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(Personal Income)
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BEA 09-21

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: APRIL 2009

Personal income increased $58.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $121.8 billion, or 1.1 percent, in April, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $5.4 billion, or 0.1 percent. In March,
personal income decreased $25.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $8.2 billion, or 0.1
percent, and PCE decreased $33.0 billion, or 0.3 percent, based on revised estimates. The pattern of
changes in income reflect, in part, the pattern of reduced personal current taxes and increased government
social benefit payments associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

2008
Dec.

Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

2009
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)

-0.2

0.0

-0.2

-0.2

0.5

-0.1
0.4

1.5
1.3

0.0
-0.4

0.1
0.1

1.1
1.1

-1.1
-0.6

1.0
0.7

0.4
0.1

-0.3
-0.3

-0.1
-0.1

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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2000) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Real disposable income increased 1.1 percent in April, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent
in March. Real PCE decreased 0.1 percent, compared with a decrease of 0.3 percent.
The April change in disposable personal income (DPI) – personal income less personal current
taxes – was boosted as a result of provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009. Provisions of the Act reduced personal current taxes and increased government social benefit
payments. Excluding these special factors, which are discussed more fully below, disposable personal
income increased $77.1 billion, or 0.7 percent, in April, following a decrease of $8.7 billion, or 0.1
percent, in March.

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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $1.3 billion in April, compared with a decrease
of $39.1 billion in March. Private wages and salaries had been reduced by an adjustment of $20.0
billion at an annual rate in January, in February, and in March to reflect smaller-than-usual bonus
payments. This type of irregular payment is not accounted for in the primary monthly source data for
wages and salaries. This adjustment to the months of the first quarter was not carried forward in the
estimates of wage and salary disbursements for April and subsequent months. Goods-producing
industries' payrolls decreased $11.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $15.6 billion; manufacturing
payrolls decreased $3.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $8.1 billion. Services-producing
industries' payrolls increased $10.1 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $23.5 billion. Government
wage and salary disbursements increased $4.4 billion compared with an increase of $3.3 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.7 billion in April, compared with an increase of
$1.9 billion in March.
Proprietors' income increased $4.5 billion in April, in contrast to a decrease of $7.5 billion in
March. Farm proprietors' income increased $3.8 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.3 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $0.7 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $7.2 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $2.7 billion in April, in contrast to a decrease of $3.2 billion
in March. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $2.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $20.5 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $45.7 billion, compared with an increase of $34.3
billion. Provisions of the Federal Additional Compensation Program of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 boosted the level of personal current transfer receipts by $11.8 billion at an
annual rate in April and $5.7 billion in March. The provision provides an additional $25 per week
unemployment payment.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -was unchanged in April, following a decrease of $5.0 billion in March.

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Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $63.6 billion in April, compared with a decrease of $34.1
billion in March. The Making Work Pay Credit provision of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 reduced personal current taxes $49.8 billion at an annual rate in April and
$11.2 billion in March. The provision allows a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working
individuals and up to $800 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. (The credit is subject to income
limitations.)
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$121.8 billion, or 1.1 percent, in April, compared with an increase of $8.2 billion, or 0.1 percent in
March.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -decreased $9.7 billion in April, compared with a decrease of $33.5 billion in March. PCE decreased
$5.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $33.0 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays – was $620.2 billion in April, compared with
$488.7 billion in March. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.7
percent in April, compared with 4.5 percent in March. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA’s
national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s flow of
funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 1.1 percent in April, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent in March.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.1 percent in April, compared
with a decrease of 0.3 percent in March. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.7 percent, compared
with a decrease of 0.9 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most of the
decrease in durable goods in April. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.7 percent in April,
compared with a decrease of 1.0 percent in March. Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in April, in contrast to a
decrease of less than 0.1 percent in March. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy,
increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

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Revisions
Estimates of personal income and DPI have been revised for October through March; estimates
of PCE have been revised for January through March. Changes in personal income, current-dollar
and chained (2000) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar PCE for February and
March -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
For October through December, the revisions to wages and salaries reflected the incorporation of
newly available BLS tabulations for fourth-quarter private wages and salaries from the quarterly
census of employment and wages. Wages and salaries were revised down for all three months.
Revisions to personal current taxes and to contributions for government social insurance reflected the
revisions to wages and salaries and the incorporation of revised federal budget projections.

