[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-16.--Personal consumption expenditures, 1959-97
[Billions of dollars; quarterly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates]
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Durable goods                   Nondurable goods                                    Services
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Personal                    Furni-                                                                  Household
con-              Motor    ture                                                                  operation
Year or  quarter                        sumption             vehi-    and                     Cloth-   Gaso-   Fuel                    ------------------- Trans-   Medi-
expendi-   Total    cles   house-    Total    Food     ing    line     oil     Total    Hous-             Elec-    porta-   cal
tures     \1\      and     hold     \1\              and     and     and      \1\      ing             tricity    tion   care
parts  equip-                     shoes    oil    coal               \2\     Total      and
ment                                                                 \1\      gas
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1959.........................................................     318.1     42.7     18.9    18.1     148.5    80.7    26.4    11.3     4.0     127.0    45.0     18.7       7.6    10.5    16.4

1960.........................................................     332.2     43.3     19.7    18.0     152.9    82.3    27.0    12.0     3.8     136.0    48.2     20.3       8.3    11.2    17.6
1961.........................................................     342.6     41.8     17.8    18.3     156.6    84.0    27.6    12.0     3.8     144.3    51.2     21.2       8.8    11.7    18.7
1962.........................................................     363.4     46.9     21.5    19.3     162.8    86.1    29.0    12.6     3.8     153.7    54.7     22.4       9.4    12.2    20.8
1963.........................................................     383.0     51.6     24.4    20.7     168.2    88.3    29.8    13.0     4.0     163.2    58.0     23.6       9.9    12.7    22.6
1964.........................................................     411.4     56.7     26.0    23.2     178.7    93.6    32.4    13.6     4.1     176.1    61.4     25.0      10.4    13.4    25.8
1965.........................................................     444.3     63.3     29.9    25.1     191.6   100.7    34.1    14.8     4.4     189.4    65.4     26.5      10.9    14.5    28.0
1966.........................................................     481.9     68.3     30.3    28.2     208.8   109.3    37.4    16.0     4.7     204.8    69.5     28.2      11.5    15.9    30.7
1967.........................................................     509.5     70.4     30.0    30.0     217.1   112.5    39.2    17.1     4.8     222.0    74.1     30.2      12.2    17.3    33.9
1968.........................................................     559.8     80.8     36.1    32.9     235.7   122.2    43.2    18.6     4.7     243.4    79.7     32.3      13.0    18.9    39.2
1969.........................................................     604.7     85.9     38.4    34.7     253.2   131.5    46.5    20.5     4.6     265.5    86.8     35.1      14.0    20.9    44.7

1970.........................................................     648.1     85.0     35.5    35.7     272.0   143.8    47.8    21.9     4.4     291.1    94.0     37.8      15.2    23.7    50.4
1971.........................................................     702.5     96.9     44.5    37.8     285.5   149.7    51.7    23.2     4.6     320.1   102.7     41.0      16.6    27.1    56.9
1972.........................................................     770.7    110.4     51.1    42.4     308.0   161.4    56.4    24.4     5.1     352.3   112.1     45.3      18.4    29.8    63.8
1973.........................................................     851.6    123.5     56.1    47.9     343.1   179.6    62.5    28.1     6.3     384.9   122.7     49.8      20.0    31.2    71.6
1974.........................................................     931.2    122.3     49.5    51.5     384.5   201.8    66.0    36.1     7.8     424.4   134.1     55.5      23.5    33.3    80.6
1975.........................................................   1,029.1    133.5     54.8    54.5     420.6   223.1    70.8    39.7     8.4     475.0   147.0     63.7      28.5    35.7    93.5
1976.........................................................   1,148.8    158.9     71.3    60.2     458.2   242.4    76.6    43.0    10.1     531.8   161.5     72.4      32.5    41.3   106.7
1977.........................................................   1,277.1    181.1     83.5    67.1     496.9   262.4    84.1    46.9    11.1     599.0   179.5     81.9      37.6    49.2   123.0
1978.........................................................   1,428.8    201.4     93.1    74.0     549.9   289.2    94.3    50.1    11.5     677.4   201.7     91.2      42.1    53.5   140.0
1979.........................................................   1,593.5    213.9     93.5    82.3     624.0   324.2   101.2    66.2    14.4     755.6   226.6    100.0      46.8    59.1   158.0

