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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2012
BEA 12-21

James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Harvey Davis: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: APRIL 2012
Personal income increased $31.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $22.0 billion, or 0.2 percent, in April, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $31.8 billion, or 0.3 percent. In March,
personal income increased $52.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $45.9 billion, or 0.4 percent,
and PCE increased $25.4 billion, or 0.2 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.2 percent in April, the same increase as in March. Real
PCE increased 0.3 percent in April, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in March.
2011
Dec.

Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

2012
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.2

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.0

0.3
0.0

0.4
0.2

0.2
0.2

0.2
0.1

0.4
0.2

0.9
0.6

0.2
0.0

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 2011 (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 $12.9 billion in April, compared with an
increase of $17.6 billion in March. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $7.2 billion,
compared with an increase of $0.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $4.3 billion, in contrast
to a decrease of $0.2 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $5.7 billion, compared
with an increase of $17.4 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements were unchanged in
April; government wages and salaries increased $0.8 billion in March.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.6 billion in April, compared with an increase of
$2.5 billion in March.
Proprietors' income increased $4.0 billion in April, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion in
March. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.9 billion, compared with an increase of $0.2 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $3.0 billion, compared with an increase of $4.9 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $4.3 billion in April, compared with an increase of $4.9
billion in March. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) increased $8.7 billion, compared with an increase of $12.1 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $1.1 billion in April, compared with an increase of
$11.6 billion in March. Within current transfer receipts, government social benefits to persons for
social security decreased $1.1 billion, in contrast to an increase of $6.6 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $1.9 billion in April, compared with an increase of $2.3 billion in March.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $9.7 billion in April, compared with an increase of $6.3 billion
in March. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -increased $22.0 billion, or 0.2 percent, in April, compared with an increase of $45.9 billion, or 0.4
percent in March.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $30.3 billion in April, compared with an increase of $29.5 billion in March. PCE increased
$31.8 billion, compared with an increase of $25.4 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $403.4 billion in April, compared with
$411.7 billion in March. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
personal income -- was 3.4 percent in April, compared with 3.5 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, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in April, the same
increase as in March.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in April, compared
with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in March. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.8 percent,
in contrast to a decrease of 1.2 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.2 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.4 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent, compared with
an increase of 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased less than 0.1 percent in April, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in March. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased
0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

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Revisions
Estimates for personal income and DPI have been revised for October through March; estimates
for PCE have been revised for January through March. 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.
Estimates of wages and salaries were revised from October through March. The revision to
fourth-quarter wages and salaries reflect the incorporation of the most recently available BLS
tabulations of the fourth-quarter wages and salaries from the quarterly census of employment and
wages. Revised estimates for January, February, and March reflect extrapolations from the revised
fourth-quarter level of wages. In addition, revisions to February and March reflect revised BLS
employment, hours, and earnings data for those months.

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

39.6

44.5

0.3

0.3

50.3

52.2

0.4

0.4

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

29.4
-7.5

36.0
-1.7

0.2
-0.1

0.3
0.0

42.5
15.5

45.9
19.2

0.4
0.2

0.4
0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
93.7
Chained (2005) dollars
50.5

100.9
56.8

0.9
0.5

0.9
0.6

29.6
5.8

25.4
2.6

0.3
0.1

0.2
0.0

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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), revised estimates
of personal income and outlays covering January 2009 through May 2012 will be released along with
estimates for June 2012 on July 31. The August Survey of Current Business will contain an article that
describes the annual revision in detail.

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 29, 2012 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

October

r

2012

November

r

December

r

January

r

February

r

March r

April p

13,088.8
8,381.7
6,763.3
5,574.2
1,124.8
712.1
4,449.4
1,068.3
3,381.1
1,189.1
1,618.4

13,102.5
8,387.9
6,766.0
5,577.1
1,123.3
710.0
4,453.8
1,070.3
3,383.5
1,188.9
1,621.9

13,085.8
8,361.6
6,739.9
5,550.9
1,112.2
701.2
4,438.7
1,067.3
3,371.4
1,189.0
1,621.7

13,128.9
8,377.9
6,753.8
5,564.6
1,119.7
705.8
4,444.9
1,067.9
3,377.0
1,189.2
1,624.1

