The household spending splurge that prevented what would have otherwise been a poor economic showing last quarter may have been repeated this quarter. Although higher prices of food and transportation this quarter suggest that households had considerably less money to spend on other goods and services, our calculations indicate that stronger household income growth may have been enough to offset these higher costs.
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