Annual transactions from BEA, Fixed Assets Table 1.3 Current-Cost Depreciation of Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods, line 13, Consumer durable goods. Annual transactions are converted to seasonally adjusted quarterly transactions by assuming a constant depreciation rate in all quarters of the year; the depreciation rate is computed as the ratio of line 13, Consumer durable goods, to previous year's consumer durables stock ( FOF series FL155111005) plus one half consumer durables investment ( FOF series FU155111003). Unadjusted transactions are calculated as transactions at a seasonally adjusted annual rate divided by 4. Series has no levels.
Last edited on: 10/07/2009