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This is NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. One sign of the troubled times. At 5:30 this evening, in local time zones around the country, Starbucks closed its 7,100 stores for 3 hours to give its 135,000 employees a pep talk 격려의 말, aimed at selling more fancy 고급의, 일류의 coffee. With consumer confidence <경제 전망에 대한> 소비자의 신뢰, 소비 의욕 down and inflation numbers up, people are cutting back on 줄이다 thrills like this $3.25 grande, non-fat, latte.

 

Michelle Walker of Natick, Massachusetts says that’s what she’s doing these days. “I just try to, try to control what I spend and then….” Michelle worries about rising prices every time she buys gasoline or shops for groceries. “I’m trying to be more careful about how much food I buy, not let things go to waste 폐물이 되다, 허비되다.”

 

Last month’s 1% jump in wholesale prices 도매가격 was more than double what economists had expected. For the past 12 months, wholesale prices have risen 7.5%. That’s the most rapid rise since 1981. “Just because producers and companies pay more for goods doesn’t mean they’re necessarily gonna be able to pass those along to consumers.”

 

A potential recipe for recession 경기후퇴, 불경기. It’s already happened in the housing market where home prices fell almost 9% in the 4^th quarter of last year compared to a year earlier amid rising foreclosure 담보물을 찾을 권리의 상실. The hardest hit cities? Miami with home prices down 18%. Las Vegas, Phoenix, and San Diego all down 15.

 

Some consumer advice from Michelle Walker. “Buy what you need to make yourself comfortable and just cut corners 경비를 절감하다 where you can.” And hang in there as the economic ride gets bumpier 기복이 심한. George Lewis, NBC News, Los Angeles.

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