Although HBD goods and service payments still appear to be on the rise...
... the summed value of these payments is no longer rising. For example, the 30 day average in transferred value is now about half what it was 6 months ago.
When I glance at the transactions that my query pulls, today the majority of such transactions appear to reflect in-person purchases of goods and services (eg. buying at a local supermarket). This was not the case a few months ago. However, I suspect that online service payments are still where most of the value transfer is.
It may take a long time for such in-person purchases to grow to a substantial amount of daily traded value. The sustainability of this model will also depend on people finding inherent value in choosing HBD over the fiat norm. Rewards and discounts are proving to be an effective inducement strategy, but the long run will still depend on inherent advantages, people being convinced of them, and increased confidence in HBD and Hive.