Consumer Expenditure Survey

Consumer Expenditures

October 06, 2009
Average annual expenditures per consumer unit rose 1.7 percent in 2008 following an increase of 2.6 percent in 2007. Increases in spending on housing (1.1 percent) and food (5.1 percent) coupled with decreases in spending for transportation (-1.8 percent) and apparel (-4.3 percent) contributed to the small overall increase in 2008.

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Reports

• Spending on Cell Phone Services Has Exceeded Spending on Residential Phone Services
• Consumer Expenditures in 2007 (annual report) (PDF 297K)
• Consumer Expenditure Survey Anthology, 2008 (PDF 1.8 MB)
  
  

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