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US Data: Personal Spending - Percent and Level Changes>

Release for:  November 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Change from previous month
                           Jul-18  Aug-18  Sep-18  Oct-18  Nov-18
Current dollar (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.5     0.4     0.1     0.8     0.4
 Goods                        0.5     0.3    -0.2     0.9     0.4
  Durable goods               0.5     0.3    -0.2     0.8     0.9
  Nondurable goods            0.6     0.2    -0.2     0.9     0.2
 Services                     0.5     0.4     0.3     0.7     0.4
Chained ('12) dollar (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.3     0.3     0.0     0.6     0.3
 Goods                        0.5     0.3    -0.1     0.7     0.7
  Durable goods               0.1     0.6     0.2     0.7     0.9
  Nondurable goods            0.8     0.2    -0.3     0.7     0.6
 Services                     0.2     0.3     0.0     0.5     0.2
Price deflators (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.2     0.1
 Goods                        0.0    -0.1    -0.1     0.2    -0.3
  Durable goods               0.4    -0.3    -0.4     0.1     0.1
  Nondurable goods           -0.2     0.1     0.1     0.3    -0.5
 Services                     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2
 PCE Price ex-food,energy     0.2     0.0     0.2     0.1     0.1
 Food                         0.1     0.0     0.0    -0.2     0.2
 Energy Goods, Services      -0.5     1.9    -0.4     2.4    -2.1
 Market-based PCE Price       0.1     0.0     0.1     0.2     0.1
 Market-based PCE Price
  excl food and energy        0.2     0.0     0.1     0.1     0.2
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Level change from previous month, billions:
Current $ (level chg):
Pers consump expenditures    67.4    54.2    17.8   108.7    54.4
 Goods                       23.8    11.4    -8.3    39.3    18.1
  Durable goods               7.5     4.7    -3.1    12.2    13.6
  Nondurable goods           16.3     6.7    -5.3    27.2     4.5
 Services                    43.5    42.8    26.1    69.5    36.2
Chained ('12) $ (level chg):
Pers consump expenditures    43.4    39.0    -0.6    74.9    42.5
 Goods                       25.0    14.8    -4.8    30.9    32.6
  Durable goods               2.3    10.3     3.4    11.9    14.6
  Nondurable goods           21.9     5.1    -7.5    19.2    18.3
 Services                    20.0    24.4     3.5    44.9    13.2
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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