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8:29am 08/03/04 U.S. JUNE PERSONAL INCOMES UP 0.2% AS EXPECTED
8:30am 08/03/04 U.S. JUNE CONSUMER SPENDING DOWN 0.7% VS -0.1% EXPECTED
8:30am 08/03/04 U.S. JUNE REAL CONSUMER SPENDING DOWN 0.9%
8:30am 08/03/04 U.S. JUNE CORE PCE PRICE INDEX UP 0.2%, 1.5% Y-O-Y
8:30am 08/03/04 U.S. JUNE PERSONAL SAVINGS RATE 2%, LARGEST SINCE AUG

U.S. June consumer spending falls 0.7%

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - U.S. consumer spending dropped 0.7 percent in June, the biggest decline since September 2001 and steeper than the 0.1 percent drop expected.
Meanwhile, personal incomes rose 0.2 percent in June as expected, as wages were unchanged, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. It was the slowest income growth in 14 months.
The personal savings rate rose to 2 percent from 1.2 percent in May.
The personal consumption expenditure price index rose 0.1 percent in June, while the core PCE index - which excludes food and energy prices - rose 0.2 percent.
The core PCE index is up 1.5 percent in the past year.
Adjusted for price changes, real consumer spending dropped 0.9 percent in June.
Real disposable incomes were unchanged.