Change from preceding month
February
Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

March

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

-24.3

-29.0

-0.2

-0.2

-34.4

-25.9

-0.3

-0.2

Disposable personal income:
Current Dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

0.2
-29.8

-5.0
-34.5

0.0
-0.3

0.0
-0.4

-1.8
0.7

8.2
9.7

0.0
0.0

0.1
0.1

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
39.1
Chained (2000) dollars
4.4

39.1
4.2

0.4
0.1

0.4
0.1

-24.2
-17.9

-33.0
-24.4

-0.2
-0.2

-0.3
-0.3

This news release presents revised estimates of wages and salaries, personal taxes, and contributions
for government social insurance for October through December 2008 (fourth quarter). These estimates
reflect newly available fourth-quarter wage and salary tabulations from the quarterly census of
employment and wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the comprehensive (or benchmark) revision of the national income and product accounts
(NIPAs), revised estimates of personal income and outlays will be released along with preliminary
estimates for June 2009 on August 4, 2009. More information on the comprehensive revision is available
on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/national/an1.htm, including a link to the article in the March 2009
issue of the Survey of Current Business that discussed the changes in definitions and presentations that
will be implemented in the revision and to an article in the May Survey that described changes in
statistical methods. The September Survey will contain an article that describes the results of the revision
in detail. The Web site also contains links to redesigned PCE table stubs; other revised NIPA table stubs
and press release stubs will be available in June.

BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov.
By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
announcements.

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Next release – June 26, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for May.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008
September
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

October

r

2009

November

r

December

r

January

r

February r

March r

April p

12,191.4
8,102.3
6,589.8
5,447.7
1,208.0
738.9
4,239.7
1,049.2
3,190.4
1,142.1
1,512.5
1,032.6
479.9

12,162.6
8,088.0
6,574.4
5,429.6
1,205.6
739.0
4,224.0
1,044.7
3,179.4
1,144.7
1,513.7
1,035.0
478.7

12,112.0
8,078.1
6,564.0
5,417.0
1,200.6
735.6
4,216.4
1,042.4
3,174.0
1,146.9
1,514.2
1,036.7
477.4

12,083.8
8,058.5
6,544.2
5,395.8
1,186.9
727.2
4,208.9
1,037.7
3,171.2
1,148.3
1,514.3
1,038.4
476.0

12,088.6
8,052.5
6,525.4
5,364.0
1,169.8
715.7
4,194.2
1,040.0
3,154.2
1,161.4
1,527.0
1,047.8
479.3

12,059.6
8,026.8
6,497.4
5,333.4
1,154.8
708.3
4,178.6
1,036.8
3,141.8
1,164.0
1,529.4
1,052.5
477.0

12,033.7
7,992.8
6,461.6
5,294.3
1,139.2
700.2
4,155.1
1,028.1
3,127.0
1,167.3
1,531.3
1,056.8
474.5

12,091.9
8,000.8
6,464.8
5,293.0
1,127.8
696.5
4,165.2
1,026.2
3,139.0
1,171.7
1,536.0
1,061.5
474.4

1,071.8
29.6
1,042.2
55.5
2,057.3
1,223.8
833.4
1,904.8
1,845.3
1,072.0
67.5
705.8
59.5
1,000.3

1,075.0
27.0
1,048.0
87.1
2,023.0
1,203.6
819.4
1,887.2
1,854.5
1,074.5
64.6
715.4
32.7
997.8

1,057.4
26.1
1,031.3
90.9
1,988.6
1,183.4
805.2
1,892.5
1,859.8
1,082.8
64.2
712.7
32.8
995.5

1,049.3
25.9
1,023.4
96.1
1,954.0
1,163.2
790.8
1,918.3
1,885.5
1,088.3
82.4
714.8
32.8
992.4

1,041.2
25.2
1,016.0
92.6
1,933.5
1,156.6
776.9
1,967.3
1,934.7
1,124.9
86.2
723.5
32.7
998.5

1,042.5
23.7
1,018.8
90.0
1,912.9
1,150.0
762.9
1,981.4
1,948.6
1,133.7
90.6
724.4
32.7
994.0

1,035.0
23.4
1,011.6
86.8
1,892.4
1,143.4
749.0
2,015.7
1,982.9
1,138.7
106.9
737.3
32.8
989.0

1,039.5
27.2
1,012.3
89.5
1,889.7
1,145.7
744.0
2,061.4
2,028.6
1,150.0
116.1
762.4
32.9
989.0

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

1,517.7

1,497.5

1,475.0

1,459.8

1,304.1

1,280.1

1,246.0

1,182.4

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

10,673.7

10,665.1

10,637.0

10,624.0

10,784.5

10,779.5

10,787.7

10,909.5

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................

