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Personal Income and Outlays, April 2024
Personal income increased $65.3 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in April, according to estimates
released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 2 and 3). Disposable personal income (DPI)
—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $40.2 billion (0.2 percent) and personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $39.1 billion (0.2 percent).
The PCE price index increased 0.3 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2
percent (table 5). Real DPI decreased 0.1 percent in April and real PCE decreased 0.1 percent; goods
decreased 0.4 percent and services increased 0.1 percent (tables 3 and 4).
2023
2024
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
Percent change from preceding month
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2017) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE):
Current dollars
Chained (2017) dollars
Price indexes:
PCE
PCE, excluding food and energy
Price indexes:
PCE
PCE, excluding food and energy

0.3

1.1

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.3
0.2

0.7
0.3

0.3
-0.1

0.5
0.1

0.2
-0.1

0.6
0.5

0.1
-0.3

0.7
0.3

0.7
0.4

0.2
-0.1

0.1
0.2

0.4
0.5

0.3
0.3

0.3
0.3

0.3
0.2

Percent change from month one year ago
2.6
2.5
2.5
2.7
2.7
2.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
2.8

The increase in current-dollar personal income in April primarily reflected increases in compensation,
personal income receipts on assets, and government social benefits to persons (table 2).
The $39.1 billion increase in current-dollar PCE in April reflected an increase of $49.1 billion in spending
for services that was partly offset by a $10.0 billion decrease in spending for goods (table 2). Within
services, the largest contributors to the increase were housing and utilities (led by housing), health care
(both outpatient services and hospitals), and financial services and insurance (led by financial service
charges, fees, and commissions). These increases were partly offset by a decrease in transportation
services (led by air transportation). Within goods, the largest contributors to the decrease were
spending for recreational goods and vehicles (led by information processing equipment) and other
nondurable goods (led by recreational items). Detailed information on monthly PCE spending can be
found on Table 2.4.5U.
Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer
payments—increased $42.8 billion in April (table 2). Personal saving was $744.5 billion in April and the
personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.6 percent
(table 1).
Prices
From the preceding month, the PCE price index for April increased 0.3 percent (table 5). Prices for goods
increased 0.2 percent, and prices for services increased 0.3 percent. Food prices decreased 0.2 percent
and energy prices increased 1.2 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2
percent. Detailed monthly PCE price indexes can be found on Table 2.4.4U.
From the same month one year ago, the PCE price index for April increased 2.7 percent (table 7). Prices
for goods increased 0.1 percent and prices for services increased 3.9 percent. Food prices increased 1.3
percent and energy prices increased 3.0 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index
increased 2.8 percent from one year ago.
Real PCE
The 0.1 percent decrease in real PCE in April reflected a decrease of 0.4 percent in spending on goods
and an increase of 0.1 percent in spending on services (table 4). Within goods, the largest contributors
to the decrease were gasoline and other energy goods (led by motor vehicle fuels, lubricants, and
fluids), recreational goods and vehicles (led by information processing equipment), and other
nondurable goods (led by recreational items). Within services, the largest contributor to the increase
was health care (led by outpatient services). Detailed information on monthly real PCE spending can be
found on Table 2.4.6U.
Updates to Personal Income and Outlays
Estimates have been updated for October through March. For October through December, estimates for
compensation, personal taxes, and contributions for government social insurance reflect the
incorporation of updated fourth-quarter wage and salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. Revised and previously published changes from
the preceding month for current-dollar personal income, and for current-dollar and chained (2017)
dollar DPI and PCE, are provided below for February and March.

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Change from preceding month
February
March
Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal
income:
Current dollars
Chained (2017) dollars
Personal consumption
expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2017) dollars

65.1

67.2

0.3

0.3

122.0

126.2

0.5

0.5

49.7
-16.3

53.3
-13.5

0.2
-0.1

0.3
-0.1

104.0
30.2

100.4
24.7

0.5
0.2

0.5
0.1

156.2
75.2

125.7
50.2

0.8
0.5

0.7
0.3

160.9
80.6

143.1
63.7

0.8
0.5

0.7
0.4

*

*

*

Next release: June 28, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. EDT
Personal Income and Outlays, May 2024

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Additional Information
Resources

Real values are inflation-adjusted estimates—that is,
estimates that exclude the effects of price changes.

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BEA's news release schedule
NIPA Handbook: Concepts and Methods of the
U.S. National Income and Product Accounts

Definitions
Personal income is the income received by, or on behalf of,
all persons from all sources: from participation as laborers
in production, from owning a home or business, from the
ownership of financial assets, and from government and
business in the form of transfers. It includes income from
domestic sources as well as the rest of world. It does not
include realized or unrealized capital gains or losses.
Disposable personal income is the income available to
persons for spending or saving. It is equal to personal
income less personal current taxes.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) is the value of
the goods and services purchased by, or on the behalf of,
“persons” who reside in the United States.
Personal outlays is the sum of PCE, personal interest
payments, and personal current transfer payments.
Personal saving is personal income less personal outlays
and personal current taxes.
The personal saving rate is personal saving as a percentage
of disposable personal income.

