As a good follow to yesterday's post about consumer debt and saving, we thought this chart from NPR's Planet Money. It shows personal consumption from 1990 to the first quarter of 2009.
A steady climb all around. And while the consumption of both durable and non-durable goods is dipping so far this year, spending on services keep rising (though at a slower rate). Read the Planet Money post here.
Posted
04-02-2009 8:42 AM
by
Graham Griffith