10,527.3
10,132.4
998.4
3,022.9
6,111.2
246.9
148.0
85.3
62.7

10,393.8
10,013.3
945.3
2,934.5
6,133.5
237.7
142.9
85.8
57.1

10,311.5
9,939.7
950.8
2,843.6
6,145.2
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

10,193.9
9,830.7
942.8
2,739.1
6,148.8
219.2
144.0
86.9
57.1

10,293.8
9,926.0
967.7
2,784.2
6,174.1
218.3
149.6
87.4
62.2

10,332.5
9,965.1
966.3
2,819.4
6,179.3
217.4
150.0
87.9
62.2

10,299.0
9,932.1
958.8
2,788.7
6,184.6
216.4
150.4
88.3
62.2

10,289.3
9,926.7
952.6
2,771.0
6,203.1
211.9
150.8
88.6
62.2

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....

146.4
1.4

271.4
2.5

325.5
3.1

430.1
4.0

490.7
4.5

447.0
4.1

488.7
4.5

620.2
5.7

8,670.7

8,699.4

8,771.4

8,805.0

8,917.2

8,882.7

8,892.4

8,986.9

34,980
28,416
305,138

34,923
28,486
305,390

34,804
28,700
305,624

34,736
28,789
305,845

35,238
29,136
306,049

35,199
29,005
306,243

35,203
29,018
306,443

35,577
29,307
306,650

Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and the
first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007
IV

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

2008
I

II

2009
III

IV

r

Ir

11,663.2
7,818.6
6,362.0
5,286.7
1,205.4
746.0
4,081.3
1,035.2
3,046.1
1,075.2
1,456.6
991.9
464.7

12,100.6
8,052.8
6,548.0
5,418.5
1,210.0
742.4
4,208.5
1,047.7
3,160.8
1,129.5
1,504.8
1,026.9
477.9

11,872.1
7,941.0
6,465.5
5,373.4
1,218.2
750.2
4,155.3
1,048.3
3,106.9
1,092.1
1,475.5
1,005.9
469.6

11,960.5
8,009.7
6,518.0
5,408.3
1,217.7
748.4
4,190.5
1,050.4
3,140.2
1,109.7
1,491.7
1,015.3
476.4

12,152.2
8,033.5
6,531.3
5,407.9
1,212.7
745.0
4,195.2
1,048.4
3,146.7
1,123.4
1,502.2
1,024.4
477.8

12,170.4
8,092.9
6,581.8
5,443.5
1,211.7
742.2
4,231.8
1,050.4
3,181.5
1,138.3
1,511.1
1,031.2
479.9

12,119.5
8,074.9
6,560.8
5,414.2
1,197.7
733.9
4,216.5
1,041.6
3,174.9
1,146.7
1,514.0
1,036.7
477.4

12,060.6
8,024.0
6,494.8
5,330.6
1,154.6
708.1
4,176.0
1,035.0
3,141.0
1,164.2
1,529.2
1,052.3
476.9

1,056.2
44.0
1,012.2
40.0
2,000.1
1,214.3
785.8
1,713.3
1,681.4
999.4
32.3
649.6
31.9
965.1

1,072.4
34.6
1,037.9
64.4
2,037.7
1,208.5
829.1
1,869.1
1,834.4
1,058.3
52.3
723.8
34.7
995.7

1,073.8
47.1
1,026.7
38.6
2,056.2
1,242.7
813.5
1,737.8
1,704.7
1,009.6
34.3
660.9
33.1
975.3

1,071.7
41.6
1,030.1
39.1
2,054.1
1,224.6
829.5
1,778.1
1,745.8
1,032.4
38.2
675.3
32.2
992.2

1,076.9
38.0
1,039.0
58.6
2,052.3
1,208.7
843.6
1,926.3
1,893.9
1,050.0
41.4
802.5
32.4
995.4

1,080.5
32.4
1,048.2
68.5
2,055.7
1,217.4
838.3
1,872.7
1,831.2
1,068.9
59.2
703.1
41.5
1,000.0

1,060.6
26.3
1,034.2
91.4
1,988.5
1,183.4
805.1
1,899.3
1,866.6
1,081.9
70.4
714.3
32.8
995.2

1,039.6
24.1
1,015.5
89.8
1,912.9
1,150.0
762.9
1,988.1
1,955.4
1,132.4
94.6
728.4
32.7
993.9

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

1,492.8

1,457.3

1,520.5

1,535.0

1,346.1

1,470.7

1,477.4

1,276.7

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

10,170.5

10,643.3

10,351.5

10,425.5

10,806.0

10,699.7

10,642.0

10,783.9

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................

