Today, the 12bet官方 研究所 released its 本地消费者商业指数 (LCCI) for October 2016, which showed that five of the 15 U.S. cities analyzed saw positive growth in year-over-year spending. 然而, overall, year-over-year consumer spending growth declined by 0.3 percent in October—making it the fourth consecutive month of negative growth. 

丹佛 continued to experience the fastest growth of all cities studied, this time at 7.同比增长9%. 横跨15个城市, growth contributions from large 企业 rebounded significantly from September 2016, 加1.对整体增长的贡献率为2个百分点. 然而, this rebound was offset by declines in growth contributions from small and medium 企业.

This 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, 达拉斯, 丹佛, 底特律, 休斯顿, 迈阿密, 洛杉矶, 纽约, 凤凰城, 波特兰(或), 圣地亚哥, 旧金山, 和西雅图. By looking at actual anonymized financial transactions, LCCI提供了一个持续的, dynamic view of the health and vibrancy of the U.S. consumer and the places where 企业 operate.

尽管经济略有收缩, October 2016 brought some positive developments in local consumer commerce,” Diana Farrell, President and CEO of the 12bet官方 研究所. “大企业推动了这一变化, as did ongoing spending growth from millennials and low income consumers. We are hopeful that November and December brought continued increases thanks to local holiday spending.”

The key highlights from the latest Index include:

• 小城市, 比如西雅图, 芝加哥, 丹佛, 波特兰, 和哥伦布, continued to grow faster than mid-sized and large cities, 有一个2.1 percent overall average growth rate in October 2016.
• The top forty percent of consumers – from an income perspective - continued to be a drag on growth in October 2016, slightly overshadowing the positive growth contributed by the bottom sixty percent in that month.
• Small business growth contributions fell sharply in October 2016, subtracting 0.5 percentage points from growth in that month. This is a significant decline relative to the 2.9月份贡献了3个百分点. This is only the fourth time in our series that small 企业 have detracted from growth.
• Large 企业 recovered significantly from the 2 percentage point subtraction from overall growth in September 2016, 贡献1.10月份的增长率为2个百分点.
• 贡献为0.9个百分点, year-over-year spending growth on nondurables, 比如办公用品和服装, recovered in October after the decline experienced in September 2016.

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 15 major metropolitan areas; such geographic 粒度 is unavailable in most other spending measures. These 15 cities mirror the geographic and economic 多样性 of larger metropolitan areas in the United States and account for 32 percent of retail sales nationwide.
• The index 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.

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 15 major metropolitan areas; such geographic 粒度 is unavailable in most other spending measures. These 15 cities mirror the geographic and economic 多样性 of larger metropolitan areas in the United States and account for 32 percent of retail sales nationwide.
• It 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 will describe the economic picture of local communities and provide 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.