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(The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Archived articles from The Editor's Desk—
Subject matter index from A to C
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Automobile industry
Benefits
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2008 (11/04/08)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/08)
- Variation in life insurance benefits by establishment size, 2008 (10/03/08)
- Variation in medical care benefits by occupation, 2008 (09/25/08)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2008 (09/11/08)
- Retirement and medical care benefits in 2008 (08/08/08)
- Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/08)
- State and local government workers’ access to quality-of-life benefits (04/04/08)
- Employer premiums for medical care plans in State and local government (04/03/08)
- Retirement benefits of State and local government workers (03/26/08)
- Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2007 (03/20/08)
- Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/08)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/08)
- Contributing towards medical care coverage (01/09/08)
- Medical care benefits for lower and higher wage workers (01/03/08)
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2007 (11/02/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2007 (11/01/07)
- Leave benefits in 2007 (08/30/07)
- Health care plans in 2007 (08/23/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, June 2007 (08/01/07)
- Health benefit costs by region (07/06/07)
- Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, March 2007 (04/30/07)
- Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/07)
- Health savings accounts (04/05/07)
- Flexible benefits and reimbursement accounts (04/04/07)
- Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2006 (04/02/07)
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/07)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/07)
- Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/06)
- State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/06)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/06)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/06)
- Leave benefits in 2006 (09/01/06)
- Retirement plans in 2006 (08/25/06)
- Employment costs rise 0.8 percent from March to June (07/31/06)
- Employment costs up 0.6 percent from December to March (05/01/06)
- Trends in retirement plan coverage (03/10/06)
- Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/06)
- Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/06)
- Health care plans and establishment size in 2005 (01/30/06)
- Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/05)
- Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/05)
- Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/05)
- Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/05)
- Insurance coverage for mental healthcare (05/05/05)
- Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/05)
- Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/05)
- Employer costs for paid leave (12/16/04)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2004 (11/01/04)
- Increases in prescription-drug copayments, 1993–2000 (10/04/04)
- The recent decline in medical and retirement plan coverage (09/28/04)
- Cost-saving incentives in prescription-drug coverage (09/21/04)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/04)
- Employment costs in private industry, June 2004 (07/30/04)
- Access to disability insurance benefits in March 2003 (06/29/04)
- Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/04)
- Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/04)
- Access to life insurance in March 2003 (06/23/04)
- Access to retirement benefits in March 2003 (06/22/04)
- Paid vacation in private industry (06/03/04)
- State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/04)
- Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/04)
- Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/04)
- Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/03)
- Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/03)
- Employment costs up 1.0 percent from June to September (10/31/03)
- Retirement plans in 2003 (10/03/03)
- Health care plans in 2003 (09/30/03)
- Employee contributions for medical insurance in 2003 (09/25/03)
- Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/03)
- Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/03)
- Benefit costs for State and local government workers jump over the year (08/06/03)
- Employment costs up 0.8 percent from March to June (08/01/03)
