US Real Consumer Spending Edges Up 0.1% in February in World Economy News 10/04/2026 Inflation-adjusted US personal spending inched up 0.1% month-over-month in February 2026, following no growth in January, signaling continued caution among households amid high inflation. Goods spending partially recovered, rising 0.2% after January’s 0.7% decline, driven by a 4.3% rebound in motor vehicle and parts purchases (vs. -4.2% in January). However, other durable goods remained weak, and non-durable goods spending fell for the third consecutive month (-0.2%), weighed down by declines in off-premises food and beverages (-0.8%) and gasoline and energy goods (-0.3%). Services spending also slowed to 0.1% from 0.3%, with softer demand for housing and utilities, healthcare, recreation, and financial services. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-10 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share