BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 13, 2000 ISSUE
BUSINESSWEEK INVESTOR Tracking Consumers' Income and Outgo PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS MONTHLY The U.S. Commerce Dept.'s tally of everything Americans earn and purchase. Personal income includes wages and salaries, government checks, rental and farm income, interest, and dividends. Personal-consumption expenditures include all new goods and services bought in the month. The data are adjusted for price changes and constitute two-thirds of real gross domestic product. RETAIL SALES MONTHLY The U.S. Census survey of 4,100 retail establishments. CHAIN-STORE SALES MONTHLY Reports on sales. Most important comparison: sales in stores open at least a year. RETAIL SURVEYS WEEKLY LJR Redbook Research and BTM/Schroder track sales weekly. Both reports compare percentage changes in the latest week with the previous week, and to the year-ago number. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Keep Your Eyes on Consumers CHART: Two Views of Inflation TABLE: Tracking Consumers' Income and Outgo INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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