"consumer expenditure" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing expenses made by individuals in conjunction with goods and services. For example, "The rise in consumer expenditure on luxury items in the past decade has been significant."
Michael J. Weiss summarized the latest Consumer Expenditure Survey in the April issue of American Demographics.
Group wise summary consumer expenditure data for 20 years is used to derive the elasticity estimates.
"That well-fitted bathrooms propelled their users to heaven," Cohen writes, "undoubtedly provided new justification for consumer expenditure".
The consumer expenditure Survey offers data on household expenditure on different categories including food, apparel, healthcare, and entertainment.
Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures begins with a comprehensive review of current methodologies for collecting consumer expenditure data.
Separate nation-wide disaggregate vehicle ownership models for urban and rural areas in India are developed using readily available consumer expenditure survey dataset.
A second dimension of the hoped-for economic rebalancing, away from consumer expenditure and towards more productive, long-term investment, is not taking place either.
We do so by constructing an alternative measure of consumption expenditure using a demand system to correct for systematic measurement error in the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
To test this, the researchers added survey questions to two existing consumer surveys that collect information about how people spend: the Consumer Expenditure and the Nielsen Consumer Panel.
The model is illustrated empirically using a sample drawn from the Consumer Expenditure Survey CEXX) where expenditures on children's goods are a public good in both spouses' preferences.
They differ in part by the way they account for inflation, with four using the Consumer Price Index and four using the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