1980.........................................................   1,760.4    213.5     87.0    86.0     695.5   355.4   107.3    86.7    15.4     851.4   255.2    113.0      56.3    64.7   181.2
1981.........................................................   1,941.3    230.5     95.8    91.3     758.2   382.8   117.2    97.9    15.8     952.6   287.9    126.0      63.4    68.7   213.0
1982.........................................................   2,076.8    239.3    102.9    92.5     786.8   402.6   120.5    94.1    14.5   1,050.7   313.2    141.4      72.6    70.9   239.4
1983.........................................................   2,283.4    279.8    126.9   105.3     830.3   422.9   130.9    93.1    13.6   1,173.3   339.0    155.9      80.7    79.4   267.8
1984.........................................................   2,492.3    325.1    152.5   117.2     883.6   446.3   142.5    94.6    13.9   1,283.6   370.6    168.0      84.7    90.0   294.1
1985.........................................................   2,704.8    361.1    175.7   126.3     927.6   466.5   152.1    97.2    13.6   1,416.1   407.1    180.3      88.8   100.0   321.8
1986.........................................................   2,892.7    398.7    192.4   140.3     957.2   490.8   163.1    80.1    11.3   1,536.8   442.2    186.9      87.2   107.3   346.1
1987.........................................................   3,094.5    416.7    193.1   150.4   1,014.0   513.9   174.4    85.4    11.2   1,663.8   476.6    194.9      88.9   118.2   381.1
1988.........................................................   3,349.7    451.0    207.5   162.8   1,081.1   551.2   185.9    87.1    11.4   1,817.6   512.9    206.6      94.1   130.5   428.7
1989.........................................................   3,594.8    472.8    214.4   173.3   1,163.8   588.4   199.9    96.6    11.4   1,958.1   547.4    219.8      98.8   137.8   477.1

1990.........................................................   3,839.3    476.5    210.3   176.0   1,245.3   630.5   205.9   109.2    12.0   2,117.5   586.3    226.3      98.7   143.7   537.7
1991.........................................................   3,975.1    455.2    187.6   178.5   1,277.6   650.0   211.3   103.9    11.3   2,242.3   616.5    237.6     104.9   145.3   586.5
1992.........................................................   4,219.8    488.5    206.9   189.4   1,321.8   660.0   225.5   106.6    10.9   2,409.4   646.8    248.2     106.6   158.1   646.6
1993.........................................................   4,459.2    530.2    226.2   204.9   1,370.7   686.8   236.5   107.6    10.7   2,558.4   672.8    268.8     115.8   170.2   695.6
1994.........................................................   4,717.0    579.5    246.6   226.2   1,428.4   714.5   247.8   109.4    10.5   2,709.1   712.7    283.7     116.6   186.2   731.6
1995.........................................................   4,957.7    608.5    254.8   240.2   1,475.8   735.1   254.7   114.4    10.2   2,873.4   750.3    300.7     119.5   203.1   772.8
1996.........................................................   5,207.6    634.5    261.3   252.6   1,534.7   756.1   264.3   122.6    11.6   3,038.4   787.2    315.9     125.3   218.4   808.1
1997 p.......................................................   5,488.6    659.4    262.9   267.6   1,592.7   776.4   277.6   124.6    10.9   3,236.5   826.4    328.7     127.2   236.3   855.0

1992: I......................................................   4,127.6    474.1    199.1   184.8   1,303.1   657.3   219.6   102.3    10.4   2,350.4   636.6    241.5     102.1   154.9   624.2
II.....................................................   4,183.0    481.3    204.0   186.5   1,308.4   652.3   222.3   105.8    11.8   2,393.3   643.4    248.8     106.2   156.9   640.6
III....................................................   4,238.9    492.5    208.3   190.6   1,326.3   657.9   228.1   109.4    10.6   2,420.1   649.9    243.6     106.6   156.0   655.0
IV.....................................................   4,329.6    506.2    216.1   195.5   1,349.5   672.3   232.1   108.9    10.8   2,473.9   657.4    259.0     111.4   164.5   666.8

