... wealth in their stock investments and their home prices. They are still feeling the pressure to boost savings," said Nigel Gault, an economist at IHS Global Insight. The rebound in consumer spending and the slight uptick in consumer confidence ...

... for the second consecutive month. "People are spending more dollars, but they are not getting more stuff," said Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at Global Insight, a forecasting company in Lexington, Mass. Despite higher prices and ...

... carnage. Yet, the new figures "can't be taken as a signal that the economy is out of the recession woods," said Nigel Gault, of Global Insight. On Wall Street, investors initially responded enthusiastically to the employment news, with ...

... the pace quickening this summer. The labor report provided "yet more evidence that growth is accelerating," said Nigel Gault, U.S. economist at Global Insight Inc., a research firm. Yet a CBS News poll released this week found that 52 ...