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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2010
James Rankin:
Kyle Brown:

(202) 606-5301
(202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 10-23

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: APRIL 2010
Personal income increased $54.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $57.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, in April, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $4.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent. In March,
personal income increased $46.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $44.1 billion, or 0.4 percent,
and PCE increased $59.8 billion, or 0.6 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.5 percent in April, compared with an increase of 0.3
percent in March. Real PCE increased less than 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5
percent.
2009
2010
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

0.4

0.4

0.0

0.4

0.4

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.1

0.0
0.0

0.4
0.3

0.5
0.5

0.4
0.2

0.3
0.1

0.5
0.5

0.6
0.5

0.0
0.0

This news release presents revised estimates of wages and salaries, personal taxes, and contributions
for government social insurance for October through December 2009 (fourth quarter). These estimates
reflect the incorporation of newly available fourth-quarter wage and salary tabulations from the quarterly
census of employment and wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
________________________
NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-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 (2005) dollars.

This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $24.4 billion in April, compared with an
increase of $13.7 billion in March. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $5.8 billion,
compared with an increase of $4.1 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $4.5 billion, compared
with an increase of $1.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $18.6 billion,
compared with an increase of $9.6 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased
$1.9 billion, compared with an increase of $2.9 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $3.8 billion in April, the same increase as in March.
Proprietors' income increased $13.6 billion in April, compared with an increase of $4.0 billion in
March. Farm proprietors' income increased $3.8 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $5.0 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $9.8 billion, compared with an increase of $9.0 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $0.5 billion in April, compared with an increase of $2.8
billion in March. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) increased $18.9 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $13.4 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts decreased $4.8 billion in April, in contrast to an increase of
$35.4 billion in March. The March change reflected an increase in emergency unemployment
compensation, which boosted personal current transfer receipts by $18.6 billion at an annual rate in
March.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $3.7 billion in April, compared with an increase of $2.7 billion in March.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $3.2 billion in April, in contrast to an increase of $2.6 billion in
March. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$57.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, in April, compared with an increase of $44.1 billion, or 0.4 percent in
March.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $1.8 billion in April, compared with an increase of $61.9 billion in March. PCE
increased $4.0 billion, compared with an increase of $59.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $398.5 billion in April, compared with $342.7
billion in March. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 3.6 percent in
April, compared with 3.1 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.

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Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.5 percent in April, compared
with an increase of 0.3 percent in March.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased less than 0.1 percent in April,
compared with an increase of 0.5 percent in March. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of 3.6 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted
for most of the increase in March. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.1 percent in April, in
contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent in March. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, compared
with an increase of less than 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased less than 0.1 percent in April, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent in March. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased
0.1 percent in April, the same increase as in March.
Revisions
For October through December 2009, 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 newly available federal tax
collections data. Changes in personal income, current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and
current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar PCE for February and March -- revised and as published in
last month's release -- are shown below.
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

7.1

2.2

0.1

0.0

36.0

46.7

0.3

0.4

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

4.3
2.9

2.3
1.6

0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

32.3
20.1

44.1
29.2

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
56.4
Chained (2005) dollars
50.0

53.4
47.7

0.5
0.5

0.5
0.5

58.6
44.5

59.8
44.2

0.6
0.5

0.6
0.5

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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 28, 2010 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
2009
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, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

October

r

2010

November

r

December

r

January

r

February r

March r

April p

12,028.7
7,749.1
6,245.9
5,061.8
1,038.0
642.8
4,023.8
978.7
3,045.2
1,184.1
1,503.2
1,047.2
456.0

12,023.8
7,733.2
6,230.1
5,043.2
1,028.3
645.1
4,015.0
974.2
3,040.7
1,186.9
1,503.1
1,048.6
454.5

12,065.6
7,742.3
6,237.6
5,049.5
1,033.7
652.5
4,015.9
972.6
3,043.3
1,188.1
1,504.7
1,049.7
455.0

12,118.7
7,746.3
6,240.4
5,049.6
1,031.0
652.1
4,018.6
972.4
3,046.2
1,190.8
1,505.9
1,051.0
454.9

12,161.9
7,794.7
6,274.2
5,076.4
1,037.8
657.1
4,038.5
977.4
3,061.1
1,197.9
1,520.5
1,053.3
467.2

