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September 2006, Vol. 129,
No. 9
The CE and the PCE: a comparison
Thesia I. Garner
Research Economist, Division of Price and Index Number Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
George Janini
Economist, formerly in the Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
William Passero
Team Leader and an Economist, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: passero.bill@bls.gov
Laura Paszkiewicz
Economist, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Mark Vendemia
Economist, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
An analysis of a decline in the ratios of aggregate spending for various categories of expenditures from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey and the BEA’s Personal Consumption Expenditures over an 11-year period employs a new methodology that takes into account the degree of comparability of those categories.
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