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US Data: Personal Spending - Percent and Level Changes>

Release for:  January 2019
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Change from previous month
                           Sep-18  Oct-18  Nov-18  Dec-18  Jan-19
Current dollar (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.1     0.7     0.6    -0.5    NA
 Goods                       -0.2     0.7     1.0    -1.9    NA
  Durable goods              -0.2     0.3     2.1    -1.9    NA
  Nondurable goods           -0.2     0.9     0.4    -1.9    NA
 Services                     0.3     0.6     0.4     0.1    NA
Chained ('12) dollar (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.0     0.5     0.5    -0.6    NA
 Goods                       -0.1     0.5     1.3    -1.4    NA
  Durable goods               0.2     0.4     2.1    -1.9    NA
  Nondurable goods           -0.3     0.6     1.0    -1.2    NA
 Services                     0.0     0.4     0.1    -0.2    NA
Price deflators (% chg):
Pers consump expenditures     0.1     0.2     0.0     0.1    NA
 Goods                       -0.1     0.2    -0.4    -0.5    NA
  Durable goods              -0.4     0.0     0.0     0.0    NA
  Nondurable goods            0.1     0.3    -0.6    -0.7    NA
 Services                     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.3    NA
 PCE Price ex-food,energy     0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2    NA
 Food                         0.0    -0.1     0.2     0.1    NA
 Energy Goods, Services      -0.4     2.0    -2.8    -2.9    NA
 Market-based PCE Price       0.1     0.2     0.1     0.0    NA
 Market-based PCE Price
  excl food and energy        0.1     0.1     0.2     0.1    NA
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Level change from previous month, billions:
Current $ (level chg):
Pers consump expenditures    17.8    92.6    79.7   -76.5    NA
 Goods                       -8.3    30.5    42.0   -84.1    NA
  Durable goods              -3.1     5.1    30.9   -28.6    NA
  Nondurable goods           -5.3    25.5    11.1   -55.5    NA
 Services                    26.1    62.2    37.6     7.6    NA
Chained ('12) $ (level chg):
Pers consump expenditures    -0.6    59.8    66.8   -78.0    NA
 Goods                       -4.8    23.1    61.7   -67.2    NA
  Durable goods               3.4     6.0    35.0   -32.6    NA
  Nondurable goods           -7.5    16.8    28.3   -35.7    NA
 Services                     3.5    37.2    12.0   -18.1    NA
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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