[Economic Indicators October, 2009]
[Page Number 4]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


REAL PERSONAL CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES

                                                                [Billions of chained (2005) dollars, except as noted; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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                                                                                                               Goods                                                          Services                                           Retail
                                                                               ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                sales of
                                                                       Total                     Durable                    Nondurable                                                                             Addendum:      new
                                                                      personal            ---------------------------------------------------------                                                                Personal    passenger
                                                                        con-                                                  Food and                                                                Financial   consumption   cars and
                               Period                                 sumption    Total                 Motor                beverages    Gasoline      Total       Household    Housing     Health    services  expenditures    light
                                                                      expendi-    goods      Total    vehicles     Total     purchased      and     services \1\   consumption     and        care        and      excluding     trucks
                                                                       tures                durable      and    nondurable    for off-     other                  expenditures  utilities             insurance    food and    (millions
                                                                                           goods \1\    parts    goods \1\    premises     energy                                                                 energy \2\       of
                                                                                                                            consumption    goods                                                                                 units)
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1999 ..............................................................    7,240.9    2,395.3      753.8     345.1     1,660.9       587.4       292.5     4,852.8       4,690.4      1,371.8    1,045.6     605.6      6,202.5         16.9
2000 ..............................................................    7,608.1    2,521.7      819.9     356.1     1,714.7       600.6       287.1     5,093.3       4,917.8      1,413.7    1,081.5     665.4      6,548.6         17.3
2001 ..............................................................    7,813.9    2,600.9      864.4     374.3     1,745.6       607.6       289.2     5,218.7       5,028.8      1,451.5    1,135.4     660.7      6,745.7         17.1
2002 ..............................................................    8,021.9    2,706.6      930.0     394.0     1,780.2       609.0       294.0     5,318.1       5,109.3      1,462.0    1,202.3     658.3      6,941.9         16.8
2003 ..............................................................    8,247.6    2,829.9      986.1     405.3     1,845.6       622.4       302.2     5,418.4       5,199.0      1,480.2    1,229.4     657.8      7,142.0         16.6
2004 ..............................................................    8,532.7    2,955.3    1,051.0     411.3     1,904.6       639.2       306.5     5,577.6       5,359.3      1,512.8    1,268.6     691.8      7,402.6         16.9
2005 ..............................................................    8,819.0    3,073.9    1,105.5     409.6     1,968.4       665.0       304.8     5,745.1       5,531.0      1,582.8    1,316.0     712.6      7,658.8         16.9
2006 ..............................................................    9,073.5    3,173.9    1,150.4     396.6     2,023.6       686.2       298.4     5,899.7       5,664.4      1,616.7    1,340.0     735.4      7,905.7         16.5
2007 ..............................................................    9,313.9    3,273.7    1,199.9     402.4     2,074.8       700.7       300.7     6,040.8       5,796.1      1,631.8    1,375.5     772.3      8,126.3         16.1
2008 ..............................................................    9,290.9    3,206.0    1,146.3     347.5     2,057.3       700.7       287.4     6,083.1       5,817.6      1,647.2    1,416.4     759.8      8,123.6         13.2
 
2006:I ............................................................    8,986.6    3,145.7    1,142.3     393.3     2,003.7       676.7       296.4     5,841.0       5,618.2      1,598.9    1,337.3     726.0      7,837.8         16.8
      II ..........................................................    9,035.0    3,150.8    1,139.4     393.2     2,011.6       684.2       297.2     5,884.2       5,652.1      1,617.8    1,339.2     731.3      7,868.0         16.4
      III .........................................................    9,090.7    3,176.4    1,152.1     400.3     2,024.5       686.6       300.0     5,914.3       5,671.4      1,627.6    1,335.8     735.6      7,914.3         16.5
      IV ..........................................................    9,181.6    3,222.5    1,167.9     399.7     2,054.7       697.5       299.9     5,959.4       5,716.0      1,622.5    1,347.7     748.8      8,002.8         16.3
 
2007:I ............................................................    9,265.1    3,253.9    1,183.7     402.4     2,070.3       700.8       301.5     6,011.7       5,770.8      1,629.3    1,365.1     762.8      8,074.9         16.3
      II ..........................................................    9,291.5    3,255.4    1,189.9     404.1     2,066.1       696.2       301.3     6,036.2       5,799.2      1,630.1    1,371.7     776.7      8,106.7         16.1
      III .........................................................    9,335.6    3,280.6    1,205.0     400.5     2,076.8       699.2       301.5     6,055.5       5,809.8      1,634.6    1,377.6     779.1      8,146.4         15.9
      IV ..........................................................    9,363.6    3,304.8    1,221.2     402.6     2,086.0       706.6       298.5     6,059.7       5,804.8      1,633.1    1,387.6     770.5      8,177.1         16.1
 
2008:I ............................................................    9,349.6    3,262.1    1,193.2     384.4     2,070.1       708.0       292.6     6,087.1       5,827.3      1,643.8    1,409.0     766.1      8,164.7         15.3
      II ..........................................................    9,351.0    3,257.8    1,175.7     361.4     2,081.4       708.9       289.9     6,092.5       5,831.2      1,647.3    1,418.2     763.8      8,170.8         14.1
      III .........................................................    9,267.7    3,193.6    1,139.6     337.8     2,051.5       699.6       280.1     6,072.4       5,805.2      1,641.6    1,416.1     758.5      8,120.1         12.9
      IV ..........................................................    9,195.3    3,110.4    1,076.8     306.2     2,026.1       686.4       287.2     6,080.4       5,806.6      1,656.3    1,422.4     750.6      8,038.7         10.5
 
2009:I ............................................................    9,209.2    3,129.8    1,087.2     311.2     2,035.5       687.4       293.2     6,076.0       5,817.2      1,656.9    1,434.3     751.4      8,047.7          9.5
      II ..........................................................    9,189.0    3,105.4    1,071.7     306.2     2,025.7       693.5       294.0     6,078.8       5,826.7      1,651.8    1,448.2     756.1      8,028.2          9.6
      III p........................................................    9,265.1    3,166.3    1,127.2     342.4     2,035.9       702.0       295.4     6,096.6       5,846.3      1,652.9    1,456.6     762.9      8,095.7         11.5
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    \1\ Includes other items, not 
shown separately.
    \2\ Food consists of food and 
beverages purchased for off-premises 
consumption; food services, which 
include purchased meals and 
beverages, are not classified as 
food.

    Note.--Because of the formula 
used for calculating real GDP, the 
chained (2005) 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