Consumers right now are bargain hunters, and that's what Wal-Mart is talking about. If you're offering a bargain and the consumer thinks it will go away, you'll get the consumer to buy, but there is no impulse buying going on. Delos Smith
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![I'm glad the rest of the world thinks [Tuesday's data are] happy news, but I don't. Two of the indicators - interest-rate spread and money supply - are controlled by the Fed. If we'd used our own [sentiment index], the total index would be down. - Delos Smith Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSdtIGdsYWQgdGhlIHJlc3Qgb2YgdGhlIHdvcmxkIHRoaW5rcyBbVHVlc2RheSdzIGRhdGEgYXJlXSBoYXBweSBuZXdzLCBidXQgSSBkb24ndC4gVHdvIG9mIHRoZSBpbmRpY2F0b3JzIC0gaW50ZXJlc3QtcmF0ZSBzcHJlYWQgYW5kIG1vbmV5IHN1cHBseSAtIGFyZSBjb250cm9sbGVkIGJ5IHRoZSBGZWQuIElmIHdlJ2QgdXNlZCBvdXIgb3duIFtzZW50aW1lbnQgaW5kZXhdLCB0aGUgdG90YWwgaW5kZXggd291bGQgYmUgZG93bi4g&author=ICBEZWxvcyBTbWl0aCAgICA=&num=9 "I'm glad the rest of the world thinks [Tuesday's data are] happy news, but I don't. Two of the indicators - interest-rate spread and money supply - are controlled by the Fed. If we'd used our own [sentiment index], the total index would be down. - Delos Smith Quotes")
![In May of last year, it was 87.1. In fact, before September, the highest it got was 94. Here it is sitting at [about] 110. That's very encouraging and positive. It's telling us the consumer is comfortable and thinks the economy will continue to look a lot like it is at this moment, and that's not that bad. - Delos Smith Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SW4gTWF5IG9mIGxhc3QgeWVhciwgaXQgd2FzIDg3LjEuIEluIGZhY3QsIGJlZm9yZSBTZXB0ZW1iZXIsIHRoZSBoaWdoZXN0IGl0IGdvdCB3YXMgOTQuIEhlcmUgaXQgaXMgc2l0dGluZyBhdCBbYWJvdXRdIDExMC4gVGhhdCdzIHZlcnkgZW5jb3VyYWdpbmcgYW5kIHBvc2l0aXZlLiBJdCdzIHRlbGxpbmcgdXMgdGhlIGNvbnN1bWVyIGlzIGNvbWZvcnRhYmxlIGFuZCB0aGlua3MgdGhlIGVjb25vbXkgd2lsbCBjb250aW51ZSB0byBsb29rIGEgbG90IGxpa2UgaXQgaXMgYXQgdGhpcyBtb21lbnQsIGFuZCB0aGF0J3Mgbm90IHRoYXQgYmFkLiA=&author=ICBEZWxvcyBTbWl0aCAgICA=&num=9 "In May of last year, it was 87.1. In fact, before September, the highest it got was 94. Here it is sitting at [about] 110. That's very encouraging and positive. It's telling us the consumer is comfortable and thinks the economy will continue to look a lot like it is at this moment, and that's not that bad. - Delos Smith Quotes")