The growth of spending on everyday goods accelerated in March in the US, data on debit and credit cards of Bank of America showed. Retail sales, except for cars, increased in March at a faster pace. Compared to February, growth, seasonally adjusted, was 0.6% and was the strongest since last November. The expenditures of households earning less than 50 thousand dollars a year increased especially. The beginning of the year was quite weak for consumer spending amid deferred tax refund. At the same time, the adoption of the tax reform promoted the growth of salaries. In March, after-tax wages rose by 7.5% in annual terms after rising 5.2% a month earlier.
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