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United Press International
WASHINGTON — Consum
ers bought less again in August,
defying forecasts of a spending
surge from President Reagan’s
tax cut and raising new ques
tions about projections of recov
ery this year.
Most economists had ex
pected the July tax cut to sup
port increased spending, in
stead of the 0.9 percent drop in
retail sales from previous month
levels announced by the Com
merce Department Monday.
The figures were not ad
justed for price increases during
the month, suggesting the drop
in volume was even larger.
Consumer spending for July
increased 1.2 percent in revised
figures.
Compared with year-ago
levels, total sales in August rose
just 0.4 percent to $88.3 billion,
the Commerce Department re
ported.
Auto sales plummeted 5.5
percent in August. But even
without the downturn in autos,
overall sales figures would have
only stayed about even with July,
with a 0.09 percent increase.
Durable goods sales, includ
ing autos, machinery and heavy
appliances, were down 3.5 per
cent.
The weak sales figures raised
new doubts a recovery was gain
ing steam.
“I just heard about it and fm
still in shock,” economist Sandra
Shaber, of Chase Econometrics,
a leading analysis firm,said.
“Apparently consumers were
not nearly as optimistic as Wall
Street and saved their extra in
come. That is just very, very bad
news.
“Until spending picks up its
hard to see what basis there is for
any economic recovery.”
Another forecaster, econom
ist Michael Evans of McMahan,
Brafman, Morgan and Co.,said.
“We’re in trouble. The economy
is going to be way down in the
third quarter. It’s going to put
that fourth quarter upturn in
jeopardy.”
Commerce Secretary Mal
colm Baldrige, in a statement
issued by his office, attempted to
remain upbeat about the fi
gures, saying, “In the past, sharp
gains in disposable income were
generally followed by rising con
sumer outlays but often with a
lag of several months.”
So, Baldrige concluded, “This
year seems to be following the
normal pattern with the July tax
cut not yet evident in indi
vidual’s spending.”
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WASHINGTON — Unless
supporters of an anti-abortion
measure can switch the views
of about a dozen senators.
President Reagan is in for
another defeat on Capitol
Hill.
For the second time in five
days the Senate refused to
stop a two-month-old filibus
ter Monday that has blocked
action on the legislation back
ed by Reagan. The vote for
cloture was 45-35 15
short of the necessary 60
votes.
Senate Republican leader
Howard Baker filed a petition
for a third cloture vote today.
The legislation is attached to
the debt limit bill that Baker
wants passed by the end of the
week.
Last week, Congress hand
ed Reagan his biggest setback
to date on Capitol Hill when
they overrode his veto of a
$14.2 billion supplemental
appropriations bill.
Now Senate attention is fo
cused on the abortion mea
sure, which would ban federal
funding and insurance for
abortions. It also seeks a re
view of the 1973 Supreme
Court decision that legalized
the operation.
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C.,
sponsor of the measure, said
he was “not certain” he would
have enough votes today.
Sen. Lowell P. Weicker Jr.,
R-Conn., one of the leaders of
the filibuster, told reporters
he did not believe Helms
could summon the 60 votes.
“I wall take ahold of every
opportunity to hold back the
resolution of this issue by hav
ing votes/’ Weicker said. “Ten
million people out of work
and we’re debating each
other’s values.”
But Curtis Young, of the
evangelical Christian Action
Council, said, “we’re pleased;
I think we’ll be very, very close
on the vote today.
But Curtis Young, of the
evangelical Christian Action
Council, said, “we’re pleased;
I think we’ll be very, very close
on the vote today.
The anti-abortionists pick
ed up four votes since last
Thursday when their first
attempt at cloture was defe
ated 41-47. Actually the anti
abortion forces picked up
seven senators but the final
tally did not reflect it because
several senators who voted
last Thursday were absent
Monday.
In a comparison of the two
votes, 48 senators have voted
for cloture. Two or three
senators who have been ab
sent both times can be ex
pected to vote for cloture.
That leaves about 10 senators
now supporting the filibuster
that Helms must persuade to
switch.
On Monday, Sen. John
Warner, R-Va., changed his
vote to support cloture. Re
publican Sens. Robert Dole
and Nancy Landon Kasse-
baum, Kan.; Orrin C. Hatch,
Utah; Mark O. Hatfield, Ore.;
Paul Laxalt, Nev.; and James
McClure, Idaho, all absent
Thursday, voted for cloture in
the second attempt.
Baker had said he would
seek to bring up a proposed
“federalism” constitutional
amendment Tuesday by
Hatch, which would allow
Congress and the states to re
strict or ban abortion.
But Baker acknowledged
he did not believe he could get
the unanimous consent re
quired for him to do so.
Weicker also hinted that he
would raise an objection.
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