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Board = Conference Board, New York, New York; Fannie Mae = Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C.; iHS = iHS Global insight, Eddystone, Pennsylvania; GSU - EFC = Georgia State University, Economic Forecasting Center, Atlanta, Georgia; Moody's Economy = Moody's Economy, com, Westchester, Pennsylvania; Mortgage = Mortgage Bankers Association, Washington, D.C.; NAM = National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.; Northern Tr = Northern Trust Company, Chicago, illinois; Perryman Gp = The Perryman Group, Waco, Texas; Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; S&P = Standard & Poor's, New York, New York; US Bank = U.S. Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota; US Chamber = U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; Wells Fargo = Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, California. [...]growing income inequality continues to present a problem in managing aggregate demand, since much of equity market gains are concentrated at the top of the income and wealth population with a considerably lower marginal propensity to consume relative to wage earners.
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Divorce;
Expenditures;
Population;
Baby boomers;
Poverty;
Monetary policy;
Employment;
Economic conditions;
Economic models;
Productivity;
Mortgage companies;
Labor costs;
Inflation;
Consumer Confidence Index;
Interest rates;
Consumer Price Index;
Trade restrictions;
Equity;
Labor market;
Wages & salaries;
Labor productivity;
Profit margins;
Economic forecasts;
Consumers;
Propensity to consume;
Consumption;
Gross Domestic Product--GDP;
Consumer spending;
Unemployment;
Cost control;
Recessions;
Repatriation;
Intellectual property;
Income inequality;
Colleges & universities;
Borrowing