12,164.1
7,806.3
6,282.8
5,084.2
1,036.3
657.5
4,047.9
979.8
3,068.1
1,198.6
1,523.6
1,055.7
467.8

12,210.8
7,826.8
6,299.3
5,097.9
1,040.4
659.1
4,057.5
983.8
3,073.7
1,201.5
1,527.4
1,057.9
469.5

12,265.2
7,856.8
6,325.6
5,122.3
1,046.2
663.6
4,076.1
988.9
3,087.2
1,203.4
1,531.2
1,059.9
471.3

1,040.2
23.5
1,016.7
282.6
1,763.9
1,228.0
535.9
2,155.3
2,122.4
1,176.3
138.1
808.0
32.8
962.3
1,068.8
10,959.8
10,503.3
10,132.8
3,278.4
1,012.4
2,266.0
6,854.5
215.6
154.8
92.9
61.9
456.5
4.2

1,050.5
29.3
1,021.2
285.0
1,776.2
1,231.2
545.0
2,138.7
2,105.8
1,175.7
129.9
800.2
32.9
959.8
1,063.6
10,960.3
10,557.0
10,188.6
3,304.9
1,034.5
2,270.3
6,883.7
209.4
159.1
93.8
65.3
403.3
3.7

1,062.2
35.2
1,027.0
286.7
1,788.5
1,234.4
554.1
2,146.8
2,113.8
1,181.5
127.1
805.2
32.9
960.9
1,065.9
10,999.7
10,604.8
10,241.8
3,355.8
1,058.6
2,297.3
6,886.0
203.1
159.8
94.6
65.3
394.9
3.6

1,068.1
41.1
1,027.0
288.3
1,800.8
1,237.6
563.2
2,176.2
2,143.3
1,187.0
143.8
812.6
33.0
961.1
1,068.8
11,049.9
10,636.2
10,278.8
3,350.6
1,062.9
2,287.6
6,928.2
196.9
160.5
95.3
65.3
413.7
3.7

1,066.3
36.0
1,030.2
291.0
1,787.4
1,238.3
549.2
2,201.6
2,168.3
1,184.8
137.2
846.4
33.3
979.1
1,082.2
11,079.7
10,666.1
10,306.8
3,373.0
1,052.4
2,320.6
6,933.8
198.3
160.9
95.9
65.1
413.6
3.7

1,064.3
31.0
1,033.3
293.6
1,774.0
1,238.9
535.1
2,206.3
2,173.0
1,187.8
132.0
853.1
33.3
980.4
1,082.1
11,082.0
10,721.5
10,360.2
3,400.1
1,063.2
2,336.9
6,960.0
199.7
161.6
96.6
65.1
360.5
3.3

1,068.3
26.0
1,042.3
296.4
1,760.6
1,239.5
521.1
2,241.7
2,208.4
1,192.8
150.6
864.9
33.3
983.1
1,084.7
11,126.1
10,783.4
10,420.0
3,446.6
1,102.8
2,343.9
6,973.4
201.2
162.2
97.2
65.1
342.7
3.1

1,081.9
29.8
1,052.1
296.9
1,779.5
1,236.8
542.7
2,236.9
2,203.6
1,204.3
128.8
870.4
33.4
986.8
1,081.5
11,183.7
10,785.2
10,424.0
3,433.3
1,102.6
2,330.6
6,990.8
198.3
162.9
97.9
65.1
398.5
3.6

9,000.0

8,986.7

9,000.4

9,007.8

9,008.8

9,006.1

9,006.6

9,058.8

9,990.4

9,964.1

9,981.1

10,011.1

10,021.2

10,022.8

10,052.0

10,102.5

35,576
32,429
308,068

35,550
32,319
308,304

35,652
32,351
308,526

35,791
32,426
308,733

35,865
32,439
308,930

35,850
32,424
309,119

35,970
32,498
309,312

36,133
32,640
309,511

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2008

2009

r

2008
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, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

2009
I

II

2010
III

IV r

Ir

12,238.8
8,042.4
6,545.9
5,404.6
1,206.5
742.0
4,198.1
1,048.3
3,149.8
1,141.3
1,496.6
1,023.9
472.7

