WASHINGTON—U.S. consumer spending rose for a seventh straight month in September, accelerating at the fastest pace in nearly four years.
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased 0.4 percent last month, as households bought more motor vehicles and spent more on health care. Data for August was revised higher to show spending advancing 0.5 percent instead of the previously reported 0.3 percent gain.
