[Economic Indicators August, 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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                                                                    Durable goods                                Nondurable goods                                 Services               Retail 
                                                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  sales of
                                                Total                                                                                                                                     new   
                                              personal                                                                                                                                 passenger
                   Period                        con-    Total     Motor   Furniture            Total            Clothing             Fuel                                              cars and
                                              sumption  durable  vehicles     and      Other  nondura-    Food      and    Gasoline    oil    Other       Total     Housing   Medical    light  
                                               expendi-  goods      and    household             ble               shoes    and oil    and             services\1\             care      trucks 
                                                 tures             parts   equipment            goods                                 coal                                             (millions
                                                                                                                                                                                       of units)
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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        13.9
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        12.3
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        12.8
1993........................................   4,339.5    524.1     218.6     208.4     97.2  r1,348.8    674.3     233.3     109.1    10.7    321.5     2,466.7      655.0    658.8        13.9
1994........................................   4,473.2    562.0     228.2     230.1    104.2   1,390.5    689.1     247.2     110.4    10.3    333.5     2,521.4      668.2    668.8        15.0
1995........................................   4,577.8    579.8     221.1     251.1    109.8   1,421.9    702.1     257.2     113.3    10.3    339.3     2,577.0      681.7    684.1        14.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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        13.0
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        12.3
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        13.3
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1993:I......................................   4,289.7    506.0     210.8     200.7     94.5   1,336.9    670.5     227.4     108.2    10.9    319.9     2,446.8      652.2    656.6        13.0
      II....................................   4,318.8    519.6     219.0     205.0     95.5   1,344.5    672.9     232.3     108.0    10.6    320.8     2,454.9      653.5    657.5        14.1
      III...................................   4,359.5    528.9     219.1     211.0     98.9   1,354.0    675.7     235.0     110.9    10.7    321.8     2,476.7      655.9    659.7        13.8
      IV....................................   4,390.0    541.9     225.3     216.8     99.9   1,359.9    677.9     238.6     109.3    10.6    323.4     2,488.5      658.5    661.4        14.5
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:I......................................   4,420.5    549.6     230.3     219.0    100.3   1,372.9    682.3     241.1     108.8    11.4    329.3     2,498.5      662.1    663.2        15.1
      II....................................   4,458.7    555.4     226.6     226.1    103.0   1,383.9    688.6     243.3     109.5    10.0    332.3     2,519.9      666.1    667.6        14.8
      III...................................   4,489.4    563.1     226.5     232.6    104.7   1,397.0    690.5     249.0     111.6    10.2    335.8     2,530.0      670.7    670.4        15.0
      IV....................................   4,524.0    579.8     229.4     242.6    108.8   1,408.1    694.9     255.5     111.6     9.6    336.7     2,537.3      674.1    674.2        15.2
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:I......................................   4,534.8    566.5     216.3     243.1    108.9   1,416.6    700.5     254.6     113.4     9.9    338.4     2,552.5      677.4    677.8        14.6
      II....................................   4,569.9    576.2     220.9     247.1    109.9   1,422.9    701.3     257.9     113.6    10.6    339.9     2,571.6      680.0    681.3        14.4
      III...................................   4,597.3    589.1     226.4     254.1    110.5   1,424.7    703.6     258.8     112.5    10.0    340.0     2,584.6      683.2    686.0        15.0
      IV....................................   4,609.4    587.5     220.6     259.9    109.9   1,423.2    703.0     257.3     113.7    10.7    338.8     2,599.3      686.3    691.2        14.9
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:I......................................   4,649.1    599.2     224.2     264.1    113.9   1,436.1    709.2     262.5     112.6    10.7    341.6     2,614.7      689.0    691.1        15.2
      IIr...................................   4,688.1    616.1     226.4     276.1    117.3   1,442.0    705.8     269.1     114.4    10.2    343.4     2,631.2      691.7    695.4        15.1
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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.