Eyewitness News Money Report: Consumer Spending

You've got a little extra cash coming in...do you invest it, or would it be smarter to pay extra on your mortgage? Let's find out: simple answers to complex questions: that's coming up on Money Talks.

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Here are the top AP money stories for December 30th: Consumer confidence at lowest-ever level; Home prices drop to record low; Treasury gives $5 billion to GMAC; Airbus meets key goal.

Feeling a little broke, economy got you down? Overwhelmed with credit card debt? House under water? Lost your job? The brilliant minds at Newsweek (led by some of Wall Street's best and brightest) have the perfect solution: Spend more money!Just like the Federal Government, you too can hope to SPEND your way out of debtMakes perfect sense I suppose to the dot-com economists who were the architects of this messbernake, newsweek, geitner, congress, media, economy, bailout, spending, consumer, indicators, cpi, inflation, stimulus, crazy