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US Personal Income Rises as Consumer Spending Slows

June 30, 2023
Consumer spending continued to drop in May as U.S. households curtailed spending and boosted their savings. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released on Friday (June 3o) shows that the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, improved slightly by 0.1% in May, with the year-over-year index increasing […]