Consumers, the mainstay of the economy, splurged in July, increasing their spending by 1 percent, the largest advance in nine months, the government reported Friday.


Free-financing, especially on cars, discounted merchandise and other incentives motivated shoppers to spend. Warm weather in some parts of the country also induced people to hit the malls.


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