Personal Consumption Expenditures

	Billions of chained 1996 dollars				Average annual rate of change (percent)
Category	1980	1990	2000	2010 (projected)	1980–90	1990–2000	2000–2010 (projected)
Gross domestic product	$4,900.9	$6,707.9	$9,224.0	$12,835.6	3.2%	3.2%	3.4%
Personal consumption expenditures	3,193.0	4,474.5	6,257.8	8,786.5	3.4	3.4	3.5
Durable goods	279.8	487.1	895.5	1,455.4	5.7	6.3	5.0
New light vehicles	88.3	159.9	218.6	307.3	6.1	3.2	3.5
Other motor vehicles and parts	54.1	86.2	129.3	176.2	4.8	4.1	3.1
Personal computers	.0	1.6	108.8	802.4	(¹)	52.1	22.1
Software	.0	.5	17.8	36.3	(¹)	43.7	7.4
Furniture	95.5	160.4	294.6	483.2	5.3	6.3	5.1
Ophthalmic products	6.2	16.1	20.4	27.7	10.1	2.4	3.1
Other durable goods	53.5	80.8	152.9	256.1	4.2	6.6	5.3
Nondurable goods	1,065.8	1,369.6	1,849.9	2,635.5	2.5	3.1	3.6
Food and beverages	585.4	722.4	881.3	1,102.8	2.1	2.0	2.3
Clothing and shoes	124.0	197.2	335.3	511.0	4.7	5.5	4.3
Gasoline and motor oil	94.8	113.1	136.6	169.8	1.8	1.9	2.2
Fuel oil and coal	17.7	13.1	13.8	15.5	–3.0	.6	1.1
Tobacco products	65.6	52.0	42.8	46.5	–2.3	–1.9	.8
Drugs and medicines	54.5	80.3	139.9	316.6	4.0	5.7	8.5
Other nondurable goods	138.9	194.3	305.7	497.5	3.4	4.6	5.0
Services	1,858.4	2,616.2	3,527.7	4,784.5	3.5	3.0	3.1
Housing	541.5	696.2	850.1	1,070.2	2.5	2.0	2.3
Household operation	202.9	259.8	377.6	579.2	2.5	3.8	4.4
Electricity	66.7	83.2	103.9	137.7	2.2	2.2	2.9
Natural gas	31.1	29.5	32.8	30.8	–0.5	1.1	–0.6
Telephone	40.0	62.6	141.8	296.2	4.6	8.5	7.6
Other	66.2	85.9	100.8	142.5	2.6	1.6	3.5
Transportation services	124.7	173.4	251.3	318.5	3.4	3.8	2.4
Motor vehicle leases	—	5.5	37.6	49.1	(²)	21.2	2.7
Other	—	168.1	213.6	269.2	(²)	2.4	2.3
Medical services	487.6	710.9	903.9	1,174.9	3.8	2.4	2.7
Recreation services	79.7	145.0	227.0	408.1	6.2	4.6	6.0
Personal business services	242.8	363.2	554.8	759.0	4.1	4.3	3.2
Financial services	94.4	154.2	222.7	292.5	5.0	3.7	2.8
Other	147.4	209.0	332.4	467.4	3.6	4.7	3.5
Other services	170.8	267.0	362.3	488.3	4.6	3.1	3.0
Residual³	–35.6	–20.5	–68.7	–789.4
Personal consumption expenditures + GDP	65.2	66.7	67.8	68.5

NOTE: (—) Indicates data not available.

1. Undefined because of denominator with value zero.

2. Not applicable.

3. The residual is the difference between the first line and the sum of the most detailed lines.

Source: Historical data, Bureau of Economic Analsysis; projected data, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monthly Labor Review, Nov. 2002.

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