10,113.1
9,710.2
1,082.8
2,833.0
5,794.4
265.4
137.5
81.2
56.3

10,450.7
10,057.9
1,023.2
2,965.1
6,069.6
248.2
144.5
84.4
60.1

10,309.2
9,892.7
1,083.0
2,906.2
5,903.5
276.7
139.8
82.5
57.3

10,404.9
10,002.3
1,071.0
2,950.7
5,980.6
261.7
140.8
82.9
57.9

10,538.2
10,138.0
1,059.3
3,026.2
6,052.5
253.8
146.4
83.7
62.7

10,559.9
10,163.5
1,016.2
3,044.6
6,102.7
248.9
147.5
84.8
62.7

10,299.7
9,927.9
946.3
2,839.0
6,142.5
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

10,308.4
9,941.0
964.2
2,797.4
6,179.4
217.4
150.0
87.9
62.2

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....

57.4
0.6

192.7
1.8

42.4
0.4

20.6
0.2

267.9
2.5

139.8
1.3

342.3
3.2

475.5
4.4

8,644.0

8,753.6

8,683.1

8,667.9

8,891.0

8,696.4

8,758.2

8,897.4

33,706
28,648
301,737

34,950
28,745
304,529

34,179
28,670
302,865

34,351
28,560
303,498

35,531
29,234
304,128

35,096
28,525
304,872

34,821
28,657
305,619

35,213
29,053
306,245

Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and
the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008
September

October

r

2009

November

r

December

r

January

r

February r

March r

April p

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

11.6
–1.9
–2.4
–5.9
–6.0
–3.7
0.1
–3.4
3.5
3.5
0.6
1.3
–0.7

–28.8
–14.3
–15.4
–18.1
–2.4
0.1
–15.7
–4.5
–11.0
2.6
1.2
2.4
–1.2

–50.6
–9.9
–10.4
–12.6
–5.0
–3.4
–7.6
–2.3
–5.4
2.2
0.5
1.7
–1.3

–28.2
–19.6
–19.8
–21.2
–13.7
–8.4
–7.5
–4.7
–2.8
1.4
0.1
1.7
–1.4

4.8
–6.0
–18.8
–31.8
–17.1
–11.5
–14.7
2.3
–17.0
13.1
12.7
9.4
3.3

–29.0
–25.7
–28.0
–30.6
–15.0
–7.4
–15.6
–3.2
–12.4
2.6
2.4
4.7
–2.3

–25.9
–34.0
–35.8
–39.1
–15.6
–8.1
–23.5
–8.7
–14.8
3.3
1.9
4.3
–2.5

58.2
8.0
3.2
–1.3
–11.4
–3.7
10.1
–1.9
12.0
4.4
4.7
4.7
–0.1

–8.0
–2.9
–5.1
–21.8
1.7
6.4
–4.8
40.5
13.6
4.5
5.1
3.9
26.9
–1.1

3.2
–2.6
5.8
31.6
–34.3
–20.2
–14.0
–17.6
9.2
2.5
–2.9
9.6
–26.8
–2.5

–17.6
–0.9
–16.7
3.8
–34.4
–20.2
–14.2
5.3
5.3
8.3
–0.4
–2.7
0.1
–2.3

–8.1
–0.2
–7.9
5.2
–34.6
–20.2
–14.4
25.8
25.7
5.5
18.2
2.1
0.0
–3.1

–8.1
–0.7
–7.4
–3.5
–20.5
–6.6
–13.9
49.0
49.2
36.6
3.8
8.7
–0.1
6.1

1.3
–1.5
2.8
–2.6
–20.6
–6.6
–14.0
14.1
13.9
8.8
4.4
0.9
0.0
–4.5

–7.5
–0.3
–7.2
–3.2
–20.5
–6.6
–13.9
34.3
34.3
5.0
16.3
12.9
0.1
–5.0

4.5
3.8
0.7
2.7
–2.7
2.3
–5.0
45.7
45.7
11.3
9.2
25.1
0.1
0.0

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

–4.6

–20.2

–22.5

–15.2

–155.7

–24.0

–34.1

–63.6

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

16.2

–8.6

–28.1

–13.0

160.5

–5.0

8.2

121.8

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................

