Pa. consumer spending up 11 percent post-recession

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Pennsylvania consumers bought more cars and trucks and boosted their spending in other areas as the nation emerged from recession.

First-of-its-kind economic data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce provides a state-by-state look at how consumers responded in the years after the Great Recession officially ended in 2009.

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