For more definitions, refer to the Glossary: National Income
and Product Accounts.

Statistical conventions
Annual rates. Monthly and quarterly values are expressed
at seasonally-adjusted annual rates (SAAR). Dollar changes
are calculated as the difference between these SAAR
values. For detail, refer to the FAQ “Why does BEA publish
estimates at annual rates?”
Month-to-month percent changes are calculated from
unrounded data and are not annualized.
Quarter-to-quarter percent changes are calculated from
unrounded data and are displayed at annual rates. For
detail, refer to the FAQ “How is average annual growth
calculated?” and “Why does BEA publish percent changes
in quarterly series at annual rates?”
Quantities and prices. Quantities, or “real” volume
measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with
a specified reference year equal to 100 (currently 2017).
Quantity and price indexes are calculated using a Fisherchained weighted formula that incorporates weights from
two adjacent periods (months for monthly data, quarters
for quarterly data and annuals for annual data). For details
on the calculation of quantity and price indexes, refer to
Chapter 4: Estimating Methods in the NIPA Handbook.
Chained-dollar values are calculated by multiplying the
quantity index by the current-dollar value in the reference
year (2017) and then dividing by 100. Percent changes
calculated from real quantity indexes and chained-dollar
levels are conceptually the same; any differences are due
to rounding. Chained-dollar values are not additive
because the relative weights for a given period differ from
those of the reference year. In tables that display chaineddollar values, a "residual" line shows the difference
between the sum of detailed chained-dollar series and its
corresponding aggregate.

Current-dollar estimates are valued in the prices of the
period when the transactions occurred—that is, at “market
value.” Also referred to as “nominal estimates” or as
“current-price estimates.”

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Personal Income and Outlays News Release Tables
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table
Table

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Table 7.

Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change from Month One
Year Ago
Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change from Month One Year Ago

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May 31, 2024

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2023

Line
1 Personal income
Compensation of employees
2
Wages and salaries
3
4
Private industries
5
Goods-producing industries
6
Manufacturing
7
Services-producing industries
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities
9
Other services-producing industries
10
Government
Supplements to wages and salaries
11
1
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance
14
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45

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
2
Social security
3
Medicare
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
4
Personal interest payments
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:

r

2024
r

r

r

r

Line
r

p

Sept.
23,176.2
14,437.1
11,975.7
10,207.1
1,876.1
1,108.6
8,331.0
1,837.3
6,493.8
1,768.6
2,461.4
1,635.0

Oct.
23,189.4
14,416.2
11,950.9
10,171.7
1,875.9
1,103.3
8,295.7
1,825.7
6,470.1
1,779.3
2,465.3
1,640.6

Nov.
23,241.5
14,436.6
11,965.4
10,179.4
1,879.8
1,103.3
8,299.6
1,822.5
6,477.1
1,786.0
2,471.2
1,645.5

Dec.
23,311.6
14,491.6
12,011.8
10,214.8
1,881.1
1,101.0
8,333.7
1,833.5
6,500.2
1,797.0
2,479.8
1,650.9

Jan.
23,565.1
14,555.9
12,060.4
10,247.5
1,887.9
1,103.6
8,359.7
1,833.8
6,525.8
1,812.9
2,495.6
1,659.5

Feb.
23,632.3
14,651.5
12,145.1
10,317.8
1,903.8
1,114.8
8,414.0
1,851.0
6,563.0
1,827.3
2,506.3
1,664.5

March
23,758.5
14,736.3
12,219.7
10,377.7
1,920.7
1,124.2
8,457.0
1,851.7
6,605.4
1,842.0
2,516.6
1,669.7

April
23,823.7
14,772.7
12,249.5
10,399.3
1,926.3
1,125.0
8,472.9
1,852.0
6,620.9
1,850.3
2,523.2
1,674.2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

826.4

824.7

825.7

828.9

836.0

841.9

846.9

849.0

13

1,877.8

1,880.2

1,886.2

1,881.5

1,887.1

1,890.4

1,893.8

1,894.1

14

47.2
1,830.6
981.5
3,617.9
1,786.7
1,831.2
4,086.6
3,977.7
1,363.4
947.9
868.8
20.8
173.0
603.8
108.9
1,824.6
2,783.7
20,392.5
19,600.9
18,791.5
6,278.4
2,213.4
4,065.0
12,513.0
562.8
246.7
131.5
115.2
791.6
3.9

