Reuters

Latest Posts

Is walking away helping consumer spending? 

Jun 13, 2008By

Here’s an interesting thought: walking away from your unaffordable mortgage might actually prop up consumer spending. At least, that’s the conclusion of Tom Lee, chief U.S. equity strategist at JPMorgan Securities. Via Reuters: “In a perverse way, people who are leaving homes are actually helping the consumer spending picture,” Lee told the Reuters Investment Outlook Summit on New York.

What's New?
Updated 18 hours ago
manage feed