[Economic Indicators March, 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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1989..............................   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
1990..............................   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
1991..............................   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
1992..............................   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
1993..............................   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
1994..............................   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
1995r.............................   4,578.5    580.8     221.0     251.8    109.8   1,422.5    702.4     257.2     113.3    10.3    339.5     2,576.1      681.7    684.1         7.1       1.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1990:IV...........................   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:IV...........................   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:IV...........................   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:I............................   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
      II..........................   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
      III.........................   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
      IV..........................   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:I............................   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
      II..........................   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
      III.........................   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
      IV..........................   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:I............................   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
      II..........................   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
      III.........................   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
      IVr.........................   4,614.1    590.1     220.9     261.5    109.9   1,424.2    703.3     257.3     113.7    10.7    339.4     2,600.4      686.3    691.3         7.3       1.4
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    \1\Includes other items, not 
shown separately.

    Note.--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.