Shoppers are spending again, a man dead at John Lennon Airport

According to the New York Times today, retails sales have gone up last month comparing to March 2009. Luxury goods have increased by 22 percent, home furnishings, furniture by 13.8 percent and specialty apparel by 5.2 percent. When the financial crisis hit in late 2008, consumers retrenched heavily. That was a problem because customer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of all economic activity in the United States which led to the economy's decline. Total industry sales are predicted to increase by 10 percent compared with last year, which would make March the seventh month of growth in a row, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, an industry group. The most meaningful sign of recovery is that employers added 162,000 jobs last month, although the unemployment rate is still 9.7 percent. This is very good news. For about two years, several Americans were saving money in case they lost their jobs or they were looking to buy lets say furniture on sale. The fact that customers are spending more is a good way to boost the economy. The retail sales for Christmas and any other shopping season has gone down significantly, which slows down the economy. Seeing that job hiring has gone up is a sigh of relief, but the recovery is not over yet. Just because things are getting better doesn't mean the economy is saved. This time has and will continue to test our patience about with the economy. The number said it all in the beginning, two-thirds of our economy is on customer, so keep spending if you have it, but don't go crazy.
At Liverpool John Lennon Airport, three passengers, Willi Jarant, Gitta Jarant and daughter Anke Anusic had a flight to Germany on Saturday. The problem was, Willi Jarant was not breathing. Mrs. Jarant and Anusic claimed that he was sleeping, but when he was checked on, he was dead at age 91. The Greater Manchester Police arrested Anusic and Mrs. Jarant for suspicion of failing to give notification of death. They have been released on bail and are to appear in court on June 1. Some reports suggested that Mr. Jarant might already have been dead for 24 hours and that Mrs. Jarant had been trying to smuggle his body back to Germany, where the couple is from, to avoid the considerable expense and hassle of formal repatriation. Both Anusic and Mrs. Jarant said that he was breathing when they left their home in Manchester for the airport. Mr. Jarant suffered from Alzheimer's disease, had been treated for pneumonia in a local hospital and that they had waited until he recovered to go back to Germany. He was wearing sunglasses because he had wanted to shield an unsightly eye from fellow passengers. This sure is an unusual story. It is something that you don't hear of everyday. What Anusic and Mrs. Jarant is saying is very believable. If Mr. Jarant had as many illnesses as the reports said he did, both woman should have been more aware of his health. Being dead for 24 hours is a long time. I was surprised that they didn't know he died in the first place.