{
  "id": 17101516,
  "title": "US Consumer Spending Rises Slightly Less than Expected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/us-consumer-spending-rises-slightly-less-than-expected",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-29T18:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/us-consumer-spending-rises-slightly-less-than-expected/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US personal consumption expenditures increased by 0.5% in September 2026, following a 0.9% rise in August and coming slightly below forecasts of 0.6%. The $113.1 billion increase in current-dollar PCE in September reflected increases of $35.1 billion in spending on goods and $78.1 billion in spending on services. Within goods, spending on gasoline and other ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}