Saving outpaces spending as incomes rise in May

Saturday, June 27, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Households pushed their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years in May as a big boost in incomes from the government's stimulus program was devoted more to nest eggs than to increased spending.

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