Date:         Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:41:59 -0400
Reply-To:     Dianne Rhodes <diannerhodes@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Dianne Rhodes <diannerhodes@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: OT: Seeking Source of Consumer Information
Comments: To: Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:33:23 -0400, Talbot Michael Katz <topkatz@MSN.COM>
wrote:

>Hi.
>
>Can anyone point me to either a public source of data and / or results of
>one or more studies estimating relative amounts spent by the US / North
>American population on the internet, by mail order, over the phone, etc.?
>Thanks!
>
>--  TMK  --
>"The Macro Klutz"

That's part of the Consumer Price Index, computed by rooms of economists,
analysts, and SAS professionals at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  It's
under Education and Communications

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t01.htm

Dianne Rhodes on site at BLS