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in this publication may he quoted or reproduced.  \nJULY 1975  \nINFLATION AND THE FAMILY BUDGET  \nInflation and the  \nThe Department of Labor has designed three hypothetical budgets rep-resenting different levels of consumption-high,intermediate,and low-in order to measure the impact of inflation on family consumptionpatterns.  \nFamily Budget  \nFixed budget for urban family ot four  \nU.5.Avaroge  \nPercan  \n1974  \n1973  \nlneraos  \nTotal Budoet  \n14.2  \n520.777  \n518.201  \nDuring the latter part of 1974,an income of about $20,800 was neededto sustain the lifestyle of the highest budget,which was 14.0%abovethe preceding year.The increment for the lowest budget was about  \n11.3  \n14,976  \n13.450  \nTaol Conumplion  \n10.8  \n4,453  \n4,020  \nFood  \n3,578  \nFood at home  \n10.5  \n3.238  \n874  \n782  \nFood away from home  \n11.8  \n9.1  \n3.495  \n3.204  \nSheliar  \n12.5%higher,and moderately more than that for the intermediate budget.  \n1,40  \nHousefurnishings.operalions  \n18.9  \n1.182  \n1,521  \n15.7  \nTronsporiation  \n1,315  \nL.456  \n9.1  \n1,589  \nClothing  \nCost of goods and services for all three budgets rose by 11.3%whilepersonal income taxes were up by 26.6%.Housefurnishings rose by  \nPervonal  \n12.6  \n439  \n390  \nMedicol care  \n11.8  \n774  \n692  \n8.9  \n1.,297  \n1,191  \nOther consumplion  \n18.9%,transportation by 15.7%,shelter by 9.1%,and food-both at homeand away from home-by 10.8%Of the entire increment in 1974 in thecost of the high budget,slightly more than 37%was accounted for bypersonal income taxes and Social Security payments.  \n8.7  \n1,113  \n1,024  \nOther liems  \n25.7  \n4,686  \n3.727  \nTaxes  \nParsonal income foxze  \n26.6  \n3,899  \n3,080  \n787  \n647  \nSocial Securily:Dincblily  \n21.6  \notm Whare loms foll o odd up so indcned tonal,difeeces am duo o raunding  \nboued ana welaied averoee of net ond owner coh.AJo ineedn alowane for  \nPayroll withholding for taxes and Social Security now constitutes thesingle most important consumer expenditure,claiming 23%of the mostexpensive budget,and 16%of the least expensive budget.Seven yearsago those items claimed 17.5%and 12.5%,respectively,of aggregateoutlay.  \nledoling ooov from heme  \nSncdludererafios,tobace,duron.  \nIndudn lHha lnurane and ocuealiehal espenes.gih,cosrlbulies  \nSonice uUS.Deenmdnt of Loben Te Cenlbiace bord  \n## FEDERAL FISCAL POSITION\n\nFederal Government expenditures outpaced growth in receipts in firstquarter 1975,and Federal deficit as measured in national incomeaccounts increased to $54.6 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.  \nReceipts in first quarter 1975 were $283.8 billion at an annual rate,down$10.9 billion from fourth quarter 1974.Personal tax payments de-creased $0.6 billion and corporate tax liabilities were down $11.9 bil-lion.Social insurance contributions increased $0.9 billion from fourthquarter 1974.  \nExpenditures were at an annual rate of $338.4 billion,up $19.2 billionfrom the fourth quarter 1974.Over half the increase was in transferpayments resulting from higher unemployment benefits,civilian andmilitary retirement benefits,which were augmented by cost-of-livingincreases,food stamps,and veterans'benefits.Defense purchases rose  \n$0.7 billion and non-defense purchases by $1.2 billion;grants increasedby $4.7 billion;and net interest paid remained unchanged at $19.7 bil-lion from fourth quarter 1974.Subsidies rose $1.2 billion as a result ofhigher postal deficit and railroad subsidy payments.  \n## CONSUMER FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR\n\nMost indexes were up in the first quarter of 1975.The only large per-centage decrease over fourth quarter was registered by personal savingsindex,down 26.2 index points(12.2%)from the revised fourth quarterfigure of 214.1 to 187.9.Greatest percentage increase was registered bydurable goods index,up 5.8 index points(3.5%)to 170.9.  \nPersonal income increased by 1.0 index points to 189.6 in first quarter1975.Disposable personal inco","cbCail43K7jAr5QR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail43K7jAr5QR","pdf",1517725,"English","# INFLATION AND THE FAMILY BUDGET\n# FEDERAL FISCAL POSITION\n# CONSUMER FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR\n# INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION\n# WHOLESALE PRICES\n# PERSONAL INCOME BY REGIONS","[{\"question\":\"How does inflation affect the family budget across different consumption levels?\",\"answer\":\"The publication uses three hypothetical budgets (high, intermediate, and low) to measure how inflation alters family consumption patterns and the distribution of spending. 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