13,169.7
8,416.1
6,783.6
5,591.8
1,128.8
713.2
4,463.0
1,071.1
3,391.8
1,191.8
1,632.5

13,214.2
8,445.1
6,809.4
5,616.9
1,132.2
715.5
4,484.7
1,075.8
3,408.8
1,192.5
1,635.6

13,266.4
8,465.9
6,827.8
5,634.5
1,132.4
715.3
4,502.1
1,075.2
3,426.9
1,193.3
1,638.1

13,298.1
8,481.4
6,840.7
5,647.4
1,139.6
719.6
4,507.8
1,078.3
3,429.5
1,193.3
1,640.7

1,114.5
503.9

1,117.8
504.0

1,119.6
502.1

1,121.4
502.7

1,123.5
509.0

1,125.0
510.6

1,126.7
511.5

1,128.2
512.5

1,115.9
68.1
1,047.8

1,118.8
65.4
1,053.4

1,118.6
62.7
1,055.9

1,121.7
60.0
1,061.6

1,125.5
60.2
1,065.3

1,130.9
60.3
1,070.6

1,136.0
60.5
1,075.5

1,140.0
61.4
1,078.5

412.0
1,781.8
981.8
799.9
2,335.1
2,295.8
717.7
559.5
409.9
102.3
65.7
440.7
39.3

419.4
1,785.2
979.3
805.8
2,329.3
2,289.7
718.3
557.0
410.2
100.3
65.1
438.9
39.6

427.3
1,785.1
976.8
808.3
2,327.9
2,288.3
719.5
555.0
411.7
97.9
64.2
440.0
39.6

434.9
1,788.8
974.3
814.5
2,342.0
2,302.4
729.1
553.9
412.6
102.2
63.5
441.0
39.5

440.2
1,794.7
980.2
814.5
2,339.6
2,300.2
749.4
552.5
409.9
97.4
66.6
424.5
39.4

445.7
1,802.8
986.2
816.7
2,339.5
2,300.1
752.0
553.4
409.2
93.7
66.7
425.2
39.3

450.6
1,814.9
992.1
822.8
2,351.1
2,311.8
758.6
555.5
410.0
92.8
69.4
425.5
39.3

454.9
1,823.6
992.5
831.1
2,352.2
2,312.7
757.5
554.5
412.8
90.5
70.0
427.3
39.6

937.7
1,413.4
11,675.4
11,173.1
10,840.6
3,700.4
1,176.7
2,523.7
7,140.2
160.7
171.9
98.1
73.8
502.2

938.0
1,417.2
11,685.3
11,192.6
10,861.7
3,714.3
1,191.0
2,523.3
7,147.4
158.7
172.2
98.7
73.6
492.7

934.7
1,416.9
11,668.9
11,196.4
10,867.0
3,709.2
1,191.9
2,517.3
7,157.8
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
472.6

936.3
1,424.2
11,704.7
11,214.1
10,886.2
3,706.8
1,201.8
2,505.0
7,179.4
154.7
173.3
99.7
73.6
490.5

946.4
1,440.2
11,729.5
11,265.0
10,933.8
3,747.1
1,220.5
2,526.5
7,186.7
158.4
172.8
100.4
72.5
464.5

949.8
1,448.7
11,765.5
11,370.2
11,034.7
3,805.3
1,246.4
2,558.9
7,229.4
162.1
173.4
100.9
72.5
395.3

952.1
1,455.0
11,811.4
11,399.7
11,060.1
3,812.5
1,229.6
2,582.9
7,247.6
165.8
173.8
101.3
72.5
411.7

954.0
1,464.7
11,833.4
11,430.0
11,091.9
3,816.3
1,237.3
2,579.0
7,275.6
163.9
174.2
101.7
72.5
403.4

4.3

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.0

3.4

3.5

3.4

9,387.7

9,404.0

9,382.4

9,401.3

9,416.7

9,425.0

9,441.1

9,466.0

10,192.3

10,200.1

10,176.9

10,201.1

10,198.7

10,197.0

10,216.2

10,233.6

37,356
32,611
312,542

37,363
32,615
312,747

37,289
32,521
312,932

37,382
32,580
313,109

37,441
32,555
313,278

37,537
32,533
313,440

37,663
32,576
313,611

37,711
32,613
313,790

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2010

2011

r

2010

2011

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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