12,019.0
7,778.5
6,276.5
5,094.1
1,062.0
659.4
4,032.1
985.4
3,046.7
1,182.4
1,501.9
1,043.9
458.0

12,233.5
8,050.3
6,543.5
5,388.6
1,192.2
732.2
4,196.5
1,039.4
3,157.1
1,154.9
1,506.8
1,033.2
473.6

11,952.7
7,805.8
6,307.8
5,136.0
1,107.3
681.0
4,028.8
1,002.3
3,026.5
1,171.8
1,498.0
1,037.8
460.2

12,048.8
7,815.9
6,313.1
5,128.8
1,067.8
662.0
4,061.0
989.3
3,071.7
1,184.4
1,502.8
1,042.0
460.8

12,005.2
7,751.4
6,249.2
5,064.3
1,042.1
644.9
4,022.2
977.0
3,045.2
1,184.8
1,502.3
1,046.1
456.2

12,069.4
7,740.6
6,236.0
5,047.4
1,031.0
649.9
4,016.5
973.1
3,043.4
1,188.6
1,504.6
1,049.8
454.8

12,178.9
7,809.3
6,285.5
5,086.2
1,038.2
657.9
4,048.0
980.3
3,067.7
1,199.3
1,523.8
1,055.7
468.2

1,106.3
48.7
1,057.5
210.4
1,994.4
1,308.0
686.4
1,875.9
1,843.2
1,070.3
50.6
722.4
32.6
990.6
1,432.4
10,806.4
10,520.0
10,129.9
3,403.2
1,095.2
2,308.0
6,726.8
237.7
152.3
87.9
64.5
286.4
2.7

1,041.0
29.3
1,011.7
268.1
1,792.6
1,238.5
554.2
2,104.8
2,072.0
1,156.7
122.0
793.3
32.7
965.9
1,101.7
10,917.3
10,458.7
10,089.1
3,255.2
1,035.0
2,220.2
6,833.9
213.9
155.7
92.2
63.5
458.6
4.2

1,083.6
39.0
1,044.5
236.7
1,958.1
1,292.9
665.2
1,898.0
1,865.3
1,087.0
70.3
708.0
32.7
993.3
1,434.3
10,799.1
10,389.9
10,009.8
3,227.5
1,019.9
2,207.6
6,782.3
228.8
151.3
89.5
61.8
409.2
3.8

1,037.8
27.3
1,010.5
245.9
1,845.5
1,243.4
602.1
1,987.3
1,954.7
1,128.5
96.2
730.1
32.5
969.7
1,187.3
10,765.4
10,362.3
9,987.7
3,197.7
1,025.2
2,172.4
6,790.0
220.4
154.2
90.4
63.8
403.1
3.7

1,028.0
28.9
999.1
262.0
1,773.4
1,241.1
532.3
2,140.3
2,107.7
1,151.1
122.5
834.1
32.7
970.9
1,082.6
10,966.2
10,370.5
9,999.3
3,193.8
1,011.5
2,182.2
6,805.6
216.7
154.5
91.4
63.1
595.7
5.4

1,037.9
25.8
1,012.0
277.9
1,763.1
1,234.9
528.2
2,137.5
2,104.7
1,165.8
135.7
803.2
32.8
962.5
1,071.0
10,934.3
10,502.8
10,132.9
3,292.3
1,051.3
2,241.0
6,840.6
215.5
154.4
92.5
61.9
431.5
3.9

1,060.3
35.2
1,025.1
286.7
1,788.5
1,234.4
554.1
2,153.9
2,121.0
1,181.4
133.6
806.0
32.9
960.6
1,066.1
11,003.3
10,599.3
10,236.4
3,337.1
1,052.0
2,285.1
6,899.3
203.1
159.8
94.5
65.3
403.9
3.7

1,066.3
31.0
1,035.3
293.7
1,774.0
1,238.9
535.1
2,216.5
2,183.2
1,188.5
139.9
854.8
33.3
980.9
1,083.0
11,095.9
10,723.7
10,362.3
3,406.6
1,072.8
2,333.8
6,955.8
199.7
161.6
96.5
65.1
372.3
3.4

9,504.6

9,075.1

9,494.4

9,188.7

9,105.5

9,010.5

8,998.3

9,007.2

9,911.3

9,993.2

9,920.4

9,926.4

10,077.5

9,984.4

9,985.5

10,032.0

35,450
32,514
304,831

35,505
32,500
307,483

35,304
32,431
305,890

35,124
32,387
306,496

35,709
32,815
307,101

35,522
32,436
307,815

35,665
32,366
308,521

35,895
32,454
309,120

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2009
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, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

October

r

2010

November

r

December

r

January

r

February r

March r

April p

16.8
–13.5
–13.6
–11.9
–7.2
–3.4
–4.8
0.0
–4.7
–1.7
0.1
1.0
–0.9

–4.9
–15.9
–15.8
–18.6
–9.7
2.3
–8.8
–4.5
–4.5
2.8
–0.1
1.4
–1.5

41.8
9.1
7.5
6.3
5.4
7.4
0.9
–1.6
2.6
1.2
1.6
1.1
0.5

53.1
4.0
2.8
0.1
–2.7
–0.4
2.7
–0.2
2.9
2.7
1.2
1.3
–0.1

43.2
48.4
33.8
26.8
6.8
5.0
19.9
5.0
14.9
7.1
14.6
2.3
12.3

2.2
11.6
8.6
7.8
–1.5
0.4
9.4
2.4
7.0
0.7
3.1
2.4
0.6

46.7
20.5
16.5
13.7
4.1
1.6
9.6
4.0
5.6
2.9
3.8
2.2
1.7

54.4
30.0
26.3
24.4
5.8
4.5
18.6
5.1
13.5
1.9
3.8
2.0
1.8

1.8
–2.3
4.1
4.7
0.8
–6.9
7.7
21.6
21.5
13.5
0.7
7.3
0.0
–1.5
–3.6
20.3
–64.0
–64.6
–75.2
–90.3
15.2
10.7
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.0
84.3

10.3
5.8
4.5
2.4
12.3
3.2
9.1
–16.6
–16.6
–0.6
–8.2
–7.8
0.1
–2.5
–5.2
0.5
53.7
55.8
26.5
22.1
4.3
29.2
–6.2
4.3
0.9
3.4
–53.2

11.7
5.9
5.8
1.7
12.3
3.2
9.1
8.1
8.0
5.8
–2.8
5.0
0.0
1.1
2.3
39.4
47.8
53.2
50.9
24.1
27.0
2.3
–6.3
0.7
0.8
0.0
–8.4

5.9
5.9
0.0
1.6
12.3
3.2
9.1
29.4
29.5
5.5
16.7
7.4
0.1
0.2
2.9
50.2
31.4
37.0
–5.2
4.3
–9.7
42.2
–6.2
0.7
0.7
0.0
18.8

–1.8
–5.1
3.2
2.7
–13.4
0.7
–14.0
25.4
25.0
–2.2
–6.6
33.8
0.3
18.0
13.4
29.8
29.9
28.0
22.4
–10.5
33.0
5.6
1.4
0.4
0.6
–0.2
–0.1

–2.0
–5.0
3.1
2.6
–13.4
0.6
–14.1
4.7
4.7
3.0
–5.2
6.7
0.0
1.3
–0.1
2.3
55.4
53.4
27.1
10.8
16.3
26.2
1.4
0.7
0.7
0.0
–53.1

4.0
–5.0
9.0
2.8
–13.4
0.6
–14.0
35.4
35.4
5.0
18.6
11.8
0.0
2.7
2.6
44.1
61.9
59.8
46.5
39.6
7.0
13.4
1.5
0.6
0.6
0.0
–17.8

13.6
3.8
9.8
0.5
18.9
–2.7
21.6
–4.8
–4.8
11.5
–21.8
5.5
0.1
3.7
–3.2
57.6
1.8
4.0
–13.3
–0.2
–13.3
17.4
–2.9
0.7
0.7
0.0
55.8

–13.1
8.9

–13.3
–26.3

13.7
17.0

7.4
30.0

1.0
10.1

–2.7
1.6

0.5
29.2

52.2
50.5

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2008

2009

r

2008
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, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

