Americans Earned Less, Spent Less in 2013 - But Spent More on Health Care and Housing

If you measure the strength of the economy by how much people spend, then the new report from the Department of Labor on consumer expenditures is bad news. Consumers cut spending in 2013 as their incomes fell, according to Tuesday's report, and that included less spending for most of the major categories tracked by the Consumer Expenditure Survey .



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