Consumer spending usually follows close behind when the economic cycle swings from expansion to contraction. As discretionary and corporate spending increases, American Express (NYSE: AXP) is able to report a total 16% network growth rate annually in its first quarter earnings results, driven by a 16% growth in billed business and a subsequent 15% increase in processed volumes. […]
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