# Professor Lawrence White discusses the US economy in connection with decreased restaurant spending by consumers

1 Faculty News July 26, 2016 ![New York Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031743.jpg?itok=0h5FlsRq)>

Excerpt from [The New York Post](http://nypost.com/2016/07/26/diners-are-losing-their-appetites-for-eating-out/) -- "'We are clearly in an up economy, with unemployment at about 5 percent, though wages have been stagnant,' said New York University professor of economics, [Lawrence J. White](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white)."

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