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U.S. Accelerates in 2011 as Demise of Consumer Is Exaggerated
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Reports of the demise of the U.S. consumer have been exaggerated.
Households are reducing their debts and building savings faster than he anticipated, said Richard Berner, co-head of global economics for Morgan Stanley in New York, giving them more room to spend in the future.