Procter & Gamble Co.’s growth in a key sales metric stagnated in the latest quarter while volume slipped, showing that US consumers spent cautiously in the final months of the year.
The maker of Pampers diapers and Tide detergent reported flat organic sales, which exclude the impact of currency volatility and acquisitions, in the latest quarter. That’s the slowest pace in a decade and slightly below the average estimate of analysts. Volume dropped by 1 percent, dragged down by declines in…