–40.1
–38.5
–35.3
–19.5
16.4
–2.0
0.5
0.5
0.0

–133.5
–119.1
–53.1
–88.4
22.3
–9.2
–5.1
0.5
–5.6

–82.3
–73.6
5.5
–90.9
11.7
–9.3
0.5
0.5
0.0

–117.6
–109.0
–8.0
–104.5
3.6
–9.2
0.6
0.6
0.0

99.9
95.3
24.9
45.1
25.3
–0.9
5.6
0.5
5.1

38.7
39.1
–1.4
35.2
5.2
–0.9
0.4
0.5
0.0

–33.5
–33.0
–7.5
–30.7
5.3
–1.0
0.4
0.4
0.0

–9.7
–5.4
–6.2
–17.7
18.5
–4.5
0.4
0.3
0.0

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................

56.3

125.0

54.1

104.6

60.6

–43.7

41.7

131.5

Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ....

5.9

28.7

72.0

33.6

112.2

–34.5

9.7

94.5

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007
IV

2008
I

II

2009
III

IV

r

Ir

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

669.3
386.0
334.8
282.5
38.2
14.8
244.2
48.5
195.7
52.2
51.3
35.1
16.2

437.4
234.2
186.0
131.8
4.6
–3.6
127.2
12.5
114.7
54.3
48.2
35.0
13.2

141.7
101.7
87.8
76.4
13.9
6.8
62.7
13.0
49.5
11.3
13.9
9.4
4.5

88.4
68.7
52.5
34.9
–0.5
–1.8
35.2
2.1
33.3
17.6
16.2
9.4
6.8

191.7
23.8
13.3
–0.4
–5.0
–3.4
4.7
–2.0
6.5
13.7
10.5
9.1
1.4

18.2
59.4
50.5
35.6
–1.0
–2.8
36.6
2.0
34.8
14.9
8.9
6.8
2.1

–50.9
–18.0
–21.0
–29.3
–14.0
–8.3
–15.3
–8.8
–6.6
8.4
2.9
5.5
–2.5

–58.9
–50.9
–66.0
–83.6
–43.1
–25.8
–40.5
–6.6
–33.9
17.5
15.2
15.6
–0.5

41.5
27.8
13.6
–4.3
175.3
88.9
86.4
110.3
103.3
60.5
2.4
40.3
7.0
39.6

16.2
–9.4
25.7
24.4
37.6
–5.8
43.3
155.8
153.0
58.9
20.0
74.2
2.8
30.6

10.0
–0.3
10.3
–3.2
25.3
6.5
18.8
17.2
16.7
0.8
1.8
14.2
0.6
9.3

–2.1
–5.5
3.4
0.5
–2.1
–18.1
16.0
40.3
41.1
22.8
3.9
14.4
–0.9
16.9

5.2
–3.6
8.9
19.5
–1.8
–15.9
14.1
148.2
148.1
17.6
3.2
127.2
0.2
3.2

3.6
–5.6
9.2
9.9
3.4
8.7
–5.3
–53.6
–62.7
18.9
17.8
–99.4
9.1
4.6

–19.9
–6.1
–14.0
22.9
–67.2
–34.0
–33.2
26.6
35.4
13.0
11.2
11.2
–8.7
–4.8

–21.0
–2.2
–18.7
–1.6
–75.6
–33.4
–42.2
88.8
88.8
50.5
24.2
14.1
–0.1
–1.3

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

139.6

–35.5

18.9

14.5

–188.9

124.6

6.7

–200.7

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

529.8

472.8

122.7

74.0

380.5

–106.3

–57.7

141.9

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................

543.1
503.0
30.7
147.8
324.5
30.0
10.1
5.0
5.2

337.6
347.7
–59.6
132.1
275.2
–17.2
7.0
3.2
3.8

127.2
127.1
–3.2
59.6
70.7
–1.5
1.7
0.7
1.0

95.7
109.6
–12.0
44.5
77.1
–15.0
1.0
0.4
0.6

133.3
135.7
–11.7
75.5
71.9
–7.9
5.6
0.8
4.8

21.7
25.5
–43.1
18.4
50.2
–4.9
1.1
1.1
0.0

–260.2
–235.6
–69.9
–205.6
39.8
–20.5
–4.1
1.5
–5.6

8.7
13.1
17.9
–41.6
36.9
–11.0
6.6
1.6
5.1

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................