- Lump-sum retirement (05/27/03)
- Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers in first quarter of 2003 (05/07/03)
- Employment costs rose 1.4 percent from December to March (04/30/03)
- Wages and benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2002 (02/03/03)
- Employment costs advanced 0.7 percent from September to December (01/31/03)
- Preventive care provisions not commonly described in plans (12/31/02)
- Employment costs up 0.6 percent from June to September (11/01/02)
- Time off most common benefit (07/17/02)
- Cost of health benefits in private industry, March 2002 (07/15/02)
- Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers rise in step at the beginning of 2002 (04/26/02)
- Decline in traditional fee-for-service health plans in 1990s (03/19/02)
- Smaller rise in benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2001 (02/06/02)
- Employment costs up 4.2 percent for the year (02/01/02)
- Benefits vary somewhat by region (12/20/01)
- Benefit costs for State and local government workers up sharply in past 3 months (10/30/01)
- Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both up 1.1 percent in past 3 months (07/30/01)
- Employment costs in private industry rise 4.0 percent over the year (07/27/01)
- Benefits in State and local government, 2001 (07/11/01)
- Health benefits 5.6 percent of total compensation (07/06/01)
- Sources of retirement income (05/23/01)
- State and local government employment costs up 3.3 percent over the year (05/01/01)
- Employment costs increase 4.2 percent in past 12 months (04/27/01)
- Compensation stats for the new century (04/03/01)
- Fitness, wellness benefits moderately prevalent for State, local government workers (02/21/01)
- Stock compensation an old story (02/09/01)
- Managed care more common among State and local government employees (02/07/01)
- Employment costs increase 4.4 percent over the year (01/26/01)
- Life insurance benefits keep pace with wages (01/22/01)
- Child care resource and referral services much more common in large workplaces (12/28/00)
- Fewer hours, fewer benefits (9/21/00)
- Bigger establishment, usually better benefits (8/16/00)
- Health care 5 ½ percent of compensation (7/12/00)
- Benefits bigger piece of union compensation (5/30/00)
- Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (5/19/00)
- Trends in health insurance (5/16/00)
- Dental care benefits in medium and large private establishments (12/2/99)
- Features of life insurance plans (11/30/99)
- Blue-collar workers have highest eligibility for short-term disability benefits, lowest for long-term (11/29/99)
- Features of outpatient prescription drug benefits (11/16/99)
- Prevalence of paid sick leave (11/12/99)
- Paid vacation and length of service (11/9/99)
- Few employees able to cash in unused sick leave (11/4/99)
- Importance of retirement benefits in compensation (8/2/99)
- Savings and thrift plans in small private establishments (6/11/99)
- In small firms, blue-collar, service workers least covered by health care benefits (5/26/99)
- Life insurance for older workers at small establishments (5/21/99)
- White-collar workers more likely to receive disability benefits in small establishments (5/20/99)
- More Northeastern workers receive most types of benefits (5/7/99)
- Retirement costs share of compensation rises from 1966-98 (4/14/99)
- Health care costs fluctuate with employer cost-containment efforts (4/8/99)
- Single- and multi-employer defined benefit pension plans differ (4/7/99)
- Benefits share of compensation costs changed little from 1986 to 1998 (1/22/99)
- Paid vacation most frequently offered time-off benefit (1/21/99)
- More workers covered by HMOs and PPOs (1/8/99)
- Defined contribution retirement plans becoming more prevalent (1/6/99)
- Majority of employees have unpaid family leave benefit (12/30/98)
- Childcare benefits remain uncommon (10/20/98)
- Large employers provide more training for employees (10/14/98)
- Fewer medium and large private employers provide dental care for employees (9/29/98)
Collective bargaining
- Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/08)
- Retirement benefits of State and local government workers (03/26/08)
- Union membership by industry, 2007 (02/11/08)
- Union membership by State, 2007 (01/29/08)
- Union membership in 2007 (01/28/08)
- Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/07)
- Union membership by industry, 2006 (02/09/07)
- Union membership by State, 2006 (01/30/07)
- Union membership in 2006 (01/26/07)
- Unionization rates by occupation in 2005 (01/25/06)
- Union membership by industry, 2005 (01/24/06)
- Union membership in 2005 (01/23/06)
