今天, the 12bet官方 研究所 released a new consumer spending brief evaluating small business spending growth from January 2014-April 2017, 以及 本地消费商业指数(LCCI) for June 2017, which showed positive consumer spending growth in 10 of the 15 US cities analyzed.

The small business spending brief evaluated small business spending in 15 US cities over a period of three years, and found that younger and lower income consumers were key drivers of small business spending growth. 在2014年1月至2017年4月期间, growth in spending at small 企业 by consumers under the age of 35 grew by 1.4%. In contrast, small business spending growth by consumers over the age of 55 declined by 1.同期增长了5个百分点.

Similarly, low-income consumers increased small business spending growth by 6.8个百分点 while small business spending growth decreased among the wealthiest quintile of consumers by 5.8个百分点.

The findings of this brief are consistent with Local Consumer Commerce Index data for June 2017, 哪个国家的年增长率是1%, continuing the trend of positive growth rates that started in February 2017. 55岁及以上消费者减去1.2 percentage points from year-over-year growth, while consumers under the age of 35 contributed 1.9个百分点的增长.

Data visualization of the changes in local consumer spending growth over the last 24 months can be found online.

This LCCI report provides a timely view of how the following cities and surrounding metro areas are faring economically, 无论是个人还是整体:亚特兰大, 芝加哥, 哥伦布, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland (Ore.)、圣地亚哥、旧金山和西雅图. 通过观察实际情况, 去识别金融交易, LCCI提供了一个持续的, 对美国金融健康的动态看法.S. consumer and the vibrancy of the places where 企业 operate.

“我们已经看到了5个月的正增长, 2017年2月开始, continuing a positive and sharp contrast to the negative growth we saw in late 2016,” Diana Farrell, President and CEO, 12bet官方 研究所. “同时, we continue to see trends showing older consumers acting as a drag on growth, 而年轻消费者继续引领潮流, 特别是在小企业支出方面. We will continue tracking which direction this trend goes heading into the holiday shopping season.”

Additional key highlights from the latest Index include:

• 纽约的消费增长了1%.8 percent between June 2016 and June 2017, the highest growth rate of all large cities.
• 丹佛的消费增长了9%.同比增长1%, 是所有低成本城市中增长率最高的, 而西雅图的支出下降了7%.3%.
• 收入最高的五分之一的消费者减去0.比增长率低2个百分点, the first negative growth contribution for consumers in the top income quintile since January 2017.
• Consumers in the bottom income quintile saw the largest growth contribution amongst all income quintiles, 为0.7个百分点的增长.
• 支出 from consumers in the same metro area as the merchant (but not the same neighborhood) contributed 1.2017年6月为1个百分点, while a decline in spending from consumers that reside outside of the metro area subtracted 0.同比增长下降3个百分点.
• 小企业贡献0.7 percentage points to year-over-year growth in June 2017, the fifth consecutive month of sustained positive growth.

The LCCI offers unique advantages over existing measures of consumer spending.

• LCCI捕获实际的事务, instead of self-reported measures of how consumers think they spend.
• The LCCI provides timely data on spending in 15 major metropolitan areas; such geographic 粒度 is unavailable in most other spending measures. These 15 cities mirror the geographic and economic 多样性 of larger metropolitan areas in the United States and account for 32 percent of retail sales nationwide.
• The LCCI also presents a more granular view of local consumer commerce through five important lenses: consumer age, 消费者收入, 业务规模, 产品类型, and consumer residence relative to the location of the business. For each lens, we show how different segments contributed to year-over-year spending growth.
• The LCCI captures economic activity in sectors that previously have not been well understood by other data sources. These include sectors such as food trucks, new merchants, and personal services.

Each release of the LCCI describes the economic picture of local communities and provides a powerful tool for city development officials, 企业, 投资者, and statistical agencies to better understand the everyday economic health of consumers, 企业, 以及他们关心的地方.