Today, the 12bet官方 研究所 released its 本地消费商业指数(LCCI) for January 2018, which showed increased spending in eight out of 14 metro areas analyzed. 在过去的五个月里, year over year growth has seen monthly fluctuations, alternating between positive and negative changes in local spending. Portland, with a positive growth rate of 3.4%, had the largest increase in year-over-year spending, compared to January 2017.

小城市地区以1.2 percent positive growth, while mid-sized metro areas saw 0.6 percent growth compared to the same time last year. 支出 in large metro areas declined 0.6 percent, with Los Angeles seeing the only positive growth with 0.1%.

“This evident fluctuation in the Local Consumer Commerce Index underscores the challenges facing business owners as they try to anticipate consumer demand,” Diana Farrell, President and CEO, 12bet官方 研究所. “Large cities continue to see negative growth compared to the previous year, while small cities continue to lead the way. 进一步, spending growth among young people has outpaced that of their older counterparts for the 49th consecutive month in our series, reflecting the spending dynamism of this age group.”

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

This LCCI 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, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland (Ore.)、圣地亚哥和旧金山. 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 financial health of the U.S. consumer and the vibrancy of the places where 企业 operate.

Additional key highlights from the latest Index release include:

• Atlanta saw the largest decline in spending, down 2.1% compared to the previous year, followed by 哥伦布 with a 1.下降3%.
• 休斯顿0比0.下降3% in spending, its first negative growth rate since Hurricane Harvey.
• Consumers under the age of 25 increased spending 15.与2017年1月相比下降了1%
• Consumers in the bottom income quintile increased spending 3.3%, while the wealthiest consumers saw a 1.0 percent decline compared to one year previous.
• 燃料支出增加了6%.3%, while non-durables saw the largest decline with 1.4%.
• 小企业贡献0.6 percentage points to year over year growth, while mid-sized 企业 subtracted 0.3%.

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

• The LCCI offers unique advantages over existing measures of consumer spending.
• The LCCI provides timely data on spending in 14 major metropolitan areas; such geographic 粒度 is unavailable in most other spending measures. These 14 metro areas mirror the geographic and economic 多样性 of larger metropolitan areas in the United States and account for 30 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 强大的工具 城市发展官员, 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.