U.S. personal income rose 0.4%, double the rise in consumer spending, in February, sending the savings rate to its highest level in six months.

Personal income increased 0.4% last month, after climbing a revised 0.3% in January, the U.S. Commerce Department reported today. Spending rose 0.2% after a revised 0.5% gain.

Economists had expected increases of 0.3% and 0.4% in income and spending, respectively.

Disposable personal income, or income after taxes, climbed 0.4%, after January’s 0.9% advance.

In February, consumers trimmed spending on big-ticket “durable” goods, such as cars and appliances, by 0.2%, which was an improvement compared with the 3.2% spending cut reported for January.

Spending on “nondurables” such as food and clothes, inched up by 0.1% in February, down from a 1.8% jump the month before. Spending on services rose by 0.4% last month, following a 0.6% increase in January.