Americans Need Fuel-Cost Rescue as Spending Falls: Economy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-31/consumer-spending-in-u-s-unexpectedly-drops-as-incomes-cool.html

The drop in fuel prices couldn’t have come at a better time for the U.S. economy.

Consumer spending unexpectedly dropped 0.2 percent in September, weaker than any economist projected in a Bloomberg survey, after rising 0.5 percent in August, according to Commerce Department data issued today in Washington. The report also showed incomes rose at a slower pace last month.