# Prof. Nouriel Roubini on US consumption vs. income

1 Faculty News April 27, 2012 ![The New Yorker logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032750.jpg?itok=hERliZMl)>

Excerpt from [The New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/04/jobs-numbers-economy-election.html) -- “For how long can consumption grow much faster than income and households run down their savings as income growth in Q1 was very mediocre?”

[Read more ](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2012/04/jobs-numbers-economy-election.html)

Additional coverage from [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gdp-report-rate-of-us-economic-growth-slows-to-22percent/2012/04/27/gIQAwZaElT_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop).