Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, November 2002

Consumer spending: an engine for U.S. job growth

Mitra Toossi
Economist, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Toossi_m@bls.gov

Personal consumption expenditures continue to account for more than 60 percent of total employment in the U.S. economy, with consumers increasingly shifting their purchases to a sophisticated array of personal services.

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