1001 Halloween Costumes

Marketwatch writes about the increase in spending on Halloween this year and how you can teach your kids to budget with Halloween shopping.

Despite the economic downturn, Americans are planning on spending even more this year than last on Halloween candy and decorations, a new survey released by Visa Inc. finds.

The survey shows that 75 percent of Americans plan to celebrate — and spend on — Halloween. Among those, the average person will spend $47 on candy and decorations. Disregarding the current economic headwinds, this spending represents an increase of 18% from the $40 Americans reported they were planning to spend on Halloween in a similar Visa survey last year.

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