2009
I

II

2010
III

IV

r

Ir

344.7
179.7
137.0
84.8
–6.4
–11.5
91.2
3.6
87.6
52.2
42.8
30.9
11.9

–219.8
–263.9
–269.4
–310.5
–144.5
–82.6
–166.0
–62.9
–103.1
41.1
5.3
20.0
–14.7

–53.1
–18.8
–24.2
–30.6
–14.0
–8.1
–16.5
–8.4
–8.1
6.4
5.4
6.5
–1.1

–280.8
–244.5
–235.7
–252.6
–84.9
–51.2
–167.7
–37.1
–130.6
16.9
–8.8
4.6
–13.4

96.1
10.1
5.3
–7.2
–39.5
–19.0
32.2
–13.0
45.2
12.6
4.8
4.2
0.6

–43.6
–64.5
–63.9
–64.5
–25.7
–17.1
–38.8
–12.3
–26.5
0.4
–0.5
4.1
–4.6

64.2
–10.8
–13.2
–16.9
–11.1
5.0
–5.7
–3.9
–1.8
3.8
2.3
3.7
–1.4

109.5
68.7
49.5
38.8
7.2
8.0
31.5
7.2
24.3
10.7
19.2
5.9
13.4

9.9
9.3
0.6
65.5
–37.1
41.6
–78.7
157.9
155.4
66.6
18.3
70.7
2.4
31.3
–58.5
403.3
295.7
303.5
38.2
–65.3
103.5
265.4
–19.1
11.3
5.6
5.8
107.5

–65.3
–19.4
–45.8
57.7
–201.8
–69.5
–132.2
228.9
228.8
86.4
71.4
70.9
0.1
–24.7
–330.7
110.9
–61.3
–40.8
–148.0
–60.2
–87.8
107.1
–23.8
3.4
4.3
–1.0
172.2

–30.8
–10.3
–20.6
14.5
–43.3
–34.9
–8.5
23.7
23.6
6.5
12.6
4.5
0.1
–1.6
–3.0
–50.2
–223.7
–210.3
–235.5
–68.6
–166.9
25.2
–9.5
–3.9
1.0
–4.9
173.5

–45.8
–11.7
–34.0
9.2
–112.6
–49.5
–63.1
89.3
89.4
41.5
25.9
22.1
–0.2
–23.6
–247.0
–33.7
–27.6
–22.1
–29.8
5.3
–35.2
7.7
–8.4
2.9
0.9
2.0
–6.1

–9.8
1.6
–11.4
16.1
–72.1
–2.3
–69.8
153.0
153.0
22.6
26.3
104.0
0.2
1.2
–104.7
200.8
8.2
11.6
–3.9
–13.7
9.8
15.6
–3.7
0.3
1.0
–0.7
192.6

9.9
–3.1
12.9
15.9
–10.3
–6.2
–4.1
–2.8
–3.0
14.7
13.2
–30.9
0.1
–8.4
–11.6
–31.9
132.3
133.6
98.5
39.8
58.8
35.0
–1.2
–0.1
1.1
–1.2
–164.2

22.4
9.4
13.1
8.8
25.4
–0.5
25.9
16.4
16.3
15.6
–2.1
2.8
0.1
–1.9
–4.9
69.0
96.5
103.5
44.8
0.7
44.1
58.7
–12.4
5.4
2.0
3.4
–27.6

6.0
–4.2
10.2
7.0
–14.5
4.5
–19.0
62.6
62.2
7.1
6.3
48.8
0.4
20.3
16.9
92.6
124.4
125.9
69.5
20.8
48.7
56.5
–3.4
1.8
2.0
–0.2
–31.6

–140.8
50.7

–429.5
81.9

52.4
82.1

–305.7
6.0

–83.2
151.1

–95.0
–93.1

–12.2
1.1

8.9
46.5

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2009
September

October r

2010

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, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

0.1
–0.2
–0.2
0.0

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1

0.4
0.6
0.5
1.0

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.2
1.7
0.0
–0.6
1.5
1.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.2

