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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Sep 8, 2022, 09:36 AM Sep 2022

Consumer unit expenditures in 2021 were $66,928; a 9.1% increase from 2020

Last edited Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:27 AM - Edit history (3)

{Edited for a teensy, weensy difference. Original title at BLS and here: "Consumer unit expenditures in 2021 were $66,928; a 9.1% decrease from 2020." Whoops. Thanks, progree.}

Consumer unit expenditures in 2021 were $66,928; a 9.1% increase from 2020

Average expenditures for all consumer units in 2021 were $66,928, a 9.1-percent increase from 2020, and average income before taxes increased 3.7 percent.

Economic News Release USDL-22-1804

CONSUMER EXPENDITURES--2021
For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, September 8, 2022

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CONSUMER EXPENDITURES--2021


Average annual expenditures for all consumer units(1) in 2021 were $66,928, a 9.1-percent increase from 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) During the same period, the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) rose 4.7 percent, and average income before taxes increased 3.7 percent.

The average annual expenditures of 2021 were broken down into fourteen major components, nine of which are shown in table B. The tenth category shown, “other expenditures,” is the aggregate of the five smallest components.(2) Overall, housing accounted for the highest share (33.8 percent), followed by transportation (16.4 percent), food (12.4 percent), and personal insurance and pensions (11.8 percent).

Among the fourteen major components of household spending, the largest increase in expenditures was in entertainment (+22.7 percent), followed closely by a 22.3-percent rise in apparel and services spending. In contrast, only education expenditures decreased (-3.5 percent) from 2020 to 2021.

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Consumer unit expenditures in 2021 were $66,928; a 9.1% increase from 2020 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP
Should that be a 9.1% INCREASE in the subject line? 😊 progree Sep 2022 #1
Sheesh, you might have a point there. Let me go back to see what the BLS has done. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #2

mahatmakanejeeves

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2. Sheesh, you might have a point there. Let me go back to see what the BLS has done.
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 05:21 AM
Sep 2022

I just cut and paste the stuff. I don't look at it any too closely.

Thanks.

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