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PERSONAL SPENDING ON TRANSPORTATION
Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation (quarterly data,
seasonally adjusted)
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Personal Consumption Expenditures on Transportation (quarterly data,
seasonally adjusted)
Personal expenditures on transportation are a measure of consumer demand
for transportation services. Since expenditures are the product of quantity
and price, these expenditures are also influenced by changes in the prices
of transportation-related goods and services. To show the "real" changes
in demand for transportation services over time, the expenditures are
also presented in chained 1996 dollars. The traditional constant dollar
measure is different from the chained dollar measure in that it gets rid
of the effects of short-term price shocks, in addition to general inflation
effects. Therefore, expenditures measured in chained 1996 dollars reflect
changes in quantities. For items with volatile prices, such as gasoline,
changes in chained dollar expenditure over time can be very different
from changes in current dollar expenditures.
| Motor vehicles and parts |
104.83 |
94.55 |
| Motor vehicles and parts percent change from previous quarter |
16.38 |
-9.80 |
| Transportation services |
68.83 |
70.38 |
| Transportation services percent change from previous quarter |
-0.79 |
2.25 |
| Gasoline and oil |
35.08 |
35.00 |
| Gasoline and oil percent change from previous quarter |
-14.14 |
-0.21 |
| Motor vehicles and parts |
104.85 |
95.53 |
| Motor vehicles and parts percent change from previous quarter |
16.02 |
-8.89 |
| Transportation services |
62.43 |
63.20 |
| Transportation services percent change from previous quarter |
-0.91 |
1.24 |
| Gasoline and oil |
34.90 |
35.70 |
| Gasoline and oil percent change from previous quarter |
-0.36 |
2.29 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; National
Income and Product Accounts data, Tables 2.2 and 2.3; May 24, 2002; available
at: http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/AllTables.asp?Selected=N#S2;
based on Survey of Current Business.
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