- Women, men, and unions, 1983 - 2004 (05/26/05)
- Unionization rates by occupation, 2004 (02/09/05)
- Over-the-year union and nonunion compensation cost changes, December 2004 (01/31/05)
- Unionization rates by industry, 2004 (01/28/05)
- Union membership declines again in 2003 (01/22/04)
- Earnings and union status (10/30/03)
- Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/03)
- Age and unionization rates, 2002 (02/28/03)
- Union membership in private industry, 2002 (02/26/03)
- Unionization rates by age, 2001 (01/29/02)
- Union membership in government, 2001 (01/24/02)
- Union membership in private industry, 2001 (01/18/02)
- Government workers more likely to be union members (02/01/01)
- Union membership by occupation in 2000 (01/23/01)
- Gender gap in unionization closing (01/19/01)
- Union membership shows distinct geographic pattern (11/02/00)
- Benefits bigger piece of union compensation (05/30/00)
- Union-nonunion wage gap narrows (04/25/00)
- Union members earn more in most industries (02/02/00)
- Protective service occupations have highest union membership rate (01/20/00)
- Large variation in union membership by State (07/22/99)
- Union membership edges up, but share continues to fall (01/28/99)
Compensation costs
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2008 (11/04/08)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/08)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2007 in Taiwan, Japan, U.S. (10/02/08)
- New Employment Cost Indexes for selected metropolitan areas (09/26/08)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2008 (09/11/08)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, second quarter 2008 (08/12/08)
- Change in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2007-June 2008 (08/01/08)
- Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2008 (06/12/08)
- Change in compensation costs, December 2007-March 2008 (05/01/08)
- Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2007 (03/20/08)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing, fourth quarter 2007 (03/07/08)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs up in 2007 (02/08/08)
- Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/08)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/08)
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September 2007 (11/02/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2007 (11/01/07)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped most in 2006 in Japan (10/02/07)
- Private industry compensation $25.93 per hour on average in June 2007 (09/25/07)
- Wages and salaries in constant dollars increase from June 2006 to June 2007 (08/02/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, June 2007 (08/01/07)
- Health benefit costs by region (07/06/07)
- Health benefit costs and establishment size, March 2007 (06/22/07)
- Employment costs in private industry, March 2007 (04/30/07)
- Employer costs for legally required benefits, December 2006 (04/06/07)
- Employer costs for paid leave in private industry, December 2006 (04/02/07)
- Private industry compensation $25.67 per hour on average in December 2006 (03/20/07)
- Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2006 (03/09/07)
- Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/07)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/07)
- Labor costs in China’s manufacturing sector (01/05/07)
- Cost of benefits for State and local government employees, September 2006 (12/21/06)
- Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/06)
- State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/06)
- Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/06)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/06)
- Decline in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2005-June 2006 (08/01/06)
- Employment costs rise 0.8 percent from March to June (07/31/06)
- Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2006 (06/22/06)
- Employment costs up 0.6 percent from December to March (05/01/06)
- Unit labor costs in fourth quarter of 2005 (02/09/06)
- Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/06)
- Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/06)
- Drop in compensation costs in constant dollars, September 2005 (10/31/05)
- Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/05)
- Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/05)
- Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/05)
- Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/05)
- Trends in real hourly compensation (06/09/05)
- Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/05)
- Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/05)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped in 2003 in Japan, Taiwan, U.S. (03/09/05)
- Over-the-year union and nonunion compensation cost changes, December 2004 (01/31/05)
- Employer costs for paid leave (12/16/04)
- Employment costs in private industry, September 2004 (11/01/04)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2003 in Taiwan (10/05/04)
- Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/04)
- Employment costs in private industry, June 2004 (07/30/04)
- Compensation by occupational group in March 2004 (07/02/04)
- 9/11 and the New York City economy (07/01/04)
- Compensation cost by establishment size (06/28/04)
- Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/04)
- State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/04)
- Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/04)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fell in 2002 in U.S., Canada, Taiwan (04/01/04)
- Compensation of State and local government employees at end of 2003 (03/02/04)
- Private industry compensation averages $22.92 per hour in December (02/27/04)
- Employment cost increases by region in 2003 (02/04/04)
- Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/04)
- Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/03)
- Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/03)
- Employment costs up 1.0 percent from June to September (10/31/03)
- Earnings and union status (10/30/03)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs lower in 2002 in U.S., Japan, Taiwan (09/16/03)
- Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/03)
- Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/03)
- Growth in wages and salaries by region over the year (08/13/03)
- Benefit costs for State and local government workers jump over the year (08/06/03)
- Employment costs up 0.8 percent from March to June (08/01/03)
- Average compensation $22.37 per hour in private industry in March (06/12/03)
- Compensation growth most rapid in Midwest over the year (05/12/03)
- Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers in first quarter of 2003 (05/07/03)
- Employment costs rose 1.4 percent from December to March (04/30/03)
- Private-industry compensation averages $22.14 per hour in December (03/20/03)
- Drop in unit labor costs in manufacturing last year (02/12/03)
- Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/03)
- Wages and benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2002 (02/03/03)
- Employment costs advanced 0.7 percent from September to December (01/31/03)
- ECI and Medicare payments (01/06/03)
- Average compensation $23.44 per hour in September (12/12/02)
- Decline of manufacturing unit labor costs continues (12/06/02)
- Employment costs up 0.6 percent from June to September (11/01/02)
- Compensation costs in foreign factories two-thirds of U.S. costs (10/02/02)
- U.S. and foreign compensation costs in manufacturing (09/23/02)
- Average compensation $23.20 per hour in June (09/18/02)
- Manufacturing unit labor costs fall again in second quarter (08/13/02)
- Long-term unemployment most common in Northeast (07/30/02)
- Variation in employment cost increases (07/29/02)
- Compensation costs rise (07/26/02)
- Cost of health benefits in private industry, March 2002 (07/15/02)
- Employment costs by occupation in March (07/10/02)
- Labor costs in wholesale trade (07/05/02)
- Average compensation $23.15 per hour in March (06/20/02)
- Sharp decline in manufacturing labor costs in first quarter (06/06/02)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Germany, Denmark in 2000 (05/03/02)
- Compensation costs up in first quarter (04/29/02)
- Benefit, wage costs for State and local government workers rise in step at the beginning of 2002 (04/26/02)
- Unit labor costs down in fourth quarter of 2001 (03/14/02)
- Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/02)
- Jump in factory labor costs in 2001 (02/08/02)
- Smaller rise in benefit costs for State and local government workers at end of 2001 (02/06/02)
- Employment costs up 4.2 percent for the year (02/01/02)
- Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/01)
- Benefit costs for State and local government workers up sharply in past 3 months (10/30/01)
- Employment costs up 4.1 percent (10/26/01)
- Mexico has biggest increase in hourly compensation in 2000 (10/03/01)
- Unit labor costs in second quarter (08/09/01)
- Employment cost increase by occupation (08/03/01)
- Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both up 1.1 percent in past 3 months (07/30/01)
- Employment costs in private industry rise 4.0 percent over the year (07/27/01)
