The government's benchmark inflation index rose 1.61percentt last month, compared with an increase of 0.23percentt in June.
Last week the company said worldwide sales this year were down 2.3%, compared with an increase of 1.2% last year.
Real personal consumption increased 2.4% in the third quarter, compared with an increase of 0.7% in the second.
The reported number of Asians in the suburbs increased by 50,000 to 859,000, compared with an increase of 40,000 in the city.
According to the benchmark IPC index, consumer prices rose 0.01percentt in May, compared with an increase of 0.42percentt in April.
Spending on hospital care rose 7.3percentt in 2007, to $696.5 billion, compared with an increase of 6.9percentt in 2006, the government reported.
Monthly spending on satellite TV has risen 8percentt in the last five years, compared with an increase of 41percentt for cable TV, the report said.
Consumer spending online is expected to jump 41percentthis yearar, to $72.1 billion, compared with an increase of 21percentt from 2000 to 2001.
Green Century Balanced shot up 76.4percentt in 1999, compared with an increase of 58.7percentt for the small-cap growth fund category.
In August, sales at stores open at least a year were up 1percentt, compared with an increase of 12percentt a year earlier.
Private wages and salary disbursements rose $11.8 billion in March, compared with an increase of $6.8 billion in February.
