Card consumption in #country# by categories

Regions: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Türkiye, United States,

Categories: Food, Entertainment, Restaurants, Hotels, Health, Transports, Total,

Big Data indicator. 28 days moving average, YoY rate, %

Card consumption series consider purchases done with BBVA cards sector of activity according to the merchant classification. Total card consumption series includes more information than the sum category given non-classified transactions. In the case of the U.S., the data comes from the [[a href=%%https://www.chicagofed.org/research/data/carts/current-data/%%]]Chicago Fed Advance Retail Trade Summary (CARTS)[[/a]], which tracks the U.S. Census Bureau||s Monthly Retail Trade Survey on a weekly basis. The index shows retail and food services sales, excluding automobiles.