that s the steepest one-year drop since tracking began back in 1984. but even their income declined spending by the poorest americans rose by some 5.6%, between 2007 and 2009, and that s due in part to higher food and housing rental costs. we re going to find out more from the consumer price index report that comes out on friday. meanwhile, stores are hoping that shoppers decide to loosen their purse strings that holiday season. a new study by the national retail federation estimates that sales will increase about 2.3% this year by buyers are still concerned about the health of the economy, so expect bargains to abound. the latest retail sales numbers come out this week. finally, some sad news for happy meals in this city by the bay. soon it could be illegal in san francisco for kids meals to include toys unless they meet certain health criteria. the city board is expected to vote on legislation in the coming weeks. that s this week s getting down to business. i m carter evans
sales will increase about 2.3% this year. buyers are still concerned about the health of the economy. so expect bargains to abound. the latest retail sales numbers come out this week. finally, some sad news for happy meals in the city by the bay. soon it could be illegal in san francisco for kids meals to include toys unless they meet certain health criteria. the city board is expected to vote on legislation in the coming weeks. that s this week s getting down to business. i m carter evans for cnn in new york. s&l, saturday night live pulling out the political stops again. this time with christine o donnell, delaware s gop candidate for senator. our wonderful blitzer our wolf bill clinton blitzer joins. and president obama with democratic support on elections. pennsylvania s governor has strong words for republicans.
retail federation estimates that sales will increase about 2.3% this year by buyers are still concerned about the health of the economy, so expect bargains to abound. the latest retail sales numbers come out this week. finally, some sad news for happy meals in this city by the bay. soon it could be illegal in san francisco for kids meals to include toys unless they meet certain health criteria. the city board is expected to vote on legislation in the coming weeks. that s this week s getting down to business. i m carter evans for cnn in new york. s&l, saturday night live, pulling out the political stops again this time with christine o donnell, delaware s gop candidate for senate. our wolf blitzer joins us to preview her big smart debate wednesday night and president obama hits the campaign trail in philadelphia to drom up support in the mid-term elections. pennsylvania s governor was on the trail for the president, and
good retail sales numbers last month, taking on more workers may be a sign of the holiday shopping season could be strong. hope so. hand-held gadgets top a big toy list as the holiday season approaches. they re on mine. consumer reports showing off the top products of 2010. jamie: perfect timing to show you the amazon kindle and the ipad. these are highlighted in the issue. greg doherty is the executive effort of consumer report. he is the coolest guy at consumer report. he gets to travel around with gadget and gizmos. best of the best. we hope so. five of 400 in the issue. jamie: kindle has been around for a while. what makes it special now? we think it s best of the e-readers. this one is readable, you can tell. it looks different. this is dracula. a little smaller and comes in a graphite color.
airing what it says is video of pakistani american faisal shahzad. the authenticity of the tape could not immediately be verified and the person in it appears sometime before the may first failed attack occurred. in the tape shahzad calls the plot a revenge attack. the latest retail sales numbers are shedding new light on the current health of the economy. sales in june fell for the second straight month after seven consecutive increases. the government attributes the worse than expected decline to weaknesses in the auto sector. analysts say this is further evidence suggesting that the economic recovery has now shifted into lower gear. and despite all of the buzz, it seems that kfc s novel idea for a sandwich just hasn t gone over so well with customers. the company s owner says that sales of the so-called double down have been immaterial. the bunless sandwich which packs bacon and cheese between two chicken fillets instead of bread