1.0
0.9
0.7
0.3
1.7
–0.8
–0.3
–0.5
0.0

1.1
0.6
0.7
0.3
1.7
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.4

0.6
0.6
0.7
0.3
1.6
1.4
0.0
0.3
0.5

–0.2
0.9
–0.7
0.1
–2.5
1.2
1.9
1.2
0.3

–0.2
0.9
–0.7
0.1
–2.6
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.0

0.4
1.0
–0.8
0.1
–2.6
1.6
0.3
0.2
0.4

1.3
0.1
1.1
–0.2
4.1
–0.2
0.4
–0.3
0.5

–0.6
–2.2
–8.2
0.7
0.2

0.6
0.8
2.2
0.2
0.4

0.5
1.5
2.3
1.2
0.0

0.4
–0.2
0.4
–0.4
0.6

0.3
0.7
–1.0
1.4
0.1

0.5
0.8
1.0
0.7
0.4

0.6
1.4
3.7
0.3
0.2

0.0
–0.4
0.0
–0.6
0.2

0.0
0.0

0.0
0.3

0.6
0.5

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .......................
Real disposable personal income ............................................................

–0.1
0.1

–0.1
–0.3

0.2
0.2

0.1
0.3

0.0
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

r

2008

2009

IV

I

II

2010
IV r

III

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, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

2.9
2.3
2.1
2.9

–1.8
–3.3
–4.1
0.4

–1.7
–0.9
–1.5
1.4

–8.9
–11.6
–13.6
–2.3

3.3
0.5
0.3
1.3

–1.4
–3.3
–4.0
–0.1

2.2
–0.6
–0.8
0.6

3.7
3.6
3.2
5.2

0.9
45.2
–1.8
3.3
–10.3
9.2
3.3
–3.9
3.9

–5.9
27.4
–10.1
–5.3
–19.3
12.2
–2.5
–23.1
1.0

–10.6
28.8
–8.4
–10.1
–5.0
5.1
–0.6
–0.8
–1.8

–15.9
16.4
–21.1
–14.5
–32.8
20.2
–9.2
–53.1
–1.2

–3.7
28.9
–14.7
–0.7
–38.9
34.6
0.5
–30.9
7.7

3.9
26.7
–2.3
–2.0
–3.0
–0.5
–3.4
–4.2
–1.2

8.9
13.2
5.9
–0.2
21.1
3.1
–0.8
–1.8
2.5

2.3
10.1
–3.2
1.5
–13.0
12.1
8.7
6.5
3.4

3.1
1.1
–5.6
4.7
4.1

–0.4
–4.3
–5.5
–3.8
1.6

–8.0
–24.5
–22.9
–25.3
1.5

–0.9
–3.7
2.1
–6.2
0.5

0.5
–0.5
–5.2
1.8
0.9

5.5
12.9
16.7
11.2
2.1

4.1
5.6
0.3
8.1
3.5

5.0
8.6
8.1
8.8
3.3

–1.0
–3.6

–0.1
0.0

0.1
1.9

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .......................
Real disposable personal income ............................................................

–1.5
0.5

–4.5
0.8

0.6
3.4

–3.2
0.2

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2009.

–0.9
6.2

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2009
September

October

2010

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April p

Billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,236.5
3,135.2
1,081.2
2,045.3
6,097.7

9,262.5
3,158.1
1,103.9
2,047.8
6,101.7

9,293.4
3,199.0
1,130.2
2,064.1
6,093.8

9,312.4
3,188.4
1,137.1
2,048.3
6,122.2

9,322.2
3,196.6
1,133.7
2,058.8
6,124.2

9,369.9
3,228.0
1,147.3
2,077.1
6,141.5

9,414.1
3,272.3
1,188.7
2,084.5
6,143.4

9,416.3
3,270.6
1,190.1
2,081.7
6,147.2

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

–67.9
–78.1
–99.4
10.3
6.4

26.0
22.9
22.7
2.5
4.0

30.9
40.9
26.3
16.3
–7.9

19.0
–10.6
6.9
–15.8
28.4

9.8
8.2
–3.4
10.5
2.0

47.7
31.4
13.6
18.3
17.3

44.2
44.3
41.4
7.4
1.9

2.2
–1.7
1.4
–2.8
3.8

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

–0.7
–2.4
–8.4
0.5
0.1

0.3
0.7
2.1
0.1
0.1

0.3
1.3
2.4
0.8
–0.1

0.2
–0.3
0.6
–0.8
0.5

0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.5
0.0

0.5
1.0
1.2
0.9
0.3

0.5
1.4
3.6
0.4
0.0

0.0
–0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2008

2009

IV

I

II

2010
III

IV

Ir

9,252.6
3,159.6
1,122.7
2,033.3
6,090.6

9,289.5
3,181.9
1,123.7
2,053.4
6,105.9

9,368.7
3,232.3
1,156.6
2,073.5
6,136.4

36.9
22.3
1.0
20.1
15.3

79.2
50.4
32.9
20.1
30.5

1.6
2.8
0.4
4.0
1.0

3.5
6.5
12.2
4.0
2.0

Billions of chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,290.9
3,206.0
1,146.3
2,057.3
6,083.1

