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Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Consumer Expenditures
- Household spending increased for most categories in 2014 (09/10/2015)
- Consumer spending on entertainment by household income in 2013 (05/21/2015)
- Consumer spending by age group in 2013 (03/18/2015)
- Average annual expenditures on gifts of goods and services in 2013 (12/04/2014)
- Personal consumption expenditure-related employment during the recession and projections to 2022 (10/15/2014)
- Spending and employment related to books and other reading materials (09/26/2014)
- Majority of components of household spending decreased in 2013 (09/11/2014)
- Relative importance of selected CPI components during the business cycle (07/10/2014)
- Shrimp disease in Asia resulting in high U.S. import prices (06/30/2014)
- Consumer expenditures shift from commodities to services (06/04/2014)
- Americans' aging autos (05/09/2014)
- Energy indexes up over the year from January 2013 to January 2014 (02/24/2014)
- New education classification better reflects spending patterns in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (02/20/2014)
- Average annual expenditures on sweets, flowers, stationery, jewelry, and other items in 2012 (02/14/2014)
- Consumer Price Index up 1.5 percent, December 2012 to December 2013 (01/17/2014)
- Government means-tested assistance among families with children under 18 in 2011 (01/02/2014)
- Consumer Price Index, November 2012 to November 2013 (12/18/2013)
- Measures of gasoline price change (09/25/2013)
- Household spending increases to $51,442 in 2012, surpassing prerecession levels (09/12/2013)
- Consumer spending on gasoline increased significantly in 2011 (07/11/2013)
- Consumer expenditures increase in 2011 for the first time in 3 years (06/21/2013)
- Consumer expenditures on food in 2011 (06/07/2013)
- Household spending on pets (05/29/2013)
- Expenditures of urban and rural households in 2011 (03/01/2013)
- Consumer Prices, 1913 and 2013 (02/28/2013)
- Travel expenditures during the recent recession, 2005–2011 (01/15/2013)
- The 2012 drought’s impact on grocery prices compared to the 1988 drought (12/04/2012)
- Consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters, 2010 (10/25/2012)
- Consumer expenditures rise in 2011 (09/27/2012)
- Consumer spending patterns, 2008–2010 (10/06/2011)
- Overall consumer expenditures fall in 2010 (09/29/2011)
- Spending on mortgage interest payments and charges decreases from 2007 to 2009 (10/14/2010)
- Spending on housing and transportation falls in 2009 (10/07/2010)
- Consumer out-of-pocket health care expenditures in 2008 (03/25/2010)
- Pay off debt, spend, or save? The 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments (10/23/2009)
- Consumer expenditures in 2008 (10/08/2009)
- Housing expenditures in 2007 (04/27/2009)
- Changes in health care spending patterns of older Americans (01/05/2009)
- Consumer expenditures in 2007 (11/26/2008)
- Energy prices and expenditures in the South, 1984-2006 (05/30/2008)
- Spending on cell phone services now almost the same as residential phone services spending (12/18/2007)
- Consumer expenditures in 2006 (10/29/2007)
- Transportation expenditures in 2005 (03/30/2007)
- Housing expenditures in 2005 (03/27/2007)
- Food expenditures in 2005 (03/21/2007)
- Consumer expenditures in 2005 (11/09/2006)
- Asian households and spending on food at home (07/06/2006)
- Spending on apparel over the decades (05/31/2006)
- Spending on food: 1901 versus 2002-03 (05/26/2006)
- Spending on necessities, 1901 and 2002-03 (05/23/2006)
- Spending on food in 2004 (05/16/2006)
- Consumer expenditures in 2004 (11/30/2005)
- Healthcare spending in 2003 (07/08/2005)
- Expenditures on apparel down in 2003 (07/06/2005)
- Disposable income and consumption (05/17/2005)
- Consumer expenditures in 2003 (12/01/2004)
- Spending on food in 2002 (03/16/2004)
- Spending on travel (12/11/2003)
- Spending on entertainment in 2002 (12/05/2003)
