Consumer Spending Rose By Most In 3 Months Driven By Higher Energy Costs

For the third month in a row, personal spending missed Bloomberg’s median expectation. However, as incomes rose 0.4% in June so spending also rose 0.4% – its best MoM rise in 3 months. The biggest MoM rise was in energy goods and services (+1.67% MoM – the biggest rise this year) – hardly the things sustainable recoveries are built on.

 




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