1993: I......................................................   4,365.4    506.4    212.4   198.0   1,354.4   676.4   231.3   109.7    10.8   2,504.6   662.2    260.3     112.4   166.8   680.8
II.....................................................   4,428.1    524.2    224.3   202.1   1,366.3   684.1   235.4   107.6    10.5   2,537.6   668.8    264.0     112.6   168.6   690.8
III....................................................   4,488.6    537.2    228.5   207.6   1,373.9   690.2   238.0   105.5    10.9   2,577.4   675.8    274.1     119.2   170.7   701.6
IV.....................................................   4,554.9    553.1    239.6   212.0   1,388.0   696.6   241.6   107.7    10.7   2,613.8   684.4    276.7     118.8   174.5   709.2

1994: I......................................................   4,616.6    563.2    244.1   216.2   1,404.4   703.9   244.1   106.2    11.7   2,649.0   698.1    274.8     118.2   179.6   717.8
II.....................................................   4,680.5    572.4    243.3   223.5   1,416.0   711.8   245.0   105.1    10.1   2,692.2   707.8    287.1     120.0   184.5   726.5
III....................................................   4,750.6    583.3    245.4   229.7   1,439.5   718.5   249.0   111.8    10.6   2,727.8   717.7    286.2     115.6   188.3   735.9
IV.....................................................   4,820.2    599.3    253.7   235.4   1,453.7   723.7   253.2   114.3     9.8   2,767.2   727.2    286.6     112.8   192.6   746.4

1995: I......................................................   4,871.7    596.9    249.1   235.8   1,462.7   729.3   252.5   115.3     9.6   2,812.2   736.1    290.6     113.8   196.4   760.5
II.....................................................   4,934.8    602.8    252.7   237.2   1,472.4   733.0   253.4   115.8    10.3   2,859.6   745.6    299.1     118.8   201.1   768.4
III....................................................   4,990.6    616.0    258.9   242.5   1,480.4   737.0   256.4   113.9    10.2   2,894.2   754.7    305.8     123.3   205.7   776.5
IV.....................................................   5,033.8    618.4    258.5   245.1   1,487.8   741.2   256.5   112.7    10.7   2,927.5   764.6    307.3     122.2   209.2   785.8

1996: I......................................................   5,105.8    626.7    262.4   246.5   1,508.1   748.4   259.8   117.1    11.7   2,970.9   773.8    310.7     124.8   212.3   790.3
II.....................................................   5,189.1    638.6    264.0   253.8   1,532.3   752.2   265.7   125.7    11.3   3,018.2   782.5    317.5     126.7   216.6   803.3
III....................................................   5,227.4    634.5    260.0   254.2   1,538.3   757.4   265.7   121.4    11.2   3,054.6   791.8    313.4     122.8   219.7   811.9
IV.....................................................   5,308.1    638.2    258.9   255.9   1,560.1   766.6   266.2   126.0    12.0   3,109.8   800.7    321.8     126.8   224.8   826.9

1997: I......................................................   5,405.7    658.4    265.7   263.8   1,587.4   775.5   275.2   128.5    11.0   3,159.9   810.5    320.8     124.9   228.9   841.0
II.....................................................   5,432.1    644.5    252.7   265.4   1,578.9   771.4   274.8   121.6    11.0   3,208.7   821.2    326.7     127.2   233.4   849.6
III....................................................   5,527.4    667.3    268.7   269.9   1,600.8   779.3   280.5   123.5    10.9   3,259.3   831.9    328.8     125.2   238.5   859.7
IV p...................................................   5,589.3    667.6    264.6   271.5   1,603.9   779.5   279.8   124.6    10.7   3,317.9   842.2    338.6     131.5   244.3  869.7
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\1\ Includes other items not shown separately.
\2\ Includes imputed rental value of owner-occupied housing.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.