Overseas Headlines – March 31, 2017
editor 2017-03-31T08:38:00-05:00U.S.:Consumer spending slows; inflation pushing higherU.S. consumer spending barely rose in February amid delays in the payment of income tax refunds, but the biggest annual increase in inflation in nearly five years supported expectations of further interest rate hikes this year. The Commerce Department said on Friday consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds