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Consumer expenditures
Housing expenditures in 2007
(04/27/09)
Changes in health care spending patterns of older Americans
(01/05/09)
Consumer expenditures in 2007
(11/26/08)
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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