JCK’s Big
Picture Monday spotlights economic indicators impacting the jewelry industry:
– The National Retail
Federation’s chief economist forecasts
the year ahead.
– Unemployment drops
to 8.9 percent, lowest rate in two years.
– U.S. chain store sales rose 4 percent in February.
– Rising credit card debt paints
mixed picture.
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