One of the things Andrew Baxter noticed as he recently went to Los Angeles was the drastic difference in consumer spending in America at the moment. One of the best malls in the city had multiple vacancies and the amount of people visiting the shops were in the hundreds rather than in the thousands it normally has. That is a telling observation for where the US economy is headed and the changes people have to make in their spending habits as gas and food prices have increased rapidly over the last few months. To hear all of Andrew's observations from his visit in America, click the link in our bio to hear the full episode of this week's MONEY AND INVESTING show.