Spending overview -- Spending on apparel, 2012 -- Spending on entertainment, 2012 -- Spending on financial products and services, 2012 -- Spending on food and alcoholic beverages, 2012 -- Spending on gifts for people in other households, 2012 -- Spending on health care, 2012 -- Spending on housing: household operations, 2012 --Spending on housing: shelter and utilities, 2012 -- Spending on personal care, reading, education, and tobacco, 2012 --Spending on transportation, 2012.
Summary:
Looking for customers? Repositioning your products? Americans are spending money, but only those who are on top of the trends will know who the spenders are. The all-new 19th edition of Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What reveals who spends and the products and services they buy. Included in the 19th edition is a comparison of spending trends before (2000-06) and after (2006-12) the Great Recession.
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