Annual transactions from BEA, Fixed Asset Table 1.5 Investment in Fixed Assets and Consumer Durable Goods, line 13, Consumer durable goods. Annual transactions are converted to seasonally adjusted quarterly transactions by calculating the ratio of line 13, Consumer durable goods, to NIPA, Table 1.1.5 Gross Domestic Product, line 4, Personal consumption expenditures, Durable goods (annual); multiplied by line 4, Personal consumption expenditures, durable goods (quarterly). 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