I

II

2012
III

IV

r

Ir

12,373.5
7,971.4
6,408.2
5,217.4
1,059.2
674.2
4,158.2
1,006.0
3,152.2
1,190.8
1,563.1

12,991.2
8,276.6
6,668.2
5,477.9
1,106.1
703.9
4,371.8
1,052.0
3,319.8
1,190.3
1,608.4

12,577.6
8,050.8
6,477.0
5,288.4
1,070.8
685.5
4,217.6
1,016.1
3,201.5
1,188.6
1,573.7

12,846.9
8,172.5
6,578.2
5,387.1
1,092.3
700.4
4,294.7
1,034.4
3,260.3
1,191.1
1,594.4

12,955.3
8,219.7
6,617.1
5,425.2
1,096.9
700.4
4,328.3
1,043.1
3,285.1
1,191.9
1,602.7

13,056.8
8,338.3
6,724.3
5,535.0
1,116.6
709.0
4,418.4
1,062.1
3,356.3
1,189.3
1,614.0

13,105.7
8,375.8
6,753.2
5,564.2
1,118.4
705.7
4,445.8
1,068.5
3,377.3
1,189.0
1,622.6

13,216.8
8,442.4
6,806.9
5,614.4
1,131.1
714.7
4,483.3
1,074.1
3,409.2
1,192.5
1,635.4

1,089.9
473.2

1,111.0
497.4

1,096.8
476.9

1,103.0
491.4

1,108.7
494.0

1,112.6
501.3

1,119.6
503.0

1,125.1
510.4

1,036.4
52.2
984.2

1,108.9
65.9
1,043.0

1,081.5
60.1
1,021.4

1,095.6
66.1
1,029.5

1,106.5
67.3
1,039.2

1,113.7
67.5
1,046.2

1,119.7
62.7
1,057.0

1,130.8
60.3
1,070.5

350.2
1,721.2
1,003.4
717.7
2,281.2
2,242.9
690.2
518.4
405.4
138.7
57.9
432.4
38.3

403.9
1,790.0
998.1
791.9
2,336.2
2,296.8
713.5
553.7
424.3
107.4
63.4
434.6
39.5

354.8
1,743.5
989.6
753.9
2,341.2
2,301.9
699.9
535.3
439.8
128.7
59.4
438.7
39.3

385.0
1,777.2
1,004.7
772.5
2,328.1
2,288.6
703.1
547.8
432.1
117.5
61.3
426.9
39.5

396.9
1,802.3
1,015.9
786.4
2,347.3
2,307.9
712.2
553.9
437.4
108.8
62.8
432.7
39.4

406.3
1,794.2
994.8
799.4
2,336.6
2,297.2
716.3
557.8
416.4
103.0
65.0
438.6
39.4

427.2
1,786.3
976.8
809.5
2,333.1
2,293.5
722.3
555.3
411.5
100.1
64.3
440.0
39.6

445.5
1,804.2
986.2
818.0
2,343.4
2,304.1
753.3
553.8
409.7
94.7
67.6
425.1
39.3

986.8
1,193.9
11,179.7
10,586.9
10,245.5
3,387.0
1,085.5
2,301.5
6,858.5
173.4
168.0
95.1
72.9
592.8

924.4
1,397.7
11,593.5
11,055.1
10,726.0
3,646.6
1,162.9
2,483.7
7,079.4
157.8
171.3
97.7
73.6
538.5

994.1
1,240.9
11,336.7
10,748.6
10,417.1
3,483.4
1,124.7
2,358.7
6,933.7
162.7
168.9
96.5
72.5
588.1

911.5
1,365.9
11,481.0
10,902.1
10,571.7
3,592.2
1,154.5
2,437.8
6,979.4
160.3
170.1
96.6
73.5
578.9

917.4
1,396.2
11,559.2
11,002.6
10,676.0
3,622.7
1,143.8
2,478.9
7,053.3
155.9
170.7
97.1
73.5
556.5

932.4
1,409.1
11,647.7
11,114.6
10,784.5
3,661.2
1,158.3
2,503.0
7,123.2
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
533.1

936.3
1,419.4
11,686.3
11,201.0
10,871.6
3,710.1
1,194.9
2,515.2
7,161.5
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
485.3

