More Texans are dishing out the dough for consumer products, reflecting a national spending trend. Consumer spending saw a larger increase in March than it has in the past four and a half years, Reuters reported. The 0.9 percent increase is nearly double the 0.5 percent increase seen in February, and is above the next highest growth of 0.6 percent from August 2009. But it’s not just the national economy that’s seeing a rise in open wallets. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports that retail…
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