date:Aug 19, 2013
Statistics, excluding inflation and civil servants and military personnel.
The consumer doesn't quite have the discretionary income, or they're hesitant to spend what they do have, Wal-Mart Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley told reporters on a call.
A recent government report showed 5.7 percent of Americans who had jobs in July could not get enough hours to qualify as full-time workers, the same percentage as in June.
While the unemployment rate has fallen steadily over the last year, th