What We Owe and What We Spend

O What We Owe and What We Spend Guns & Medial products Food services New Foreign travel Personal Household Household appliances $10.79 $30.70 $94.45 $26.14 $62.85 Clothing Telephone Groceries Recreation vehicles supplies services care ammo $95.43 $27.76 $79.97 $45.34 $134.36 $137.63 $17.43 Vet services Personal computers $35.70 $47.69 Financial and insurance Tobacco Cable TV Parts Gasoline Televisions Magazines $51.90 Furniture Recreational items Alcohol $18.48 $15.07 $19.33 $27.63 $5.62 $11.59 $71.92 $45.31 $184.74 Housing and utilities Higher education Health Transportation services care $410.48 $450.16 $68.33 $32.49 Average new mortgage amount, % 7.38 8.87 1972 1976 13.74 13.88 10.34 8.39 7.81 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 8.05 5.84 6.03 3.66 942 consumer debt 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Per-person 39 90 157 250 311 405 533 706 1543 1880 2837 3121 4287 5455 7151 8369 8454