- Largest rise in consumer spending in 2002: health care (11/25/2003)
- Travel expenditures by age (11/04/2003)
- Changes in spending patterns among Hispanics (10/28/2003)
- Supply, demand, and consumer gasoline prices (10/08/2003)
- Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin (08/07/2003)
- Out-of-pocket medical spending: fee-for-service vs. HMO coverage (07/09/2003)
- Entertainment expenditures, 2000 (07/02/2003)
- Spending on necessities, 2000 (06/24/2003)
- Vehicle acquisition by age (06/23/2003)
- Larger rise in spending on housing in 2001 (06/02/2003)
- Spending on food—at home and away (05/22/2003)
- Consumer-related jobs most important to farming and nondurables among goods producers (01/10/2003)
- Consumer spending and job growth (01/09/2003)
- Consumer health care spending in 2001 (12/10/2002)
- Spending drops on apparel in 2001 (12/04/2002)
- Singles’ similar purchasing probabilities (10/18/2002)
- Homeownership highest in Midwest and South (07/18/2002)
- Most poor consumers are single individuals (07/08/2002)
- Small rise in spending on food away from home in 2000 (05/30/2002)
- Elderly spend greatest share on housing (05/28/2002)
- Spending drops on entertainment, pensions and insurance (12/28/2001)
- Slower rise in out-of-pocket health care spending in 1999 (07/06/2001)
- Consumers spend more on apparel in 1999 (06/28/2001)
- Single parents allot higher share of spending to necessities in 1998 (06/19/2001)
- Consumers spend more in all categories in 1999 (01/02/2001)
- Consumer expenditures rise 4.2 percent in 1999 (12/22/2000)
- Teens with jobs—where does the money go? (11/01/2000)
- 65-and-over group gives most (09/25/2000)
- Food stamp households budget more of spending on basics (09/13/2000)
- Retirees spending more on health insurance (07/13/2000)
- Singles eat out more (07/11/2000)
- Public assistance and family characteristics (07/05/2000)
- Income and meals away from home (07/03/2000)
- Assistance recipients spend bigger share on basics (06/29/2000)
- Let’s do lunch (06/28/2000)
- More seniors are mortgage free (06/27/2000)
- Consumers spend more on food away from home (04/07/2000)
- Distribution of consumer expenditures in 1998 (03/30/2000)
- Consumer expenditures rise modestly in 1998 (03/28/2000)
- Spending on food away from home up by 5.7 percent in 1998 (11/19/1999)
- Income and public transportation expenditures (10/08/1999)
- Mass transit and public transportation expenditures (10/01/1999)
- Airfare dominates public transportation expenditures (09/27/1999)
- Transportation the largest piece of pleasure travel spending (09/13/1999)
- Food, clothing, and shelter see different historical spending patterns (08/31/1999)
- Comparing food expenditures by income group (08/25/1999)
- Health insurance now accounts for biggest share of health care dollar (08/23/1999)
- Pension expenditures drop for all except highest income group (08/10/1999)
- How leased and owned vehicles stack up (08/09/1999)
- Consumers pay more for desired features (05/28/1999)
- Apparel spending down in 1997 (04/27/1999)
- Entertainment spending declines in 1997 (04/20/1999)
- Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990s (04/05/1999)
- Expenditures for housing, personal insurance rise fastest in 1997 (04/01/1999)
- Transportation spending brakes in 1997 (03/23/1999)
- Medical care spending climbs again in 1997 (03/16/1999)
- Spending on food differs by gender (03/09/1999)
- Expenditures on frozen foods, meat change considerably over 12-year period (02/26/1999)
- Consumer expenditures rise 3.0 percent in 1997 (12/24/1998)
- High income households allocate smaller expenditure shares to necessities (12/17/1998)
- Homeowner expenditures take more out of budgets in Northeast and West (12/15/1998)
- Higher share of consumer expenditures going to homeowner expenses (12/08/1998)
- Consumer expenditure rise largely attributable to discretionary spending (10/26/1998)
- Consumer expenditures rise at highest rate since 1989 (10/16/1998)