个人消费开支也被叫做个人消费支出，其英文全称为Personal Consumption Expenditures。个人消费支出是指个人和家庭为了满足自己生活需要而支付的费用。包括个人购买商品和劳务两方面的支出，是衡量居民消费支出的重要指标。
不发达国家通常会将60%的GDP用于个人消费开支。
Typically, poor countries devote about 60% of GDP to personal consumption.
反映个人消费开支情况的核心价格指数在第四季度仅仅增长0.6%，增幅是1962年以来最小的水平。
The core price index of personal consumption expenditure rose only 0.6% in the fourth quarter, its smallest gain since 1962.
零售总额通常代表个人消费，但是它却不包括服务业消费——家庭开支中增长最快的部分。
Retail sales are often used as a proxy for private consumption, but they exclude services, the fastest-growing slice of households' budgets.
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