US Real Consumer Spending Edges Down to 0.2% in World Economy News 01/05/2026 Inflation-adjusted US personal spending edged down to 0.2% month-over-month in March 2026, from an upwardly revised 0.3% in the previous month, as consumers showed signs of more cautious demand. Goods spending held at 0.6%, but the underlying picture weakened. Spending eased sharply for motor vehicles and parts (2.4% vs 6.8% in February), while it declined for gasoline and other energy goods (-1.4% vs 0.2%) and clothing and footwear (-0.5% vs 1.1%). Services spending remained subdued at 0.1%, weighed down by housing and utilities (-0.3% vs 0%), healthcare (0.2% vs 0.3%), and transportation services (-0.5% vs 1.6%). Meanwhile, spending rebounded for recreation services (0.4% vs -0.5%) and slightly rose for financial services and insurance (0.4% vs 0.2%). Source: Trading Economics 2026-05-01 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share