1Food
only (excludes alcoholic beverages). Not seasonally
adjusted.
2Excludes donations and
home production.
3Excludes donations,
child nutrition subsidies, and meals furnished to
employees, patients, and inmates.
Information contact: Annette Clauson (202) 694-5389
Note: This table differs from Personal Consumption
Expenditures (PCE), table 2, for several reasons:
(1) this series includes only food, excluding alcoholic
beverages and pet food which are included in PCE;
(2) this series is not seasonally adjusted, whereas
PCE is seasonally adjusted at annual rates; (3) this
series reports sales only, but PCE includes food produced
and consumed on farms and food furnished to employees;
(4) this series includes all sales of meals and snacks,
while PCE includes only purchases using personal funds,
excluding business travel and entertainment. For a
more complete discussion of the differences, see "Developing
an Integrated Information System for the Food Sector,"
ERS Ag. Econ. Rpt. No. 575, Aug. 1987, available at
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/aer575/. |
