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Americans boost spending as income grows

Americans earned more and spent more last month, a hopeful sign for the economy ahead of the holiday buying season.

The government says consumers boosted their spending 0.4 percent in October. People showed a slightly bigger appetite to spend because their incomes rose 0.5 percent, reflecting a slowly healing jobs market. Get the full story »