–13.3

135.3

–4.4

–21.8

247.3

–128.1

202.5

133.2

Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ....

237.0

109.6

12.0

–15.2

223.1

–194.6

61.8

139.2

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2008
September

October r

2009

November r December r

January r

February r

March r

April p

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ..............................

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.1

–0.4
–0.1
–0.2
0.0

–0.2
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

0.0
–0.1
–0.3
0.8

–0.2
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

–0.2
–0.4
–0.6
0.1

0.5
0.1
0.0
0.3

–0.7
–28.1
0.1
0.5
–0.6
2.2
–0.1

0.3
56.8
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
–0.9
–0.3

–1.6
4.3
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
0.3
–0.2

–0.8
5.7
–1.7
–1.7
–1.8
1.4
–0.3

–0.8
–3.6
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
2.6
0.6

0.1
–2.8
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
0.7
–0.5

–0.7
–3.6
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
1.7
–0.5

0.4
3.1
–0.1
0.2
–0.7
2.3
0.0

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

–0.3

–1.3

–1.5

–1.0

–10.7

–1.8

–2.7

–5.1

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

0.2

–0.1

–0.3

–0.1

1.5

0.0

0.1

1.1

Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................

–0.4
–3.4
–0.6
0.3

–1.2
–5.3
–2.9
0.4

–0.7
0.6
–3.1
0.2

–1.1
–0.8
–3.7
0.1

1.0
2.6
1.6
0.4

0.4
–0.1
1.3
0.1

–0.3
–0.8
–1.1
0.1

–0.1
–0.6
–0.6
0.3

Real disposable personal income ............................................................

0.1

0.3

–0.4

0.1

1.1

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.8

0.4

1.3

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007

2008

IV

I

II

2009
III

IV

r

Ir

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ..............................

6.1
5.2
5.6
3.7

3.8
3.0
2.9
3.3

4.9
5.3
5.6
3.9

3.0
3.5
3.3
4.5

6.6
1.2
0.8
2.8

0.6
3.0
3.1
2.4

–1.7
–0.9
–1.3
0.8

–1.9
–2.5
–4.0
4.1

4.1
–9.6
9.6
7.9
12.4
6.9
4.3

1.5
60.8
1.9
–0.5
5.5
9.1
3.2

3.8
–27.3
5.1
2.1
9.8
4.1
3.9

–0.8
5.3
–0.4
–5.7
8.1
9.6
7.1

2.0
401.3
–0.3
–5.1
7.0
37.8
1.3

1.3
87.6
0.7
2.9
–2.5
–10.7
1.9

–7.2
216.2
–12.4
–10.7
–14.9
5.8
–1.9

–7.7
–6.5
–14.4
–10.8
–19.4
20.1
–0.6

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

10.3

–2.4

5.1

3.9

–40.8

42.5

1.8

–44.2

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

5.5

4.6

4.9

2.9

15.4

–3.9

–2.1

5.4

Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................

5.5
2.9
5.5
5.9

3.6
–5.5
4.7
4.7

5.3
–1.2
8.7
4.9

4.5
–4.3
6.3
5.3

5.5
–4.3
10.6
4.9

1.0
–15.3
2.4
3.4

–9.0
–24.8
–24.4
2.6

0.5
7.8
–5.7
2.4

Real disposable personal income ............................................................

2.8

1.3

–8.5

2.9

6.5

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.6

–0.7

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.

