around two-thirds of the U.S. economy.  The strength of consumer spending has surprised some economists, given unemployment near 8 percent and anemic wage growth. Consumer spending has cushioned the blow to the United States from slower foreign demand for its goods.”

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49552647

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