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A sharp pullback in consumer spending in the beginning of the year, despite rising income, corroborates declining consumer confidence and supports our projections for economic growth to slow this year and for the next Fed move to be a rate cut.
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Figure 1. Spending Growth Sharply Slows in Q1
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