- Benefits in State and local government, 2001 (07/11/01)
- Health benefits 5.6 percent of total compensation (07/06/01)
- Average compensation $22.15 per hour (07/02/01)
- Long-term declines in unit labor costs among service-producing industries (06/13/01)
- Jump in unit labor costs in manufacturing (06/11/01)
- Unit labor costs drop in 50 manufacturing industries (05/22/01)
- Nonfarm business unit labor costs up again (05/09/01)
- State and local government employment costs up 3.3 percent over the year (05/01/01)
- Employment costs increase 4.2 percent in past 12 months (04/27/01)
- Compensation stats for the new century (04/03/01)
- Prevalence of bonus plans in service sector (03/30/01)
- Size of workplaces and cost of bonuses (03/27/01)
- Wages, benefit costs for State and local government workers both rise 0.8 percent (01/30/01)
- Employment costs increase 4.4 percent over the year (01/26/01)
- Comparing hourly earnings measures (11/28/00)
- Small change in benefit costs for State and local government workers (10/30/00)
- Compensation costs rise 0.9 percent from June to September (10/27/00)
- Earnings by occupation in 1998 (10/25/00)
- U.S. factory costs dip compared to competitors (10/24/00)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing increased the most in Japan and Korea in 1999 (10/23/00)
- Stock options most likely for the higher paid (10/12/00)
- Singapore has biggest fall in hourly compensation in 1999 (9/28/00)
- Pay gap crosses occupational lines (8/4/00)
- Compensation costs for State and local government workers rise 3.5 percent (8/2/00)
- Compensation costs up 4.6 percent over the year (7/28/00)
- Health care 5 ½ percent of compensation (7/12/00)
- Wages and benefits highest in Northeast (7/6/00)
- Average compensation $21.16 per hour (6/30/00)
- Declines in labor costs among service-producing industries (6/13/00)
- Compensation costs in State and local government, 1999 (5/22/00)
- Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (5/19/00)
- Trends in health insurance (5/16/00)
- Hourly benefits $5.58 in 1999 (5/10/00)
- Increases in wages and salaries and benefits, March 1999-March 2000 (5/2/00)
- Employment costs rise in March (4/28/00)
- Union-nonunion wage gap narrows (4/25/00)
- Unit labor costs fall in fourth quarter (3/16/00)
- Productivity increase in 1999 (2/9/00)
- Compensation costs up 3.4 percent in 1999 (1/31/00)
- Hourly compensation still higher in Europe than U.S. (1/19/00)
- Hourly compensation drops the most in Korea in 1998 (1/12/00)
- Variation in unit labor costs by industry (1/4/00)
- Declines in unit labor costs and gains in productivity (12/30/99)
- Unit labor costs in the third quarter (12/8/99)
- Compensation rising more rapidly in service sector than in goods-producing sector (11/5/99)
- Benefits now increasing at slower rate than wages and salaries (11/3/99)
- Movements in constant-dollar wages and salaries, 1976-98 (11/01/1999)
- Unit labor costs fall in 1990's in U.S. auto industry (9/14/99)
- Unit labor costs in manufacturing decline the most in Korea, Taiwan, Japan in 1998 (9/3/99)
- Importance of retirement benefits in compensation (8/2/99)
- Compensation highest in biggest establishments (7/16/99)
- Wages highest in West, benefits highest in Northeast (7/16/99)
- Differences in benefits between government and private industry (7/8/99)
- Benefits nearly a third of compensation in manufacturing (6/29/99)
- Employer costs for Medicare, workers' compensation rise from 1966-98 (4/28/99)
- Retirement costs share of compensation rises from 1966-98 (4/14/99)
- Health care costs fluctuate with employer cost-containment efforts (4/8/99)
- Factory unit labor costs rise for first time in five years (2/18/99)
- Highest compensation reported in white-collar occupations (2/17/99)
- Total compensation package up 3.4 percent in 1998 (1/29/99)
- Benefits share of compensation costs changed little from 1986 to 1998 (1/22/99)
- Compensation costs increase with establishment size (11/4/98)
- Total compensation costs double from 1981 to 1997 (10/29/98)
- International average of factory worker compensation falls relative to U.S. (10/22/98)
- Employer costs for employee compensation higher in goods-producing industries (10/7/98)
- Unit labor costs fall in broad range of countries (10/5/98)
Consumer expenditures
- Energy prices and expenditures in the South, 1984-2006 (05/30/08)
- Spending on cell phone services now almost the same as residential phone services spending (12/18/07)
- Consumer expenditures in 2006 (10/29/07)
- Transportation expenditures in 2005 (03/29/07)
- Housing expenditures in 2005 (03/27/07)
