[lbo-talk] how-the-average-us-consumer-spends-their-paycheck

[SA]

  On 2/3/2011 12:16 AM, Mike Beggs wrote:


> I could probably find this out but it's almost 40 degrees C here

The mind boggles.


> so
> I'm not inclined to - does anyone know how far back the DoL has
> collected these stats?

The current Consumer Expenditure Survey has been been done on an ongoing 
basis since 1980. Before then, every decade or so.  http://www.bls.gov/cex/

But they've also put together a report with long-term historical data - 
"100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the Nation, New York 
City, and Boston." It's available here: 
http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/home.htm .

SA