Top Ten Percent Account for Half of All Spending, Up From 36 Percent
by Mike Shedlock The share of spending by the top 10 percent keeps rising. Economy Increasingly Dependent on the Wealthy The Wall Street Journal reports The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People Many Americans are pinching pennies, exhausted by high prices and stubborn inflation. The well-off are spending with abandon. The top 10% …