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Spending, income up as ’12 ends

Early dividends, bonuses help advance earnings 2.6%, most since ’04

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: February 1, 2013 at 3:22 a.m.

DAVID GOLDMAN
Credit: AP
 Customers shop for clothes at an H&M store in Atlanta in December. Household purchases rose 0.2 percent in December, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Consumer spending in the U.S. climbed in December as incomes grew by the most in eight years.

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