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Archived articles from The Economics Daily— Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Married couples with oldest child under age 6 spent 36.3 percent of total expenditures on housing (08/03/2017)
- Households spent an average of $528 on pets in 2015 (04/04/2017)
- Consumer spending in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan (03/06/2017)
- Urban and rural household spending in 2015 (10/28/2016)
- High-income households spent half of their food budget on food away from home in 2015 (10/05/2016)
- Household spending increased 4.6 percent from 2014 to 2015 (09/12/2016)
- Wages and salaries were 92 percent of income before taxes for consumers ages 25 to 34 in 2014 (06/28/2016)
- Share of total spending on healthcare increased from 5 percent in 1984 to 8 percent in 2014 (06/01/2016)
- Annual expenditures by age group, 2013 (01/04/2016)
- 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)
- 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)
- Consumer expenditures shift from commodities to services (06/04/2014)
- Americans' aging autos (05/09/2014)
- 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)
- Government means-tested assistance among families with children under 18 in 2011 (01/02/2014)
- 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)
- Travel expenditures during the recent recession, 2005–2011 (01/15/2013)
- 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)