949.4
1,448.0
11,768.8
11,344.9
11,009.5
3,788.3
1,232.2
2,556.1
7,221.2
162.1
173.3
100.9
72.5
423.9

5.3

4.6

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.2

3.6

9,083.0

9,358.9

9,166.7

9,329.8

9,332.9

9,377.3

9,395.8

9,427.6

10,061.6

10,183.3

10,152.0

10,183.2

10,169.7

10,188.6

10,192.7

10,203.9

36,090
32,481
309,774

37,154
32,635
312,040

36,491
32,678
310,670

36,895
32,724
311,184

37,082
32,625
311,717

37,293
32,621
312,330

37,345
32,572
312,929

37,547
32,554
313,443

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

October

r

2012

November

r

December

r

January

r

February

r

March r

April p

39.7
52.8
48.0
48.7
10.4
4.9
38.2
8.3
29.9
–0.7
4.9

13.7
6.2
2.7
2.9
–1.5
–2.1
4.4
2.0
2.4
–0.2
3.5

–16.7
–26.3
–26.1
–26.2
–11.1
–8.8
–15.1
–3.0
–12.1
0.1
–0.2

43.1
16.3
13.9
13.7
7.5
4.6
6.2
0.6
5.6
0.2
2.4

40.8
38.2
29.8
27.2
9.1
7.4
18.1
3.2
14.8
2.6
8.4

44.5
29.0
25.8
25.1
3.4
2.3
21.7
4.7
17.0
0.7
3.1

52.2
20.8
18.4
17.6
0.2
–0.2
17.4
–0.6
18.1
0.8
2.5

31.7
15.5
12.9
12.9
7.2
4.3
5.7
3.1
2.6
0.0
2.6

1.9
3.0

3.3
0.1

1.8
–1.9

1.8
0.6

2.1
6.3

1.5
1.6

1.7
0.9

1.5
1.0

–0.3
0.6
–0.9

2.9
–2.7
5.6

–0.2
–2.7
2.5

3.1
–2.7
5.7

3.8
0.2
3.7

5.4
0.1
5.3

5.1
0.2
4.9

4.0
0.9
3.0

5.8
–12.9
–13.0
0.0
0.7
0.8
1.6
1.4
–3.9
0.2
0.3
1.2
0.0

7.4
3.4
–2.5
5.9
–5.8
–6.1
0.6
–2.5
0.3
–2.0
–0.6
–1.8
0.3

7.9
–0.1
–2.5
2.5
–1.4
–1.4
1.2
–2.0
1.5
–2.4
–0.9
1.1
0.0

7.6
3.7
–2.5
6.2
14.1
14.1
9.6
–1.1
0.9
4.3
–0.7
1.0
–0.1

5.3
5.9
5.9
0.0
–2.4
–2.2
20.3
–1.4
–2.7
–4.8
3.1
–16.5
–0.1

5.5
8.1
6.0
2.2
–0.1
–0.1
2.6
0.9
–0.7
–3.7
0.1
0.7
–0.1

4.9
12.1
5.9
6.1
11.6
11.7
6.6
2.1
0.8
–0.9
2.7
0.3
0.0

4.3
8.7
0.4
8.3
1.1
0.9
–1.1
–1.0
2.8
–2.3
0.6
1.8
0.3

6.3
7.4
32.3
79.6
77.2
60.3
33.2
27.1
16.8
2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
–47.4

0.3
3.8
9.9
19.5
21.1
13.9
14.3
–0.4
7.2
–2.0
0.3
0.6
–0.2
–9.5

–3.3
–0.3
–16.4
3.8
5.3
–5.1
0.9
–6.0
10.4
–2.0
0.6
0.5
0.0
–20.1

1.6
7.3
35.8
17.7
19.2
–2.4
9.9
–12.3
21.6
–2.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
17.9

10.1
16.0
24.8
50.9
47.6
40.3
18.7
21.5
7.3
3.7
–0.5
0.7
–1.1
–26.0

3.4
8.5
36.0
105.2
100.9
58.2
25.9
32.4
42.7
3.7
0.6
0.5
0.0
–69.2

2.3
6.3
45.9
29.5
25.4
7.2
–16.8
24.0
18.2
3.7
0.4
0.4
0.0
16.4

1.9
9.7
22.0
30.3
31.8
3.8
7.7
–3.9
28.0
–1.9
0.4
0.4
0.0
–8.3

18.5
11.3

16.3
7.8

–21.6
–23.2

18.9
24.2

15.4
–2.4

8.3
–1.7

16.1
19.2

24.9
17.4

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. 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
2010

