NextAdvisor used data from the 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics customer spending survey to derive an average category breakdown.
Although demand-side figures (measuring consumption) show flat spending, supply-side statistics (measuring production) point to healthy growth.
Everyone knows the statistics: Discretionary spending has soared 30% since 2007.
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An alternative, quarterly survey of household spending by the National Bureau of Statistics suggests the share of services has doubled since 1995, to one-third of the total.
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But again, I would say, look, there are statistics out today on retail spending that beat expectations.
When women are not working for pay, these statistics show that they are spending relatively more time on the so-called "second shift" of household and caregiving activities while men are enjoying relatively more leisure time.
Using national statistics and complicated formulas to calculate spending, the system will flag tax returns where the income clearly differs from the estimated consumption.
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For example, official statistics track two different measures of government spending.
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The latest numbers from the government's National Health Statistics Group show that in 2007 health care spending grew 6.1%.
Andrew Dilnot, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, concluded that changes in NHS spending over the two years had been small and health spending was actually lower in 2011-12 than in 2009-10.
"These data tell a different story" than the statistics suggesting women control at least 80% of spending, says Futures Co.
In the long-term Microsoft hopes it will generate revenue from the service, with gamers spending money on improving features in games and up to date statistics for sports games.
The top 4% of wage earners in the U.S. the same group that tends to own hedge funds accounts for 21% of all consumer spending, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Since federal spending is a direct component of GDP, the stimulus will improve the statistics when the money starts flying out the door.
Both statistics came in worse than expected, and reflected a noticeable pause in spending this year, at the slowest pace it has been since September of 2009.
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That year, electricity prices rose 4.6% and gas prices rose 13.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics, and those rises would have had a bigger effect on households spending a higher proportion of their income on fuel.
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While the macroeconomic statistics suggest China has been relatively insulated from the global financial crisis by massive government spending and new loans from the state-owned banks, on the ground the picture is more mixed.
Even the federal American Time Use Survey, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, doesn't directly measure how much time all adults in a household are spending caring for their children.
The Office for National Statistics figures showed that the amount spent online accounted for 10.1% of all retail spending, excluding fuel.
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