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You have to remember that low-income consumers really took a hit in 2005. A lot of them maxed out their credit cards at the beginning of the season and then got their winter energy bills. That probably left them with an absence of cash and discretionary spending later on.

Consumers are strapped. Their credit cards are maxed, their energy bills are going up and they have less ability to borrow against home equity because interest rates are going higher.

So far it's been the lower-income consumers trimming their discretionary spending, ... However, a recent survey we did indicated that the gas and energy cost concerns may be moving up the income strata. That's something to watch out for.

Michael Niemira

When energy costs go up, the bills go up for consumers and it cuts into their discretionary spending. Consumers spend less on things like clothes and shoes. If gas prices escalate, that has the same effect. So retailers suffer as well.

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If we saw a milder winter, or a reduction in energy prices and commodity prices, that will certainly increase the consumers' discretionary income and spur interest in retail stocks. Retailers need to be more creative in figuring out ways to bring consumers back into the stores.

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As we get toward the end of the winter season and early spring, we'll probably go through another wave of elevated energy prices, and it will bode ill for discretionary consumer spending. Consumer spending might be rather lackluster for some time, perhaps a year or two. In the end we're going to [see] a consumer that's saving more, is more cautious, and a little more spendthrift.

Michael Solomon

I have no income coming in, my bank account is nearly empty and I can't access the money that I have. My credit cards are maxed out and I need help. I hate to do this, but I don't have a choice.

I think our main concern is in calling for some type of federal policy that affects the issuance of credit cards or any credit to consumers. This is a very competitive business and it does provide a great amount of convenience to consumers. Any effort to curb that would affect a lot of lower income consumers disproportionately.

Fritz Elmendorf

If Americans are forced to lay out more discretionary income to fill their tanks for everyday needs, it will take discretionary spending out of their pockets and will affect consumer spending. We need to act urgently to address the situation.

Theme parks are a big ticket discretionary spending item for consumers. And people are cutting back on discretionary spending items.

While the U.S. consumer appears to be in reasonably good shape, the risk lies in the potential for higher heating bills this winter to sharply curtail discretionary household spending,

Adrienne Warren

These results cast more cold water on the notion that if non-discretionary spending on energy swells, it must crimp discretionary spending. It hasn't.

As things get colder and heating bills build up, it's going to come right out of discretionary spending, which will impact less affluent consumers more. For the wealthy, it's an inconvenience rather than a lifestyle change.

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