Table 4.—Real Personal Consumption Expenditures

	Billions of chained (1996) dollars					Percent change from preceding quarter
	Level	Change from preceding quarter				1999
	1999	1999				I	II	III	IV
	IV	I	II	III	IV
Personal consumption expenditures	6,120.3	92.6	73.4	71.5	87.0	6.5	5.1	4.9	5.9
Durable goods	846.6	22.8	17.3	15.1	25.4	12.4	9.1	7.7	13.0
Motor vehicles and parts	325.8	3.0	6.8	2.4	6.2	3.9	9.2	3.0	8.0
Of which: New autos	108.5	1.6	5.6	–.8	7.1	6.5	25.5	–3.2	31.0
New light trucks	89.1	–.9	1.3	2.3	.2	–4.0	6.0	11.0	1.2
Furniture and household equipment	359.2	14.1	8.8	10.5	13.2	19.3	11.3	13.0	16.3
Other	164.1	6.4	1.8	2.9	6.5	18.5	4.8	8.0	17.3
Nondurable goods	1,810.6	36.9	14.2	15.6	31.3	8.9	3.3	3.6	7.2
Food	873.2	4.1	5.1	5.4	23.2	2.0	2.4	2.6	11.4
Clothing and shoes	318.0	19.1	2.1	4.8	–3.6	28.4	2.7	6.2	–4.5
Gasoline, fuel oil, and other energy goods	144.9	1.0	1.0	.6	.4	2.8	2.8	1.8	1.0
Other	473.9	13.2	6.0	4.9	10.4	12.6	5.4	4.3	9.3
Services	3,473.0	34.5	42.7	41.4	32.4	4.2	5.2	5.0	3.8
Housing	834.2	6.4	4.7	5.4	5.7	3.2	2.3	2.7	2.7
Household operation	361.4	8.6	4.8	5.6	–3.0	10.3	5.6	6.4	–3.2
Electricity and gas	130.6	5.4	1.1	3.2	–4.8	18.5	3.5	9.9	–13.4
Other household operation	230.5	3.2	3.6	2.5	1.6	6.0	6.7	4.4	3.0
Transportation	243.9	1.6	2.2	2.5	1.5	2.8	3.6	4.2	2.5
Medical care	889.5	3.4	6.4	8.9	8.6	1.6	3.0	4.2	4.0
Recreation	237.1	5.6	6.6	7.4	4.7	10.9	12.7	13.8	8.3
Other	907.2	9.1	18.1	11.8	14.6	4.3	8.7	5.5	6.7

NOTE.—See note to table 1 for an explanation of chained (1996) dollar series. Chained (1996) dollar levels and residuals are shown in NIPA tables 2.3 and 8.9B (motor vehicles). Percent changes in major aggregates are shown in NIPA table S.1.