Appliance sales feel deep freeze

Neil James of Warners' Stellian helps Betsy Parrish of St. Paul explore a new stove for her kitchen remodel.

[Straight Talking John]

Think it's a mental recession? Looks real to me! Note that the High end outfits are doing fine. There is not as much middle Just the ends and a big disconnect between the two.

[Whata Joke]

Times for easy credit and fat consumers are over!

[Mellers]

It must be a result of Minnesota's state-wide smoking ban.

[linuxguy]

It is amazing that McCain's economic adviser Phil Gramm would call this a "mental recession". Average wages adjusted for inflation have declined 2.4% in the last year. This is a real economic squeeze. McCain's problem is that he wants to make permanent the Bush Supply Side policies that caused the Stagflation.