Private Consumption Expenditure

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PCE
Pronunciation
/ˈpraɪvət kənˈsəmʃən ɪkˈspɛndɪʧər/
Category
Community
Related Field
Conferences

Examples in Context

  1. Private consumption expenditure should advance further, buoyed by improved employment income and positive developments in the asset markets.
  2. The increase of government expenditure promotes the private consumption just because government expenditure is of multiplier effect.
  3. When local governments or individuals answer for the expenditure of public health, the expenditure of public health in equilibrium will be lower, the private consumption including individual health care expenditure will be higher, and consequently the level of social welfare will be lower.
  4. Hence, our government can increase private consumption by means of increasing government expenditure so as to increase overall demand of the society, but in long-term economic balance it is inappropriate for the government to adopt expenditure policy to realize long-term economic growth.
  5. Abstract Correct meaning of Crowding-out effect is the substitution of investment ( both private and public investments ) by consumption in a certain period ( both private and public consumption ), which does not only mean the substitution of private expenditure by government expenditure.

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