I thought this was a pretty strong article: " Income, Spending Rise; Savings Fall By: Dirk van Dijk, CFA January 31, 2011 | Comments: 0 Recommended this article (2) SPX | QQQQ | DE | POT | WMT Print Share In December, Personal Income rose 0.4%, matching the 0.4% rise in November, and just below the 0.5% increase in October. However, both November and October were revised up by a tick, so relative to where we thought personal income was, this is actually an acceleration. It was, on the other hand, slightly below consensus expectations of a 0.5% increase. ..." http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/46820/Income,+Spending+Rise;+Savings+Fall