2011

r

2010

2011

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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

I

II

2012
III

IV

r

Ir

443.3
170.0
137.9
122.4
–4.2
13.3
126.5
16.4
110.2
15.5
32.0

617.7
305.2
260.0
260.5
46.9
29.7
213.6
46.0
167.6
–0.5
45.3

124.4
28.6
22.5
23.7
0.3
3.3
23.4
0.2
23.2
–1.3
6.0

269.3
121.7
101.2
98.7
21.5
14.9
77.1
18.3
58.8
2.5
20.7

108.4
47.2
38.9
38.1
4.6
0.0
33.6
8.7
24.8
0.8
8.3

101.5
118.6
107.2
109.8
19.7
8.6
90.1
19.0
71.2
–2.6
11.3

48.9
37.5
28.9
29.2
1.8
–3.3
27.4
6.4
21.0
–0.3
8.6

111.1
66.6
53.7
50.2
12.7
9.0
37.5
5.6
31.9
3.5
12.8

16.8
15.2

21.1
24.2

4.8
1.2

6.2
14.5

5.7
2.6

3.9
7.3

7.0
1.7

5.5
7.4

95.2
13.0
82.2

72.5
13.7
58.8

24.5
1.8
22.7

14.1
6.0
8.1

10.9
1.2
9.7

7.2
0.2
7.0

6.0
–4.8
10.8

11.1
–2.4
13.5

44.3
13.5
–105.5
118.9
143.1
143.0
25.7
24.6
31.3
8.1
6.4
47.0
0.1

53.7
68.8
–5.3
74.2
55.0
53.9
23.3
35.3
18.9
–31.3
5.5
2.2
1.2

2.0
20.1
5.7
14.5
51.8
50.5
6.0
13.9
34.6
–7.1
0.4
2.6
1.4

30.2
33.7
15.1
18.6
–13.1
–13.3
3.2
12.5
–7.7
–11.2
1.9
–11.8
0.2

11.9
25.1
11.2
13.9
19.2
19.3
9.1
6.1
5.3
–8.7
1.5
5.8
–0.1

9.4
–8.1
–21.1
13.0
–10.7
–10.7
4.1
3.9
–21.0
–5.8
2.2
5.9
0.0

20.9
–7.9
–18.0
10.1
–3.5
–3.7
6.0
–2.5
–4.9
–2.9
–0.7
1.4
0.2

18.3
17.9
9.4
8.5
10.3
10.6
31.0
–1.5
–1.8
–5.4
3.3
–14.9
–0.3

22.7
52.5
390.9
350.6
379.4
189.5
55.9
133.7
189.8
–40.3
11.5
6.0
5.5
40.2

–62.4
203.8
413.8
468.2
480.5
259.6
77.4
182.2
220.9
–15.6
3.3
2.6
0.7
–54.3

2.6
28.1
96.3
133.8
140.5
96.9
37.2
59.7
43.6
–5.4
–1.2
0.7
–1.8
–37.5

–82.6
125.0
144.3
153.5
154.6
108.8
29.8
79.1
45.7
–2.4
1.2
0.1
1.0
–9.2

5.9
30.3
78.2
100.5
104.3
30.5
–10.7
41.1
73.9
–4.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
–22.4

15.0
12.9
88.5
112.0
108.5
38.5
14.5
24.1
69.9
2.5
0.9
0.7
0.3
–23.4

3.9
10.3
38.6
86.4
87.1
48.9
36.6
12.2
38.3
–1.7
1.2
1.4
–0.2
–47.8

13.1
28.6
82.5
143.9
137.9
78.2
37.3
40.9
59.7
5.4
0.5
1.7
–1.1
–61.4

113.3
178.9

275.9
121.7

21.0
37.6

163.1
31.2

3.1
–13.5

44.4
18.9

18.5
4.1

31.8
11.2

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. 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
2011
September

October r

2012

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..................................................................................

