Consumer Spending in the United States increased to 16445.70 USD Billion in the second quarter of 2025 from 16345.80 USD Billion in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Spending - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Personal Spending in the United States increased 0.60 percent in August of 2025 over the previous month. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Personal Spending - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The year-on-year change in consumer spending on services in the United States fluctuated mildly prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. After a strong decrease that year and a significant increase in 2021, the rate of year-over-year change in the service economy began to generally decrease and stabilize. Forecast figures suggest the trend will continue in the future.

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Consumer Confidence in the United States decreased to 51 points in November from 53.60 points in October of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Sentiment - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

As of April 13, 2020, half of U.S. consumers reported that they expected to decrease their spending on women's clothing and luxury brands and associated products in the next six months.
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In December 2024, the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of the United States stood at *****. The CCI in the U.S. began to slowly increase over the later half of 2024 after a year of decline. The CCI is an indicator of the confidence of consumers regarding their expected financial situation and their likelihood to spend money in the next 12 months. A CCI value above 100 indicates an increase in consumer confidence and the chance that consumers will spend money on major purchases in the next year. A value below 100 indicates negative economic developments, as consumers are likely to save their money.

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The per capita consumer spending on communication in the Netherlands was forecast to decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 8.9 U.S. dollars (-1.45 percent). This overall decrease does not happen continuously, notably not in 2026. According to this forecast, in 2029, the communication-related per capita spending will have decreased for the third consecutive year to 605.14 U.S. dollars. Consumer spending, in this case communication-related spending per capita, refers to the domestic demand of private households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs). Spending by corporations and the state is not included. The forecast has been adjusted for the expected impact of COVID-19.Consumer spending is the biggest component of the gross domestic product as computed on an expenditure basis in the context of national accounts. The other components in this approach are consumption expenditure of the state, gross domestic investment as well as the net exports of goods and services. Consumer spending is broken down according to the United Nations' Classification of Individual Consumption By Purpose (COICOP). The shown data adheres roughly to group 08, with the exception of information processing equipment (computers) which are here still aggregated into recreation. As not all countries and regions report data in a harmonized way, all data shown here has been processed by Statista to allow the greatest level of comparability possible. The underlying input data are usually household budget surveys conducted by government agencies that track spending of selected households over a given period.The data is shown in nominal terms which means that monetary data is valued at prices of the respective year and has not been adjusted for inflation. For future years the price level has been projected as well. The data has been converted from local currencies to US$ using the average exchange rate of the respective year. For forecast years, the exchange rate has been projected as well. The timelines therefore incorporate currency effects.Find more key insights for the per capita consumer spending on communication in countries like Belgium and Luxembourg.

After an estimated growth of over *** percent in 2022 – when it reached **** billion U.S. dollars – consumer spending on cinema in the United States was forecast to decline again in 2023. Despite projections indicating increases in the following years, by 2027 the annual figure would still not surpass the record high seen in 2018.

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Over the course of the next two weeks from mid-February 2021, consumers in the United States intended to increase their spending on groceries and food for home by nearly 20 percent and household supplies by roughly four percent. Shoppers stated that they expected to decrease their spending for most product categories. Spending on jewelry and accessories was expected to be reduced the most over the measured period.

How was shopping behavior influenced by the pandemic?

Over the many weeks and months since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began, consumers around the world and in the United States had exhibited changes in their shopping behavior. In early 2021, specifically, an estimated 85 percent of American shoppers reported that the crisis impacted their usual shopping habits. Some of the changes seen over the past year included reduced spending, an increased interest in online shopping, the use of home delivery options, as well as a decreased convenience store shopping frequency.

What industries were hit the hardest?

During the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, consumers had spent far less than usual on all kinds of items, including out-of-home entertainment, apparel, jewelry, and accessories. Between March and May 2020, related sectors, such as motor vehicles and parts dealers as well as clothing and accessory stores, had seen a heavy decline in sales in contrast to the previous year. By the end of 2020 and the first months of 2021, however, many of the industries had once again experienced positive sales growth numbers.

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The quick service restaurant sector (QSR) in the United States has seen a near year-over-year growth since 2004, with its peak consumer spending exceeding ***** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Consumer spending in this sector saw a notable decline in 2020, however, as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Fast food industry in the U.S. - additional information Quick service restaurants (QSRs) are fast food restaurants, set apart from full service or table restaurants by their limited menus, minimal table service and, as their name implies, fast service. According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) carried out in 2024, the quick service restaurant chain in the United States with the highest ACSI score was Chick-fil-A. With a score of ** out of 100. McDonald’s scored the lowest with a score of **. Is McDonald's the largest QSR chain? Despite McDonald's low score on the American Customer Satisfaction Index, ********** was the largest fast food company worldwide in terms of brand value in 2022. That year, the company generated a global brand value of almost ***** billion U.S. dollars. McDonald's closest competitor in terms of brand value was Starbucks, with **** billion U.S. dollars. KFC followed with **** billion U.S. dollars.

According to a 2024 survey, half of Central American consumers didn't expect a change in their beauty and personal care spending over the next six months. However, roughly ** percent of consumers expected a decrease in fashion spending. Roughly *** in ** Central American consumers didn't plan on spending on luxury goods altogether.

Between the end of March and the middle of April there was a decrease in consumer spending across tech services among U.S. consumers. Mobile gaming was the only exception, with consumer spending increasing by **** percent in the past 30 days as of end of April. Consumers' spending expectations for the coming month at that time are more positive, with a number of consumer technologies expected to see spending increase.

In September 2024, the core personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index of the United States came to 123.22. The core PCE shows the prices paid by consumers for goods and services excluding food and energy, which experience high volatility. This enables an improved measure of inflation. A value above 100 indicates consumer spending is rising above the base year (2017) expenditures, while an index value below 100 shows a decline in spending.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, **** percent of consumer spending on home entertainment went towards pay TV, up from **** percent in the beginning of the year. However, in recent years, consumer spending on pay TV generally declined. Meanwhile, spending on other home video services like SVOD and vMVPDs grew, with the share of spending on these entertainment services growing from **** percent in the first quarter of 2017 to over ** percent as of the last quarter of 2020.

Consumer spending on non-digital and digital home entertainment rentals in the United States declined by approximately ** percent, dropping from **** billion U.S. dollars in 2023 to **** billion in 2024.