[Economic Indicators January, 1996]
[Page Number 4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


REAL PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES

                                            [Billions of chained (1992) dollars, except as noted; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]                                           
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                                      Total               Durable goods                                Nondurable goods                                 Services             Retail sales of new
                                    personal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    passenger cars  
                                       con-              Motor   Furniture            Total                                 Fuel                                             (millions of units)
              Period                sumption   Total   vehicles     and             nondura-           Clothing  Gasoline    oil                Total               Medical --------------------
                                     expendi- durable     and    household   Other     ble      Food      and     and oil    and    Other    services\1\  Housing    care                       
                                       tures   goods     parts   equipment            goods              shoes              coal                                             Domestics   Imports
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1989r.............................   4,064.6    496.2     230.3     170.9     96.4   1,303.5    650.1     220.7     108.1    12.6    311.5     2,262.3      614.6    575.8         7.1       2.7
1990r.............................   4,132.2    493.3     224.3     173.5     96.6   1,316.1    662.9     217.9     107.3    11.2    316.7     2,321.3      627.2    602.8         6.9       2.4
1991r.............................   4,105.8    462.0     193.2     177.0     91.8   1,302.9    659.6     215.9     103.4    10.8    313.2     2,341.0      635.2    621.6         6.1       2.0
1992r.............................   4,219.8    488.5     206.9     189.4     92.3   1,321.8    660.0     225.5     106.6    10.9    318.8     2,409.4      646.8    646.6         6.3       1.9
1993r.............................   4,339.7    524.1     218.6     208.4     97.2   1,348.9    674.3     233.3     109.1    10.7    321.6     2,466.8      655.0    658.8         6.7       1.8
1994r.............................   4,471.1    562.0     228.2     230.1    104.2   1,390.5    689.1     247.2     110.4    10.3    333.6     2,519.4      668.2    668.8         7.3       1.7
1995p.............................   4,577.4    581.1     221.3     251.8    109.7   1,421.5    701.6     257.1     113.3    10.3    339.4     2,575.7      681.9    684.0         7.1       1.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1990:IVr..........................   4,116.4    476.3     210.0     171.5     95.5   1,308.4    662.9     215.1     104.9     9.9    315.6     2,331.2      630.6    610.6         6.6       2.2
1991:IVr..........................   4,109.1    461.5     194.6     178.0     88.9   1,295.7    656.5     213.1     102.5    10.6    312.8     2,352.0      638.6    630.8         6.1       2.0
1992:IVr..........................   4,282.3    505.0     213.9     196.4     94.6   1,339.8    668.6     230.9     107.3    10.7    322.3     2,437.6      650.6    652.2         6.4       1.9
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1993:Ir...........................   4,290.0    506.0     210.8     200.8     94.5   1,336.9    670.5     227.4     108.2    10.9    319.9     2,447.0      652.2    656.6         6.3       1.8
      IIr.........................   4,319.0    519.6     219.0     205.1     95.5   1,344.7    672.9     232.3     108.0    10.6    320.9     2,454.9      653.5    657.5         6.9       1.9
      IIIr........................   4,359.7    528.9     219.1     211.0     98.9   1,354.2    675.7     235.0     110.9    10.7    322.0     2,476.7      655.9    659.7         6.7       1.8
      IVr.........................   4,390.0    541.9     225.4     216.8     99.9   1,359.8    677.9     238.6     109.3    10.6    323.4     2,488.6      658.5    661.4         7.1       1.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:Ir...........................   4,418.8    549.6     230.3     219.0    100.4   1,372.7    682.2     241.1     108.8    11.4    329.2     2,497.0      662.1    663.2         7.3       1.8
      IIr.........................   4,457.7    555.4     226.7     226.1    103.0   1,383.7    688.5     243.3     109.5    10.0    332.4     2,519.0      666.1    667.6         7.2       1.8
      IIIr........................   4,485.8    563.0     226.4     232.5    104.7   1,397.2    690.6     249.0     111.6    10.2    336.0     2,526.3      670.7    670.4         7.2       1.8
      IVr.........................   4,522.3    579.9     229.4     242.7    108.8   1,408.4    695.1     255.5     111.6     9.6    336.7     2,535.1      674.1    674.2         7.3       1.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:Ir...........................   4,530.9    566.9     216.2     243.3    108.9   1,416.8    700.7     254.6     113.4     9.9    338.3     2,548.1      677.4    677.8         7.0       1.6
      IIr.........................   4,568.8    576.6     220.7     247.5    109.9   1,423.5    701.6     258.0     113.6    10.6    340.0     2,569.6      680.0    681.3         6.9       1.6
      IIIr........................   4,600.4    589.7     225.9     254.9    110.5   1,425.4    703.9     258.9     112.5    10.0    340.3     2,586.3      683.2    686.1         7.5       1.5
      IVp.........................   4,609.7    591.2     222.3     261.4    109.6   1,420.3    700.2     257.1     113.5    10.6    339.1     2,598.8      687.0    690.7         7.3       1.4
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    \1\Includes other items, not 
shown separately.

    Note.--Data reflect benchmark 
revisions released in January 1996. 
See Survey of Current Business for 
details on the revisions.
    Because of the formula used for 
calculating real GDP, the chained 
(1992) dollar estimates for the 
detailed components do not add to 
the chained-dollar value of GDP or 
to any intermediate aggregates.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of Economic Analysis.