Big spenders

The top 5 big spenders in my sample of 26/30 OECD countries for the year 2006...consumers that is:

• Greece
• USA
• Turkey
• Portugal
• UK
  

This is the share of C (private consumptions spending on durables, nondurables, and services) out of Y = C + I + G + NX. I chose 2006 to view pre-recession saving and consumption trends, but it will be interesting to see how these figures change five years down the road!

Note: The source data is the OECD's Main Economic Indicator database

Rebecca Wilder