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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U.S. consumer prices dropped in July  for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in energy  costs reversed, the government said in a report that suggested  a slow rate of interest rate hikes is likely.
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WASHINGTON: United States consumer spending rebounded sharply in July, government data showed yesterday, erasing the disappointment of June and bolstering hopes that the US economy has recovered from its recent soft spot.
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US consumer spending rebounded sharply July, government data showed on Monday, erasing the disappointment of June and bolstering hopes that the US economy has recovered from its recent soft spot.
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Business & money: Gross domestic product rose by 0.8% in the three months to June.
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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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Consumers stepped up their borrowing in July by the largest amount since the beginning of the year, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.
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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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U.S. incomes and spending rose in October, providing the means for consumers to keep spending as the holiday shopping season approached, while core consumer prices rose modestly, the government reported on Thursday.
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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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Consumer spending rebounded sharply July, government data showed Monday, erasing the disappointment of June and bolstering hopes that the US economy has recovered from its recent soft spot.
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China's consumer price index crept up by 0.9 percent in July compared with a year earlier, ending 68 consecutive months of decline.
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Consumer spending emerged from a slump and rebounded in July as households dipped aggressively into their pocketbooks after an unexpected spell of restraint in June.
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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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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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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.