0.3
0.6
0.7
0.3

0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2

–0.1
–0.3
–0.4
0.0

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.5
0.4
0.5

0.3
0.3
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.0
1.4
–0.7
–1.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.3

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.7
–0.2
0.0
0.3
0.1

0.0
1.9
0.0
–0.3
0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.0
–0.1

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.8
0.6
0.2
0.5
0.3

0.3
1.2
0.3
0.6
0.0
–0.1
1.1
1.1
0.2

0.5
1.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.0
0.4
0.6
0.3

0.5
1.1
0.7
0.6
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.4
0.4

0.3
1.0
0.5
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.2
0.7
0.2

0.7
1.7
2.9
1.1
0.2

0.2
0.4
1.2
0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.1
0.1
–0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.8
–0.5
0.3

0.4
1.1
1.6
0.9
0.1

0.9
1.6
2.1
1.3
0.6

0.2
0.2
–1.4
0.9
0.3

0.3
0.1
0.6
–0.2
0.4

0.1
0.0

0.2
0.2

0.3
0.2

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

0.2
0.1

0.2
0.1

–0.2
–0.2

0.2
0.2

0.2
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

r

2010

2011

IV

I

II

2012
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..................................................................................

3.7
2.2
2.2
2.1

5.0
3.8
4.1
2.9

4.1
1.4
1.4
1.6

8.8
6.2
6.4
5.4

3.4
2.3
2.4
2.1

3.2
5.9
6.6
2.8

1.5
1.8
1.7
2.1

3.4
3.2
3.2
3.2

10.1
14.5
0.8
–9.5
19.9
6.7
2.4
4.6
3.6

7.0
15.3
4.0
–0.5
10.3
2.4
–6.3
17.1
3.7

9.6
2.4
4.7
2.3
8.1
9.4
1.1
9.6
3.5

5.3
38.6
8.0
6.3
10.2
–2.2
–29.3
46.8
5.2

4.0
13.0
5.8
4.5
7.4
3.3
2.6
9.2
2.8

2.6
9.8
–1.8
–8.1
6.8
–1.8
6.7
3.7
3.1

2.2
22.2
–1.7
–7.0
5.2
–0.6
1.7
3.0
1.3

4.0
18.3
4.1
3.9
4.3
1.8
5.7
8.3
2.9

3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
2.8

4.7
7.7
7.1
7.9
3.2

5.6
11.9
14.4
10.8
2.6

6.1
13.1
11.0
14.1
2.7

4.0
3.4
–3.7
6.9
4.3

4.1
4.3
5.2
3.9
4.0

3.3
5.4
13.3
2.0
2.2

5.2
8.7
13.1
6.7
3.4

1.9
0.7

0.8
0.2

1.4
0.4

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

1.3
1.8

3.0
1.2

0.9
1.5

7.3
1.2

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.

0.1
–0.5

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2011
September

October

2012

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 .....................................................................................

