This statistic shows the U.S. self-reported lower- and middle-income consumer spending on a monthly basis for the ongoing year. The survey is conducted doing daily telephone interviews among approx. 30,000 adults per month in the U.S. The graph shows the 30-day average for each month to depict an annual trend. Lower- and middle-income consumers are Americans making less than 90,000 U.S. dollars a year. In July 2017, the average daily spending of lower- and middle-income Americans amounted to 80 U.S. dollars.
U.S. lower- and middle-income consumer spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by month
(in U.S. dollars)
Gallup's Consumer Spending measure is calculated from responses to a basic question asking Americans each day to estimate the amount of money they spent "yesterday," excluding the purchase of a home or an automobile, or normal household bills. The result is a real-time indicator of discretionary retail spending, fluctuations in which are sensitive to shifts in the economic environment.
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Gallup. (August 7, 2017). U.S. lower- and middle-income consumer spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by month (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/205250/us-self-reported-lower-income-consumer-spending-by-month/
Gallup. "U.S. lower- and middle-income consumer spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by month (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. August 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205250/us-self-reported-lower-income-consumer-spending-by-month/
Gallup. (2017). U.S. lower- and middle-income consumer spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by month (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/205250/us-self-reported-lower-income-consumer-spending-by-month/
Gallup. "U.S. Lower- and Middle-income Consumer Spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by Month (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Aug 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205250/us-self-reported-lower-income-consumer-spending-by-month/
Gallup, U.S. lower- and middle-income consumer spending from July 2016 to July 2017, by month (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/205250/us-self-reported-lower-income-consumer-spending-by-month/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