42.6
1,837.6
985.3
3,645.6
1,801.0
1,844.6
4,083.8
3,977.9
1,378.6
949.6
863.5
22.1
173.3
590.8
105.8
1,821.7
2,785.6
20,403.8
19,622.8
18,826.8
6,250.7
2,191.1
4,059.7
12,576.1
547.3
248.8
131.8
117.0
781.0
3.8

38.0
1,848.2
988.1
3,672.7
1,815.5
1,857.2
4,082.0
3,972.1
1,370.3
951.3
865.8
23.1
173.6
588.1
109.9
1,824.1
2,791.7
20,449.8
19,683.8
18,903.0
6,242.4
2,195.7
4,046.7
12,660.5
531.7
249.1
132.1
117.0
766.0
3.7

33.4
1,848.1
991.0
3,683.6
1,830.2
1,853.4
4,094.6
3,987.7
1,373.8
953.1
875.6
22.9
173.9
588.3
106.9
1,830.7
2,800.1
20,511.5
19,779.3
19,013.7
6,273.8
2,219.8
4,054.0
12,739.9
516.1
249.5
132.5
117.0
732.3
3.6

35.0
1,852.0
1,007.1
3,750.7
1,821.4
1,929.3
4,216.7
4,094.5
1,421.9
960.2
903.2
22.6
174.3
612.3
122.2
1,852.5
2,912.3
20,652.8
19,796.7
19,032.7
6,179.8
2,160.8
4,019.0
12,852.9
512.7
251.3
132.9
118.4
856.1
4.1

36.6
1,853.7
1,023.4
3,672.9
1,812.8
1,860.1
4,258.4
4,149.0
1,425.6
965.1
924.1
22.8
174.7
636.8
109.4
1,864.2
2,926.2
20,706.1
19,919.4
19,158.4
6,203.5
2,181.4
4,022.1
12,954.9
509.3
251.6
133.3
118.4
786.7
3.8

38.3
1,855.5
1,039.0
3,673.0
1,805.2
1,867.8
4,290.8
4,180.9
1,433.2
970.5
939.8
22.8
175.0
639.6
109.9
1,874.4
2,952.0
20,806.5
20,059.4
19,301.5
6,271.1
2,187.6
4,083.5
13,030.5
505.9
252.0
133.6
118.4
747.1
3.6

35.1
1,859.0
1,040.2
3,690.1
1,812.1
1,878.0
4,305.5
4,195.1
1,434.2
976.5
950.2
22.5
175.3
636.5
110.4
1,878.8
2,977.1
20,846.6
20,102.2
19,340.6
6,261.1
2,180.7
4,080.4
13,079.6
509.3
252.2
133.9
118.4
744.5
3.6

15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

15,741.9

15,749.7

15,795.9

15,823.3

15,868.0

15,835.4

15,858.4

15,858.9

45

16,816.3

16,819.9

16,859.6

16,889.2

16,937.8

16,924.3

16,949.0

16,938.2

46

60,762
50,106
335,612

60,767
50,093
335,773

60,876
50,188
335,925

61,033
50,255
336,070

61,431
50,381
336,194

61,569
50,324
336,306

61,846
50,380
336,423

61,942
50,329
336,550

47
48
49

Personal income excluding current transfer receipts,
billions of chained (2017) dollars

5

Disposable personal income:
46
47
48
49

Total, billions of chained (2017) dollars
Per capita:
Current dollars
Chained (2017) dollars
6
Population (midperiod, thousands)

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 2023.

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. 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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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May 31, 2024

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Line

2023

1 Personal income
Compensation of employees
2
Wages and salaries
3
4
Private industries
5
Goods-producing industries
6
Manufacturing
7
Services-producing industries
Trade, transportation, and utilities
8
Other services-producing industries
9
10
Government
Supplements to wages and salaries
11
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds 1
Employer contributions for government social insurance
13
14
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments
15
Farm
16
Nonfarm
17
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
Personal income receipts on assets
18
19
Personal interest income
20
Personal dividend income
Personal current transfer receipts
21
22
Government social benefits to persons
23
Social security 2
24
Medicare 3
25
Medicaid
26
Unemployment insurance
27
Veterans' benefits
28
Other
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)
29
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
30
31 Less: Personal current taxes
32 Equals: Disposable personal income
33 Less: Personal outlays
34
Personal consumption expenditures
35
Goods
36
Durable goods
37
Nondurable goods
38
Services
39
Personal interest payments 4
40
Personal current transfer payments
41
To government
42
To the rest of the world (net)
43 Equals: Personal saving
Addenda:
44
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts,
45

