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Americans Ate Their Fuel Savings Last Month

An increase in restaurant spending was one of the few bright spots in today's retail sales report
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Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Americans are taking their savings from filling up at the gas station to ... well, just plain fill up.

Their pockets a bit more padded after paying $1.51 less for a gallon of gas than they did six months ago, consumers piled into their Chevy Camaros and Toyota Camrys and set a course for a good meal.