Sentences with phrase «real consumer spending last»

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We did see some real strong numbers towards the end of last year, consumer spending was growing at around a half a percent each month, which was very strong.

The poor consumer spending in Q1 could be a harbinger of more economic weakness, not only because the consumer is almost 70 % of the U.S. economy, but because average real personal consumption expenditures grew at a faster rate than real GDP over the last three years, 2.9 % to 2.2 %.