This statistic shows the U.S. self-reported upper-income consumer spending, on a monthly basis from 2008 to 2015. The survey was 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. Upper-income consumers are Americans making at least 90,000 U.S. dollars a year. In January 2008, the average daily spending of upper-income Americans amounted to 136 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.
Data over time has been taken from the monthly gallup consumer spending updates.
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Gallup. (February 2, 2015). U.S. monthly upper-income consumer spending, historical data from 2008 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 10, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/383667/us-self-reported-upper-income-consumer-spending-2008/
Gallup. "U.S. monthly upper-income consumer spending, historical data from 2008 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. February 2, 2015. Statista. Accessed August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383667/us-self-reported-upper-income-consumer-spending-2008/
Gallup. (2015). U.S. monthly upper-income consumer spending, historical data from 2008 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 10, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/383667/us-self-reported-upper-income-consumer-spending-2008/
Gallup. "U.S. Monthly Upper-income Consumer Spending, Historical Data from 2008 to 2015 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383667/us-self-reported-upper-income-consumer-spending-2008/
Gallup, U.S. monthly upper-income consumer spending, historical data from 2008 to 2015 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/383667/us-self-reported-upper-income-consumer-spending-2008/ (last visited August 10, 2022)
