US consumer spending slows to 0.2 percent gain

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers slowed their spending in September, even as overall income grew at solid pace for the second straight month.

The Commerce Department says consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in September, after at 0.3 percent gain the previous month. Americans cut spending on long-lasting manufactured goods 1.3 percent. That partly reflected a drop in auto sales. Labor Day weekend auto sales were counted in August.