That's not hard to find. I'd be willing to look into it with you if it would help your understanding. In fact, I'd enjoy checking this out with you but you really need to tell me where you're coming from. You must have noticed on this thread that most people have made their final conclusions long before they ever begin checking the facts. ;-)
Simply put I just want to be able to understand the data, what it is and how it should be interpreted. The reason I ask is that much of the data doesn’t seem to add up...in the BLS report, hourly wages had gone down, but somehow spending is up. It didn’t make sense to me unless you figure in income-tax refunds which would be seasonal.