9,463.5
3,367.8
1,302.2
2,078.1
6,102.0

9,481.2
3,387.3
1,318.8
2,083.4
6,101.1

9,477.5
3,384.3
1,323.3
2,077.3
6,100.2

9,487.7
3,390.1
1,337.4
2,072.1
6,104.9

9,506.9
3,416.6
1,357.5
2,081.2
6,098.8

9,563.7
3,449.8
1,386.9
2,089.5
6,123.3

9,566.3
3,445.7
1,369.8
2,098.3
6,129.7

9,592.4
3,459.0
1,380.1
2,102.8
6,142.7

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

51.7
45.9
41.8
10.3
7.5

17.7
19.5
16.6
5.3
–0.9

–3.7
–3.0
4.5
–6.1
–0.9

10.2
5.8
14.1
–5.2
4.7

19.2
26.5
20.1
9.1
–6.1

56.8
33.2
29.4
8.3
24.5

2.6
–4.1
–17.1
8.8
6.4

26.1
13.3
10.3
4.5
13.0

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

0.5
1.4
3.3
0.5
0.1

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.3
0.0

0.0
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.0

0.1
0.2
1.1
–0.3
0.1

0.2
0.8
1.5
0.4
–0.1

0.6
1.0
2.2
0.4
0.4

0.0
–0.1
–1.2
0.4
0.1

0.3
0.4
0.8
0.2
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
2010

2011

2010

2011

IV

I

II

2012
III

IV

Ir

9,433.5
3,342.7
1,277.8
2,073.7
6,096.1

9,482.1
3,387.2
1,326.5
2,077.6
6,102.1

9,545.6
3,437.4
1,371.4
2,089.7
6,117.2

48.6
44.5
48.7
3.9
6.0

63.5
50.2
44.9
12.1
15.1

2.1
5.4
16.1
0.8
0.4

2.7
6.1
14.3
2.3
1.0

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

9,220.9
3,230.7
1,188.3
2,041.3
5,991.8

9,421.3
3,351.4
1,285.4
2,075.8
6,076.1

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

183.4
132.7
80.0
57.9
56.3

200.4
120.7
97.1
34.5
84.3

9,328.4
3,306.0
1,242.4
2,067.4
6,027.5

9,376.7
3,344.4
1,277.4
2,075.4
6,039.1

9,392.7
3,331.2
1,260.2
2,076.6
6,067.0

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
81.3
65.2
48.3
21.6
19.4

48.3
38.4
35.0
8.0
11.6

16.0
–13.2
–17.2
1.2
27.9

40.8
11.5
17.6
–2.9
29.1

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

2.0
4.3
7.2
2.9
0.9

2.2
3.7
8.2
1.7
1.4

3.6
8.3
17.2
4.3
1.3

2.1
4.7
11.7
1.6
0.8

0.7
–1.6
–5.3
0.2
1.9

1.7
1.4
5.7
–0.5
1.9

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2011
September

October

2012

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:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

114.554
109.879
90.340
121.447
117.017

114.563
109.658
90.288
121.123
117.152

114.664
109.602
90.053
121.184
117.340

114.742
109.345
89.843
120.899
117.604

115.013
109.675
89.892
121.404
117.842

115.386
110.309
89.849
122.475
118.068

115.619
110.651
89.746
123.105
118.240

115.637
110.332
89.632
122.655
118.447

112.222
119.942
146.341
114.485
111.774

112.353
120.208
143.784
114.462
111.886

112.514
120.153
143.034
114.554
112.046

112.685
120.439
141.058
114.627
112.225

112.951
120.608
141.499
114.871
112.460

113.110
120.585
146.539
115.261
112.606

113.281
120.740
148.060
115.501
112.775

113.432
120.861
145.400
115.490
112.913

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

0.2
0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.0
0.9
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.5
0.1

0.0
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.2

0.0
0.5
2.1
0.2
0.0

0.1
0.2
–1.7
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.5
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
–1.4
0.1
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.0
3.6
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.1
–1.8
0.0
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
2. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas services.
3. Market-based PCE is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most imputed transactions (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
2011
September
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

0.8
2.1
3.2
7.8
1.1
1.5

October r

2012

November r

0.6
1.9
2.7
6.6
1.0
1.5

0.3
1.5
2.2
6.7
0.2
1.2

December r

January r

0.3
1.5
2.4
7.0
0.3
1.1

0.2
1.7
2.7
7.5
0.5
1.2

February r

March r

0.1
1.9
2.8
7.9
0.5
1.5

April p
0.3
1.8
2.8
6.7
1.1
1.2

0.6
2.1
3.3
8.1
1.2
1.5

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2011.

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
September
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

October

2012

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April p

2.9
4.9
–0.7
7.6
2.0

2.7
4.3
–0.5
6.6
1.9

2.7
4.2
–0.6
6.5
2.0

2.5
3.4
–0.4
5.2
2.1

2.4
2.9
–0.4
4.5
2.2

2.3
2.7
–0.7
4.3
2.1

2.1
2.2
–0.7
3.6
2.1

1.8
1.3
–1.1
2.4
2.1

1.6
5.1
20.7
3.1
1.6

1.7
5.2
15.4
2.9
1.7

1.8
5.1
14.6
2.9
1.8

1.9
5.3
8.6
2.7
2.0

1.9
4.7
6.5
2.6
2.0

1.9
3.9
6.5
2.4
2.0

2.0
3.1
3.8
2.2
2.0

1.9
2.8
–0.4
1.8
1.9

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
2. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas services.
3. Market-based PCE is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most imputed transactions (for example, financial services
furnished without payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.