Consumer Expenditure Survey

Consumer Expenditures in 2006

Average annual expenditures per consumer unit, which is similar to a household, rose 4.3 percent in 2006, following an increase of 6.9 percent in 2005, according to results from the Consumer Expenditure Survey released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The increase in expenditures from 2005 to 2006 was larger than the 3.2 percent rise in the annual average Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) over this period. More...

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• Spending on Cell Phone Services Rapidly Approaching That of Residential Phone Services
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