A faster-than-forecast June pace of expansion at America’s service industries, which make up the bulk of the economy, signals solid second-quarter growth, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed July 6.

American service providers expanded in June at the fastest pace in seven months on stronger orders and sales that signal a healthy U.S. economy.

The pace of growth in U.S. service industries cooled last month from the best readings in a decade, a sign consumers may be taking demand down to a more sustainable level in the face of global weakness.

Growth at service industries from retailers to restaurants hovered in August near the strongest in a decade, a sign U.S. demand was buoyant in the face of financial-market turmoil.

Growth at U.S. service industries picked up in June from a more than one-year low, signaling steady improvement in the biggest part of the economy.

Service industries grew in March at about the same pace as a month earlier, indicating the biggest part of the U.S. economy is holding up.