American consumers are the most powerful shoppers in the world but will they be able to spend their way out of a possible recession and what happens to the rest of the world's economy if they do not?

Aaron Heslehurst takes the temperature of the American shopper by speaking to the boss of the US Conference Board, which monitors consumer confidence, a former White House senior economist and the CEO of the company which owns one of the biggest online travel sites, Booking.com. Show less