Consumer Spending Up 0.8 Percent in July
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WASHINGTON - After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by a strong 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.    The over-the-month increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department on Monday, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline registered in June, when high energy prices and a sluggish job market made for more cautious buyers...
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French consumer spending is stronger than expected in July and August, official figures show.
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Shoppers spent more freely in July, raising hopes that June&#39;s economic lull could be coming to an end. The Commerce Department reported Monday that consumers, key shapers of US economic activity, boosted spending
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Increased spending by consumers and business helped US economic growth rise at a higher-than-predicted rate in the July to September period.
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WASHINGTON : Home building in the United States soared by an unexpectedly steep 8.3 percent in July, recovering from a slump the previous month as weather improved, a government report showed.
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U.S. retailers posted mixed July sales  growth on Thursday as soaring temperatures and gasoline prices  crimped early back-to-school demand and stoked concerns about  consumer spending.
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The consumer spending in the United States increased by a strong 0.6 percent in September led by a surge in spending on durable goods, the Commerce Department reported on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - The Labor Department reports on consumer prices for July at 8:30 a.m. EDT this morning...
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U.S. consumer spending rose a  sharper-than-expected 0.7 percent in October, but rising food  and energy prices ate up much of that gain, a government report  showed on Wednesday.
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US consumers spend more in May than the month before, encouraged by higher personal income.
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After taking a rest in June, the nation's consumers were full of energy last month, boosting their spending by a strong 0.8 percent, a hopeful sign the economy may be emerging from a summer funk.
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WASHINGTON : Healthy wage growth boosted US personal incomes by 0.4 percent in August, but consumer spending was flat for the month, the Commerce Department said.
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The increase in consumer spending, reported by the Commerce Department today, marked a turnaround from the 0.2 percent decline in June.
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U.S. consumers spent heartily in  July on goods ranging from cars to electronics as sales at  retail stores rose a greater-than-expected 1.4 percent, a  government report on Friday showed, suggesting the economy  still had spark.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers increased their spending in July by the largest amount in six months and the back-to-school shopping season got off to a strong start in August, boosting hopes the economy will not stumble into a recession this year.
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Core U.S. consumer prices rose by a  less-than-expected 0.1 percent in July, showing stable prices  that held the year-on-year rate of nonfood, nonenergy inflation  to 1.9 percent for the second month in a row, the Commerce  Department said on Friday.
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Spending by Americans shopping  online during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent from a  year earlier to $8.8 billion, with sharp gains in purchases of  clothing and entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O  said on Thursday.