[Economic Indicators August, 2010]
[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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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 ..............................................................    9,289.5    3,261.6    1,198.6     403.9     2,064.3       697.5       295.9     6,028.3       5,783.2      1,626.4    1,371.6     766.4      8,111.1         16.1
2008 ..............................................................    9,265.0    3,180.3    1,136.4     348.2     2,041.2       691.6       282.0     6,082.3       5,816.1      1,638.6    1,410.0     770.9      8,114.2         13.2
2009 ..............................................................    9,153.9    3,117.4    1,094.6     324.0     2,017.4       685.1       285.5     6,032.7       5,777.0      1,656.9    1,440.4     743.0      8,002.9         10.4
 
2007:I ............................................................    9,235.2    3,241.1    1,181.2     401.6     2,060.2       697.3       298.4     5,994.4       5,753.7      1,625.8    1,362.9     755.9      8,053.7         16.4
      II ..........................................................    9,270.5    3,252.4    1,194.5     407.4     2,059.0       693.5       296.4     6,018.3       5,780.8      1,624.8    1,368.2     765.7      8,095.1         16.1
      III .........................................................    9,310.0    3,271.9    1,205.7     404.4     2,067.7       696.4       296.1     6,038.7       5,792.4      1,628.6    1,372.9     769.8      8,129.8         15.9
      IV ..........................................................    9,342.3    3,281.0    1,212.9     402.0     2,070.3       702.7       292.8     6,061.7       5,805.9      1,626.2    1,382.3     774.2      8,165.7         16.0
 
2008:I ............................................................    9,324.1    3,232.6    1,178.6     383.0     2,054.5       700.3       287.2     6,090.6       5,830.2      1,636.3    1,401.5     774.9      8,152.0         15.3
      II ..........................................................    9,326.2    3,235.2    1,170.0     362.1     2,064.6       699.8       284.0     6,090.2       5,828.5      1,637.6    1,411.0     772.1      8,162.9         14.2
      III .........................................................    9,243.5    3,171.4    1,133.2     339.8     2,035.6       691.2       274.7     6,070.0       5,802.1      1,630.9    1,410.1     772.8      8,113.7         12.9
      IV ..........................................................    9,166.3    3,082.3    1,063.9     307.9     2,010.1       675.1       282.2     6,078.5       5,803.6      1,649.7    1,417.4     763.9      8,028.2         10.4
 
2009:I ............................................................    9,154.1    3,095.7    1,076.6     317.1     2,012.0       675.2       287.0     6,053.6       5,793.5      1,650.1    1,430.0     753.9      8,015.2          9.6
      II ..........................................................    9,117.0    3,084.0    1,068.2     313.5     2,008.3       681.2       286.5     6,027.7       5,778.4      1,652.0    1,442.1     746.2      7,973.7          9.7
      III .........................................................    9,161.6    3,138.2    1,118.3     342.7     2,016.9       687.8       285.1     6,020.7       5,766.5      1,659.4    1,441.6     739.4      8,007.1         11.6
      IV ..........................................................    9,182.9    3,151.8    1,115.1     322.7     2,032.3       696.3       283.5     6,028.7       5,769.7      1,666.3    1,447.9     732.5      8,015.4         10.8
 
2010:I ............................................................    9,225.4    3,195.4    1,138.9     320.6     2,053.5       702.7       284.0     6,029.6       5,769.9      1,664.3    1,446.7     727.4      8,055.2         11.0
      II r.........................................................    9,270.3    3,223.5    1,158.0     326.3     2,064.1       697.0       287.3     6,047.3       5,785.3      1,667.7    1,449.7     732.6      8,101.7         11.3
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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.