Personal Expenditures by Category
KEY: R = revised.
a Includes alcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption and accommodations.
b Includes furnishings, household equipment, and routine household maintenance.
KEY: R = revised.
a Includes alcoholic beverages purchased for off-premises consumption and accommodations.
b Includes furnishings, household equipment, and routine household maintenance.
KEY: N = data do not exist; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; P = preliminary; R = revised.
KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; NAICS = North American Industry Classification System; P = preliminary; R = revised.
KEY: R = revised, U = data are not available.
a Shows the tax rates for motor fuel as of December 31 for each year. Tax rates include inspection fees and environmental cleanup fees when these fees are targeted at highway fuel use, and include local taxes when these taxes are uniform across all the counties in the State.
KEY: N = data do not exist; U = data are not available; W = source withheld disclosure.
a Sales to end-users (those sales made directly to the ultimate consumer, including bulk customers in agriculture, industry, and utility).
b Average retail price.
KEY: U = data are not available.
KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.
aNew vehicle leases are sold by the dealer to a finance company that manages the lease, causing them to be included by default in most car sales figures.
b Used vehicle sales include sales from franchised dealers, independent dealers, and casual sales.
c Includes leased vehicles.
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, rose 2.2 percent in May from April, rising after a two-month decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The May 2017 index level (126.8) was 33.9 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession.