Federal Reserve Economic Data

Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Generation: Birth Year of 1945 or Earlier (CXUTOTALEXPLB1609M)

2024: 51,147
Updated: Dec 19, 2025 1:50 PM CST
2024:  51,147  
2023:  49,206  
2022:  52,021  
2021:  44,683  
2020:  41,183  
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Units:

U.S. Dollars,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

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Notes

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  

Release: Consumer Expenditure Surveys  

Units:  U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Notes:

Generation refers to the reference person's generation, or birth year, where the reference person is the first member mentioned by the respondent when asked to "Start with the name of the person or one of the persons who owns or rents the home." It is with respect to this person that the relationship of the other consumer unit members is determined.

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Suggested Citation:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Generation: Birth Year of 1945 or Earlier [CXUTOTALEXPLB1609M], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CXUTOTALEXPLB1609M, .

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Consumer Expenditure Surveys

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