Gas prices have skated below the $2 threshold and retailers are enjoying renewed fuel margins coupled by fewer shekels headed to the credit-card companies.
But the slices of good news are threatened by a consumer population increasingly alarmed about job security, financial stability and the economic undertow that continues to pull more people down.
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