September 27, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters, 2010

Average annual housing expenditures, homeowners and renters, 2010
Expenditure	Homeowners	Renters
Mortgage interest and charges (reporters only)	$8,202	N/A
Rent (reporters only)	N/A	$8,798
Maintenance, repairs, insurance, and other expenses	1,689	82
Utilities (total)	4,314	2,413
Natural gas	538	237
Electricity	1,654	952
Fuel oil and other fuels	195	35
Telephone services (total)	1,289	965
Residential telephone/pay phones	485	241
Cellular phone service	789	704
Water and other public services	631	219
Household operations	1,230	582
Housekeeping supplies	741	362
Household furnishings and equipment	1,817	796

Percent change and net change in average annual expenditures, selected consumer expenditures, homeowners and renters, 1986 and 2010
Expenditure	Percent change	Net change
Homeowners
Food at home	-13	-$580
Food away from home	-15	-507
Housing	11	1,866
Apparel and apparel services	-41	-1249
Transportation	-22	-2553
Health care	42	1,179
Entertainment	11	313
Personal insurance and pensions	24	1,297
Renters
Food at home	-2	-70
Food away from home	-13	-296
Housing	16	1,805
Apparel and apparel services	-27	-567
Transportation	-21	-1,362
Health care	16	205
Personal insurance and pensions	22	533

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