Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) amounted to $13.999 trillion in the U.S. in 2018 according to the United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Of that amount, purchases of goods and services were $10.880 trillion or 77.7%. Expenditures for which no payment was made, although a monetary value was imputed as part of PCE, accounted for the other $3.118 trillion or 22.3%. Examples of nonpurchases can be found in the footnote below the table titled Personal Consumption Expenditures in the U.S. on page 11. One caveat to the personal consumption expenditures ...