Personal Incomes Up

June 26, 2009

News of a rise in personal incomes doesn't seem to be enough to lift the market today. That's probably because much of the 1.4% rise in incomes in May can be attributed to stimulus package, which gave one-time $250 payments to people receiving a variety of social security benefits.

Spending rose 0.3%, as expected.

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