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title: "Consumer spending increases marginally in February"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8ece738c-732f-4f5e-b671-8b6eac87944f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/consumer-spending-increases-marginally-in-february-1391
category: "General"
published: 2015-03-31T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:24:16.322Z
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# Consumer spending increases marginally in February

**TL;DR:** U.S. consumer spending rose by 0.1 percent in February, with consumer income rising by 0.4 percent. The increase in spending may be modest, but economists believe a spending boost will come in the next few months.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-03-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/consumer-spending-increases-marginally-in-february-1391).*

## Story

After two straight months of .02 percent declines in December and January, U.S. consumer spending rose by 0.1 percent in February, reported the Commerce Department.

While the increase may be modest, consumer income rose by a healthy amount of .04 percent, which matches January's rise, thus leading economists to believe that a spending boost will come in the next few months.

Spending on nondurable goods such as food and energy saw a 0.4 percent increase while durable goods were down 0.1 percent as auto sales weakened. A portion of these mild increases may be due to severe cold weather, which keeps shoppers away from malls and car dealerships. Sales have fallen in various industries, such as restaurants, home improvement stores, electronics and appliance stores.

As the country moves into the second quarter of the year, industry professionals are optimistic for a healthy growth rebound of 3 percent or better.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- United States (location)
- economic growth (topic)
- consumer spending (topic)
- retail sales (topic)
- Commerce Department (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/consumer-spending-increases-marginally-in-february-1391). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8ece738c-732f-4f5e-b671-8b6eac87944f).