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Consumer Expenditure Surveys

CE Research

CE Redesign
Learn more about how CE is modernizing and streamlining its surveys.

Poverty Research
Learn more about the BLS research on poverty, in particular poverty thresholds.

Consumption Research (DPINR)
Learn more about the BLS initiative to develop a consumption measure.