Survey: Consumers are ready to spend

“As the holiday season hits its stride, consumers are poised to spend, per Deloitte’s Consumer Spending Index released this week,” Stacy Straczynski wrote for Adweek . “The indicator, which increased by 4.63 percent in November after a 4.25 point gain in October, represents the highest level the index has reached since 2004.” However, an economist at Deloitte Research said consumers still have a high level of uncertainty.