Personal Spending

Personal spending, released by Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, measures purchases of goods and services by households and by nonprofit institutions that serve households from private business.

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Next event - Friday 29 September 2023 12:30

0.8%

Forecast

0.4%

Actual

The typical/expected impact on USD pairs is medium.

The consensus forecast for Personal Spending is 0.4%. A higher value than forecast tends to be bullish for USD/xxx pairs and bearish for xxx/USD pairs.

Most recent - Thursday 31 August 2023 12:30

0.5%

Revised

0.6%

Forecast

0.6%

Actual

0.8%

Higher numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for USD/xxx pairs and bearish for xxx/USD pairs.

Trading range

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Personal Spending was 0.8% against a forecast of 0.6%.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

Thursday 31 August 2023 12:30

0.6%

0.8%

Friday 28 July 2023 12:30

0.4%

0.5%

Friday 30 June 2023 12:30

0.2%

0.1%

Friday 26 May 2023 12:30

0.4%

0.8%

Friday 28 April 2023 12:30

-0.1%

Friday 31 March 2023 12:30

0.3%

0.2%

Friday 24 February 2023 13:30

1.3%

1.8%

Friday 27 January 2023 13:30

-0.1%

-0.2%

Friday 23 December 2022 13:30

0.2%

0.1%

Thursday 1 December 2022 13:30

0.8%

Friday 28 October 2022 12:30

0.4%

0.6%

Friday 30 September 2022 12:30

0.2%

0.4%

Friday 26 August 2022 12:30

0.4%

0.1%

Friday 29 July 2022 12:30

0.9%

1.1%

Thursday 30 June 2022 12:30

0.5%

0.2%

Friday 27 May 2022 12:30

0.7%

0.9%

Friday 29 April 2022 12:30

0.7%

1.1%

Thursday 31 March 2022 12:30

0.5%

0.2%

Friday 25 February 2022 13:30

1.5%

2.1%

Friday 28 January 2022 13:30

-0.6%

Thursday 23 December 2021 13:30

0.6%

Wednesday 24 November 2021 15:00

0.9%

1.3%

Friday 29 October 2021 12:30

0.5%

0.6%

Friday 1 October 2021 12:30

0.6%

0.8%

Friday 27 August 2021 12:30

0.3%

Friday 30 July 2021 12:30

0.7%

Friday 25 June 2021 12:30

0.4%

Friday 28 May 2021 12:30

0.5%

Friday 30 April 2021 12:30

4.1%

4.2%

Friday 26 March 2021 12:30

-0.7%

-1%

Friday 26 February 2021 13:30

2.5%

2.4%

Friday 29 January 2021 13:30

-0.4%

-0.2%

Wednesday 23 December 2020 13:30

-0.2%

-0.4%

Wednesday 25 November 2020 15:00

0.4%

0.5%

Friday 30 October 2020 12:30

1.4%

Thursday 1 October 2020 12:30

0.8%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for USD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Personal Spending result:

		Previous	Latest
Pending Home Sales (MoM)	Bearish change	0.9%	-7.1%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)	(no change)	3.7%	3.7%
Gross Domestic Product Annualized	(no change)	2.1%	2.1%
Gross Domestic Product Price Index	Bearish change	2%	1.7%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bearish change	202K	204K
Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ)	(no change)	2.5%	2.5%
Durable Goods Orders	Bullish change	-5.6%	0.2%
Durable Goods Orders ex Defense	Bullish change	-6%	-0.7%
Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation	Bullish change	0.1%	0.4%
Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft	Bullish change	-0.4%	0.9%
New Home Sales Change (MoM)	Bearish change	8%	-8.7%
Housing Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.4%	0.8%
S&P Global Composite PMI	Bearish change	50.2	50.1
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	Bullish change	47.9	48.9
S&P Global Services PMI	Bearish change	50.5	50.2
Existing Home Sales Change (MoM)	Bullish change	-2.2%	-0.7%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	221K	201K
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey	Bearish change	12	-13.5
Fed Interest Rate Decision	(no change)	5.5%	5.5%
Interest Rate Projections - 1st year	Bullish change	4.6%	5.1%
Interest Rate Projections - 2nd year	Bullish change	3.4%	3.9%
Interest Rate Projections - 3rd year	Bearish change	3.1%	2.9%
Interest Rate Projections - Current	(no change)	5.6%	5.6%
Interest Rate Projections - Longer	(no change)	2.5%	2.5%
Building Permits (MoM)	Bullish change	1.443M	1.543M
Housing Starts (MoM)	Bearish change	1.447M	1.283M
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	Bearish change	69.5	67.7
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation	Bearish change	3%	2.7%
Industrial Production (MoM)	Bearish change	0.7%	0.4%
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	Bullish change	-19	1.9

About Personal Spending

Country:	United States
Currency:	USD
Source:	US Bureau of Economic Analysis
Category:	Consumption
Frequency:	Monthly

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Calendar - Personal Spending - United States

Personal Spending

Next event - Friday 29 September 2023 12:30

Most recent - Thursday 31 August 2023 12:30

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Forecast history

Past events

Economic context

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