Probably a stupid question about consumers

[Kevin Robert Dean]

A recent article on CNNFI.COM stated that consumer
spending accounts for 2/3rds of the economy--I am
under the assumption that by "consumer", CNNFI means
the American consumer.

Am I wrong in this assumption?  Or do economists count
foreign trade differently?  Are foreign conumers
included in this number?  If not, can we actually
believe that American conumers by themselves acount
for the 2/3rds?

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Kevin Dean
Buffalo, NY
ICQ: 8616001
http://www.yaysoft.com

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