Today, the 12bet官方 研究所 released its 本地消费者商业指数 (LCCI)于2016年12月生效, which showed that 14 of the 15 US cities analyzed had higher year-over-year consumer spending growth rates in December than they did in November. Overall year-over-year consumer spending growth increased by 1.5 percent in December – ending a period of sustained declines that began in July 2016. Non-durable spending rebounded significantly relative to November, 贡献1.对整体增长的贡献率为2个百分点.

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

这是自2016年2月以来的首次, the drag on growth from consumers in the top income quintile (-1.1个百分点) was offset by growth contributions of consumers in the bottom income quintile (1.1个百分点). 与此同时, consumers between the ages of 35 and 54 jointly made their first positive growth contribution since April 2016.

This report provides a timely view of how the following cities and surrounding metro areas are faring economically, both individually and in aggregate: Atlanta, 芝加哥, 哥伦布, 达拉斯, 丹佛, 底特律, 休斯顿, 迈阿密, 洛杉矶, 纽约, 凤凰城, 波特兰(或), 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, dynamic view of the health and vibrancy of the U.S. consumer and the places where 企业 operate.

“December 2016 brought some encouraging trends including the shift from a period of sustained declines to this increase in consumer spending growth,” Diana Farrell, President and CEO of the 12bet官方 研究所. “This increase in growth was widespread with 14 of the 15 cities we analyze showing higher year-over-year growth rates than they did in November.”

The key highlights from the latest Index include:

• Consumers under 35 made a contribution of 1.2016年12月为9个百分点.
• Consumers in the bottom income quintile closed out 2016 by continuing their trend of strong contributions to growth, 贡献1.1 percentage points to growth in December 2016.
• Contributions from small 企业 cooled slightly, falling from a 0.9 percentage point contribution in November 2016 to 0.1 percentage point contribution in December 2016. 相比之下，大型企业贡献了1亿美元.5 percentage points to growth in December 2016, up from flat growth in November and the largest contribution of any 业务规模 in that month.
• 休斯顿 was the only large LCCI city in December 2016 to not register a positive growth rate. Regardless, the 2 percent contraction is the smallest contraction for 休斯顿 since March 2016.

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 index 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.