今天, the 12bet官方 研究所 released its Local Consumer Commerce Index (LCCI) for March 2018, 其中显示支出增加了2.在分析的14个大都市区中，有12个的比例为3%. 这两个.3% in year-over-year growth, consumers under the age of 35 were responsible for 1.9 percent of growth, further underscoring their role in a dynamic economy. For the eighth consecutive month, spending on fuel contributed at least 0.4 percentage points to spending growth, spurred on by rising gas prices across the country.

休斯顿以6人领先所有城市.增长1%, experienced its sixth month of positive growth in the seven months since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in September 2017. 休斯顿, 哪个国家的油气产业规模较大, 可能会受益于石油和天然气价格的回升.

底特律以4人领先中型城市.3% year-over-year growth, and Atlanta followed closely behind with a 4.增长2%. San Diego and Los Angeles were the only two cities to post declines in growth, with 0.7和0.分别是1%的负增长.

“Consumers between the ages of 25-34 continue to comprise the lion’s share of economic growth, and they remain vital to the economic well-being of cities,” Diana Farrell, President and CEO, 12bet官方 研究所. “While large 企业 continue to experience greater volatility, alternating between positive and negative growth for the past eight months, small 企业 continue to be steady drivers of growth, 使一致, positive contributions to consumer spending growth in America’s cities.”

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

This LCCI report provides a timely view of how the following cities and surrounding metro areas are faring economically, 无论是个人还是整体:亚特兰大, 芝加哥, 哥伦布, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, 休斯顿, 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, 对美国金融健康的动态看法.S. consumer and the vibrancy of the places where 企业 operate.

Additional key highlights from the latest Index release include:

• Eight of 14 cities experience year-over-year growth greater than three percent.
• 休斯顿继续保持正增长势头, with year-over-year increases in six out of the last seven months.
• All mid-sized cities posted positive year-over-year growth, with Detroit leading the way at 4.3%.
• Consumers in Denver posted the greatest growth among small cities, with 3.8 percent, while San Diego posted the only negative growth rate for small cities at negative 0.7%.
• 55岁以上的消费者减去0.同比增长5%.
• Consumers in the bottom income quintile increased spending 5.7% compared to a year ago, while the wealthiest consumers increased spending 0.与一年前相比下降了2%.
• 小企业的支出贡献了1%.9 percentage points to spending growth, and spending at large 企业 contributed 1.0百分点. 中型企业的消费支出贡献了0.5%.同比增长4个百分点.

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

• LCCI捕获实际的事务, instead of self-reported measures of how consumers think they spend.
• 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% 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 powerful tool for city development officials, 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.