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Fed Data Show Consumers Shift Spending Toward Homes and Vacations

Households continued to spend more in August, although at a slower rate than earlier in the year. The median reported year-over-year increase in monthly household spending was 4.7%, compared with 4.8% in April and 4.9% in December 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Spending Survey, released Monday (Sept.

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