1.   It also facilitated a consumer spending spree on imports by making credit available.

2.   Some experts believe the auto industry has reached the end of the current consumer buying spree.

3.   That suggested the consumer spending spree is unlikely to slow significantly.

4.   The consumer spending spree was a major force in the surprisingly robust economic data released Friday, economists said.

5.   The Fed also sought to account for a lack of a consumer spending spree driven by stock-market profits.

6.   The first effect has been a decline in home refinancings, which has put extra dollars in the pockets of consumers and helped fuel a torrid consumer spending spree.

7.   Without a consumer buying spree, both the economy and the stock market could trundle along much as they have since the second-half rally began.

8.   Analysts said that could be the first sign the consumer spending spree is slowing.