Showing posts with label PCE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PCE. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

US GDP Growth Since June 2009; PCEs

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According to the NBER, the recession ended in June 2009.  The above graph shows the quarterly percentage change in growth since 2009 and ...
Friday, January 13, 2012

1952 PCE's

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The above chart shows the percentage contribution that personal consumption expenditures (PCEs) made to GDP in 1952, along with the contr...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

1951 PCEs, Income and Savings

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The above chart shows PCEs contribution of overall economic growth during 1951 and the contributions of each sub-part of PCEs to overall...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

A Closer Look At Personal Consumption Expenditures

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Let's take a look at the latest Personal Income/Consumption Report from the BEA. Here is a link to the report. First, let's note som...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A Closer Look At Personal Consumption Expenditures

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Notice the following on the above chart: 1.) PCEs fell out of bed last year -- notice the high month over month and year over year drops. 2....
Monday, April 20, 2009

More on PCEs

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Let's take a look at a new set of charts -- the year over year change (YOY) in PCEs and the three sub-categories of PCEs. Please click ...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

So -- What Are People Buying These Days?

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Last Friday the BEA released the personal income and expenditure report. I wanted to dig a bit deeper into the data to see what it says. F...
Monday, March 3, 2008

Personal Consumption Expenditures Flat

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From the WSJ: In the latest worrisome signs for the economy, consumer spending stalled in January, after adjusting for rising prices, and in...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Consumer Spending Increases

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From the BEA: Personal income increased $40.2 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)increased $37.2 billion, or 0.4 p...
Friday, August 31, 2007

Real PCEs Increase

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From the BEA: Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.5 percent in July, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Wal-Mart And Home Depot Reports Lead to Concerns About Cosumer Spending

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From Bloomberg: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Home Depot Inc., the two largest U.S. retailers, said the housing slump, rising mortgage defaults a...
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

More On PCEs

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Here is a chart of the month over month percent change in personal consumption expenditures in chained 2000 dollars. Notice the drop-off. A...
Monday, April 30, 2007

A Deeper Look At Consumer Spending

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Here is a graph of the year-over-year percent change in consumer spending in chained 2000 dollars. DG = Durable Goods, NDG = Non-Durable Go...
Thursday, March 1, 2007

Income and PCE Up

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From the BEA Personal income increased $108.1 billion, or 1.0 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)increased $73.0 billion, or 0.8 p...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

How Long Can This Trend Last?

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This is a chart of the percent change from the preceding quarter in personal consumption expenditures. The last time this figure decreased w...