HOLIDAY SHOPPING

November 24, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

HOLIDAY SHOPPING

Of those surveyed by the nonprofit Consumer Reports:

33 percent plan to spend less money this holiday season.

15 percent expect to spend more.

45 percent of those who made a budget last year exceeded it.

As of October 2011, 6 percent of consumers – about 14.1 million adults – were still carrying debt from last holiday season.

Source: Consumer Reports first Holiday Shopping Poll of 2011