Real Consumer Spending in the United States increased an annualized 2.4% in Q4 2025, the least since Q1 2025, following a 3.5% gain in Q3, the advance estimate showed. Real Consumer Spending in the United States averaged 3.34 percent from 1947 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 40.60 percent in the third quarter of 2020 and a record low of -30.40 percent in the second quarter of 2020. source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-22 01:30 PM
Real Consumer Spending QoQ Final
Q3 3.5% 2.5% 3.5% 3.5%
2026-02-20 01:30 PM
Real Consumer Spending QoQ Adv
Q4 2.4% 3.5% 2.6%
2026-03-13 12:30 PM
Real Consumer Spending QoQ 2nd Est
Q4 3.5% 2.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Full Year GDP Growth 2.20 2.80 percent Dec 2025
GDP Annual Growth Rate 2.20 2.30 percent Dec 2025
GDP Constant Prices 24111.80 24026.80 USD Billion Dec 2025
GDP Growth Rate 1.40 4.40 percent Dec 2025
GDP Sales 1.20 4.50 percent Dec 2025
Gross Fixed Capital Formation 4417.20 4389.30 USD Billion Dec 2025
Gross National Product 24064.00 23773.90 USD Billion Sep 2025
Real Consumer Spending 2.40 3.50 percent Dec 2025


United States Real Consumer Spending QoQ
In the United States, personal consumption expenditure (PCE) is the primary measure of consumer spending in the U.S. economy. It is the National Income and Product Account (NIPA) final-demand component that measures the value of the goods and services purchased by, or on the behalf of, persons who reside in the United States.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.40 3.50 40.60 -30.40 1947 - 2025 percent Quarterly
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