[Economic Indicators March, 1997]
[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   1,348.8    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
1996 r......................................   4,690.7    611.4     222.4     275.8    117.1   1,442.0    704.6     268.2     113.8    10.2    345.9     2,638.3      692.9    698.3        15.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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: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        14.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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        15.0
      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        14.9
      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        14.9
      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        14.9
      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        15.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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
      II....................................   4,687.6    615.6     225.9     276.0    117.4   1,440.9    704.9     268.9     114.3    10.1    343.5     2,632.3      691.6    696.1        15.0
      III...................................   4,693.5    611.6     220.0     279.0    116.9   1,442.2    701.6     271.0     113.4    10.1    347.0     2,640.6      693.9    699.7        15.1
      IV r..................................   4,732.5    619.1     219.4     284.2    120.3   1,448.6    702.8     270.3     114.9    10.0    351.4     2,665.6      697.2    706.5        14.8
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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.