21. Her office estimates annual consumption expenditure to decline by 0.4 per cent during its first year of operation. 22. "Friday's reports on new orders for durable goods and personal consumption expenditure in November reinforce that view ." 23. The inflation rate, as measured by the government's price index for personal consumption expenditures , was 2.4 percent in 2000. 24. Personal income rose by 0 . 4 percent in November, and consumption expenditures increased by 0 . 3 percent. 25. Indeed, nearly nine-tenths of the economic growth recorded during the third quarter was accounted for by personal consumption expenditures . 26. The deflator on final private consumption expenditure rose a larger-than-expected 1.2 percent for an annual rate of 2.2 percent. 27. Nearly nine-tenths of the economic expansion during the third quarter was accounted for by growth in personal consumption expenditures . 28. Last year the consumption expenditure by the private sector was $ 719 billion and the public sector $ 106 billion. 29. Businesses pay about 40 percent of all sales taxes collected, so almost half of our consumption expenditures are taxed twice. 30. Nearly nine tenths of the economic expansion during the third quarter was accounted for by growth in personal consumption expenditures .