- Food expenditures in 2005 (03/21/07)
- Consumer expenditures in 2005 (11/09/06)
- Asian households and spending on food at home (07/05/06)
- Spending on apparel over the decades (05/31/06)
- Spending on food: 1901 versus 2002-03 (05/26/06)
- Spending on necessities, 1901 and 2002-03 (05/23/06)
- Spending on food in 2004 (05/16/06)
- Consumer expenditures in 2004 (11/30/05)
- Healthcare spending in 2003 (07/08/05)
- Expenditures on apparel down in 2003 (07/06/05)
- Disposable income and consumption (05/17/05)
- Consumer expenditures in 2003 (12/01/04)
- Spending on food in 2002 (03/16/04)
- Spending on entertainment in 2002 (12/05/03)
- Largest rise in consumer spending in 2002: health care (11/25/03)
- Travel expenditures by age (11/04/03)
- Changes in spending patterns among Hispanics (10/28/03)
- Supply, demand, and consumer gasoline prices (10/08/03)
- Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin (08/07/03)
- Out-of-pocket medical spending: fee-for-service vs. HMO coverage (07/09/03)
- Entertainment expenditures, 2000 (07/02/03)
- Spending on necessities, 2000 (06/24/03)
- Vehicle acquisition by age (06/23/03)
- Spending on travel (06/17/03)
- Larger rise in spending on housing in 2001 (06/02/03)
- Spending on food—at home and away (05/22/03)
- Consumer-related jobs most important to farming and nondurables among goods producers (01/10/03)
- Consumer spending and job growth (01/09/03)
- Consumer health care spending in 2001 (12/10/02)
- Spending drops on apparel in 2001 (12/04/02)
- Singles’ similar purchasing probabilities (10/18/02)
- Homeownership highest in Midwest and South (07/18/02)
- Small rise in spending on food away from home in 2000 (05/30/02)
- Elderly spend greatest share on housing (05/28/02)
- Spending drops on entertainment, pensions and insurance (12/28/01)
- Slower rise in out-of-pocket health care spending in 1999 (07/06/01)
- Consumers spend more on apparel in 1999 (06/28/01)
- Most poor consumers are single individuals (06/21/01)
- Single parents allot higher share of spending to necessities in 1998 (06/19/01)
- Consumers spend more in all categories in 1999 (01/02/01)
- Consumer expenditures rise 4.2 percent in 1999 (12/22/00)
- Teens with jobs-where does the money go? (11/01/00)
- 65-and-over group gives most (9/25/00)
- Food stamp households budget more of spending on basics (9/13/00)
- Retirees spending more on health insurance (7/13/00)
- Singles eat out more (7/11/00)
- Public assistance and family characteristics (7/5/00)
- Income and meals away from home (7/3/00)
- Assistance recipients spend bigger share on basics (6/29/00)
- Let's do lunch (6/28/00)
- More seniors are mortgage free (6/27/00)
- Consumers spend more on food away from home (4/7/00)
- Distribution of consumer expenditures in 1998 (3/30/00)
- Consumer expenditures rise modestly in 1998 (3/28/00)
- Spending on food away from home up by 5.7 percent in 1998 (11/19/99)
- Income and public transportation expenditures (10/8/99)
- Mass transit and public transportation expenditures (10/1/99)
- Airfare dominates public transportation expenditures (9/27/99)
- Transportation the largest piece of pleasure travel spending (9/13/99)
- Food, clothing, and shelter see different historical spending patterns (8/31/99)
- Comparing food expenditures by income group (8/25/99)
- Health insurance now accounts for biggest share of health care dollar (8/23/99)
- Pension expenditures drop for all except highest income group (8/10/99)
- How leased and owned vehicles stack up (8/9/99)
- Consumers pay more for desired features (5/28/99)
- Consumers in the South spend less on entertainment in 1997 (4/30/99)
- Apparel spending down in 1997 (4/27/99)
- Entertainment spending declines in 1997 (4/20/99)
- Computer ownership up sharply in the 1990's (4/5/99)
- Expenditures for housing, personal insurance rise fastest in 1997 (4/1/99)
- Transportation spending brakes in 1997 (3/23/99)
- Medical care spending climbs again in 1997 (3/16/99)
- Spending on food differs by gender (3/9/99)
- Expenditures on frozen foods, meat change considerably over 12-year period (2/26/99)
- Consumer expenditures rise 3.0 percent in 1997 (12/24/98)
- High income households allocate smaller expenditure shares to necessities (12/17/98)
- Homeowner expenditures take more out of budgets in Northeast and West (12/15/98)
- Higher share of consumer expenditures going to homeowner expenses (12/8/98)
- Consumer expenditure rise largely attributable to discretionary spending (10/26/98)
- Consumer expenditures rise at highest rate since 1989 (10/16/98)
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