10.7

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2008
September

October

2009

November

December

January

r

February r

March r

April r

Billions of chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

8,231.0
1,161.4
2,358.3
4,713.4

8,167.7
1,101.9
2,325.4
4,724.9

8,196.4
1,114.2
2,337.5
4,732.2

8,147.5
1,109.8
2,292.8
4,731.1

8,207.3
1,140.3
2,316.6
4,744.8

8,211.5
1,136.3
2,325.8
4,742.8

8,187.1
1,126.5
2,303.2
4,747.5

8,177.2
1,119.0
2,287.1
4,758.1

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

–38.3
–39.0
–20.2
9.5

–63.3
–59.5
–32.9
11.5

28.7
12.3
12.1
7.3

–48.9
–4.4
–44.7
–1.1

59.8
30.5
23.8
13.7

4.2
–4.0
9.2
–2.0

–24.4
–9.8
–22.6
4.7

–9.9
–7.5
–16.1
10.6

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

–0.5
–3.2
–0.8
0.2

–0.8
–5.1
–1.4
0.2

0.4
1.1
0.5
0.2

–0.6
–0.4
–1.9
0.0

0.7
2.8
1.0
0.3

0.1
–0.4
0.4
0.0

–0.3
–0.9
–1.0
0.1

–0.1
–0.7
–0.7
0.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2007

2008

IV

I

II

2009
III

IV

Ir

8,260.6
1,180.1
2,376.3
4,711.3

8,170.5
1,108.6
2,318.6
4,729.4

8,202.0
1,134.4
2,315.2
4,745.0

–90.1
–71.5
–57.7
18.1

31.5
25.8
–3.4
15.6

–4.3
–22.1
–9.4
1.5

1.5
9.6
–0.6
1.3

Billions of chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

8,252.8
1,242.4
2,392.6
4,646.2

8,272.1
1,188.5
2,378.4
4,714.3

Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

223.8
57.3
57.3
116.3

19.3
–53.9
–14.2
68.1

8,298.2
1,250.6
2,400.2
4,676.1

8,316.1
1,237.0
2,397.9
4,704.3

8,341.3
1,228.3
2,420.7
4,712.1

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
19.7
1.2
1.6
16.3

17.9
–13.6
–2.3
28.2

25.2
–8.7
22.8
7.8

–80.7
–48.2
–44.4
–0.8

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
r Revised

2.8
4.8
2.5
2.6

0.2
–4.3
–0.6
1.5

1.0
0.4
0.3
1.4

0.9
–4.3
–0.4
2.4

1.2
–2.8
3.9
0.7

–3.8
–14.8
–7.1
–0.1

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2008
September

October

2009

November

December

January

r

February r

March r

April p

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

123.106
85.957
128.186
129.661

122.602
85.785
126.209
129.819

121.275
85.333
121.673
129.865

120.665
84.952
119.482
129.972

120.946
84.857
120.189
130.130

121.360
85.037
121.230
130.294

121.319
85.104
121.087
130.276

121.400
85.123
121.165
130.373

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

117.664
121.406
114.427

117.742
120.814
114.516

117.757
119.240
114.506

117.749
118.515
114.484

117.947
118.825
114.701

118.221
119.265
114.977

118.422
119.212
115.216

118.732
119.267
115.543

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
PCE.............................................................................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

–0.4
–0.2
–1.5
0.1

–1.1
–0.5
–3.6
0.0

–0.5
–0.4
–1.8
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.6
0.1

0.3
0.2
0.9
0.1

0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.0

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.5
0.1

0.0
–1.3
0.0

0.0
–0.6
0.0

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2

0.3
0.0
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished without
payment by financial intermediaries) and the expenses of nonprofit institutions.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2008
September

October r

2009

November r December r

January r

February r

March r

April p

Disposable personal income....................................................................

–0.2

0.1

1.1

1.3

2.9

2.5

2.5

3.7

Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

–0.6
–7.8
–1.7
1.2

–1.3
–12.3
–2.9
1.5

–1.4
–11.0
–2.8
1.1

–1.9
–10.7
–4.5
0.9

–1.3
–8.0
–3.3
0.8

–1.1
–8.5
–2.6
0.9

–1.7
–8.4
–4.4
0.9

–1.9
–9.1
–5.5
1.1

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2008
September

October

2009

November

December

January

r

February r

March r

April p

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

4.1
–0.9
7.7
3.2

3.3
–1.2
5.6
3.0

1.6
–1.5
0.1
2.9

0.8
–1.7
–2.2
2.7

0.7
–1.9
–2.3
2.7

1.0
–1.8
–1.4
2.5

0.6
–1.8
–1.8
2.1

0.4
–1.5
–2.0
1.9

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

2.3
4.3
2.1

2.1
3.5
2.0

2.0
1.5
1.9

1.8
0.6
1.7

1.7
0.5
1.6

1.8
0.7
1.7

1.8
0.4
1.8

1.9
0.2
2.0

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished without
payment by financial intermediaries) and the expenses of nonprofit institutions.