9,235.1
3,144.2
1,101.4
2,037.0
6,087.8

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

–23.0
–67.7
–53.6
–17.5
42.3

–55.8
–61.8
–44.9
–20.3
4.7

9,195.3
3,110.4
1,076.8
2,026.1
6,080.4

9,209.2
3,129.8
1,087.2
2,035.5
6,076.0

9,189.0
3,105.4
1,071.7
2,025.7
6,078.8

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
–72.4
–83.2
–62.8
–25.4
8.0

13.9
19.4
10.4
9.4
–4.4

–20.2
–24.4
–15.5
–9.8
2.8

63.6
54.2
51.0
7.6
11.8

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
r Revised

–0.2
–2.1
–4.5
–0.8
0.7

–0.6
–1.9
–3.9
–1.0
0.1

–3.1
–10.0
–20.3
–4.9
0.5

0.6
2.5
3.9
1.9
–0.3

–0.9
–3.1
–5.6
–1.9
0.2

2.8
7.2
20.4
1.5
0.8

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2009
September

October

2010

November

December

January

r

February r

March r

April p

Chain-type price indexes (2005=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

109.701
104.584
93.647
110.807
112.410

109.994
104.664
93.743
110.878
112.815

110.202
104.919
93.682
111.305
112.998

110.374
105.103
93.501
111.691
113.164

110.559
105.536
92.854
112.722
113.219

110.565
105.348
92.695
112.519
113.326

110.682
105.342
92.794
112.454
113.509

110.698
104.988
92.670
111.969
113.722

114.413
109.129
109.826
109.182

115.181
109.412
110.032
109.361

117.782
109.489
110.213
109.385

118.773
109.608
110.348
109.452

122.234
109.603
110.524
109.405

121.481
109.644
110.546
109.471

121.417
109.751
110.665
109.578

119.770
109.844
110.647
109.644

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.4

0.2
0.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.4
–0.7
0.9
0.0

0.0
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.1

0.1
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.2

0.7
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.7
0.3
0.2
0.2

2.3
0.1
0.2
0.0

0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1

2.9
0.0
0.2
0.0

–0.6
0.0
0.0
0.1

–0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

–1.4
0.1
0.0
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas.
2. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
3. 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, financial services furnished without
payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2009
September
Disposable personal income....................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

1.8
0.0
–0.8
–3.7
0.6
0.4

October

r

2010

November

1.2
0.6
1.0
2.1
0.5
0.3

r

0.4
0.8
2.2
4.4
1.1
0.2

December

r

0.4
1.7
3.7
6.7
2.4
0.7

January

r

0.3
1.2
2.2
3.6
1.5
0.8

February r
1.3
1.6
2.8
5.1
1.7
1.1

March r
1.7
2.3
4.9
10.6
2.4
1.1

April p
0.9
2.6
5.7
12.4
2.7
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 2009.

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2009
September
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

October

2010

November

December

January

r

February r

March r

April p

–0.6
–3.6
–1.8
–4.4
0.9

0.1
–2.0
–1.5
–2.2
1.2

1.5
1.7
–1.1
3.0
1.3

2.1
3.7
–0.9
5.9
1.4

2.1
3.7
–1.5
6.2
1.4

1.8
2.8
–1.8
5.0
1.4

2.0
3.0
–1.7
5.2
1.6

2.0
2.6
–1.9
4.8
1.7

–22.6
1.2
–0.5
1.6

–15.2
1.4
0.1
1.7

5.6
1.5
1.6
1.7

18.2
1.6
2.2
1.6

19.5
1.5
2.1
1.4

14.9
1.3
1.8
1.2

18.7
1.3
2.0
1.1

19.8
1.2
1.9
0.9

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas.
2. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
3. 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, financial services furnished without
payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.