Private studies released Tuesday in Buenos Aires showed a 16.1% drop in mass consumption in the first week of August, which further aggravated July's 15.8%, the Buenos Aires daily La Prensa reported.

"since economic recovery after a decade and a half of depression and war depended on a dynamic mass consumption economy." Americans invested in items based around home and family life. At war's ...

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