U.S. Consumer Payment Systems

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U.S. Consumer Payment Systems

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE), a statistic calculated by the United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) was $14.048 trillion in the U.S. in 2020. Purchases made for goods and services amounted to $10.714 trillion, which was 76.3% of PCE. The BEA includes transactions for which no payment was made, even though a monetary value is ascribed, as part of PCE. These nonpurchases accounted for the other $3.334 trillion or 23.7% of PCE. Examples of nonpurchases are identified in the footnote below the table Personal Consumption Expenditures in the U.S. on t...

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Nilson Report

1210

December 2021

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