2024

Sept.
81.7
64.4
54.5
39.2
9.0
6.4
30.2
9.2
21.0
15.3
9.9
6.5

Oct. r
13.2
-20.9
-24.8
-35.5
-0.2
-5.3
-35.3
-11.6
-23.7
10.7
3.9
5.6

Nov. r
52.1
20.4
14.4
7.7
3.8
0.0
3.9
-3.2
7.1
6.7
6.0
5.0

Dec. r
70.1
55.0
46.4
35.4
1.3
-2.3
34.1
11.0
23.1
11.0
8.5
5.4

Jan. r
253.5
64.4
48.6
32.7
6.8
2.6
25.9
0.3
25.6
15.9
15.8
8.6

3.5

-1.7

1.0

3.2

7.2

Line

Feb. r
March r
67.2
126.2
95.5
84.8
84.7
74.6
70.3
59.9
16.0
16.9
11.1
9.4
54.4
43.0
17.2
0.6
37.2
42.4
14.4
14.7
10.8
10.2
5.0
5.2

5.8

April p
65.3
36.4
29.8
21.5
5.6
0.8
15.9
0.3
15.5
8.3
6.6
4.5

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

2.1

13

5.0

16.7

2.4

6.0

-4.7

5.5

3.3

3.4

0.3

14

-2.8
19.4
7.0

-4.6
7.0
3.8

-4.6
10.6
2.8

-4.6
-0.1
2.9

1.6
3.9
16.1

1.6
1.7
16.3

1.6
1.8
15.6

-3.2
3.5
1.2

15
16
17

10.6
10.4
0.3
-10.0
-14.1
1.3
1.6
-10.7
-0.3
0.2
-6.2
4.2
7.1
15.6
66.2
184.0
139.9
49.8
20.2
29.5
90.1
43.8
0.3
0.3
0.0
-117.8

27.7
14.3
13.4
-2.8
0.2
15.2
1.7
-5.3
1.3
0.3
-12.9
-3.0
-3.0
1.9
11.3
21.9
35.4
-27.7
-22.3
-5.4
63.0
-15.6
2.1
0.3
1.8
-10.6

27.0
14.5
12.5
-1.8
-5.8
-8.3
1.7
2.3
0.9
0.3
-2.8
4.0
2.4
6.2
46.0
60.9
76.2
-8.3
4.6
-12.9
84.5
-15.6
0.3
0.3
0.0
-15.0

10.9
14.7
-3.8
12.7
15.6
3.5
1.8
9.8
-0.2
0.4
0.2
-2.9
6.6
8.4
61.7
95.5
110.7
31.4
24.1
7.3
79.3
-15.6
0.4
0.4
0.0
-33.8

67.1
-8.8
75.9
122.1
106.9
48.1
7.1
27.5
-0.2
0.4
24.0
15.3
21.8
112.2
141.2
17.4
19.0
-94.0
-58.9
-35.1
113.0
-3.4
1.8
0.4
1.4
123.8

-77.8
-8.5
-69.2
41.6
54.4
3.7
4.8
20.9
0.1
0.4
24.5
-12.8
11.7
13.9
53.3
122.7
125.7
23.7
20.6
3.2
102.0
-3.4
0.4
0.4
0.0
-69.4

0.1
-7.6
7.8
32.4
31.9
7.6
5.4
15.7
0.0
0.4
2.8
0.5
10.2
25.8
100.4
140.0
143.1
67.5
6.2
61.3
75.5
-3.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
-39.6

17.1
6.9
10.2
14.7
14.2
1.0
6.0
10.4
-0.3
0.3
-3.1
0.5
4.4
25.1
40.2
42.8
39.1
-10.0
-6.9
-3.1
49.1
3.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
-2.6

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

billions of chained (2017) dollars 5

15.4

7.8

46.1

27.4

44.7

-32.6

23.0

0.5

44

Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2017) dollars 5

-9.9

3.6

39.7

29.6

48.6

-13.5

24.7

-10.7

45

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2023.

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2023

Line
r

2024
r

Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Based on current-dollar measures
0.4
0.1
0.2
1 Personal income
2
Compensation of employees
0.4
-0.1
0.1
3
Wages and salaries
0.5
-0.2
0.1
4
Supplements to wages and salaries
0.4
0.2
0.2
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital
5
0.9
0.1
0.3
consumption adjustments
0.7
0.4
0.3
6
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7
Personal income receipts on assets
0.3
0.8
0.7
8
Personal interest income
0.6
0.8
0.8
9
Personal dividend income
0.0
0.7
0.7
10
Personal current transfer receipts
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.4
-0.2
0.1
11
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
0.6
0.1
0.2
12 Less: Personal current taxes
0.3
0.1
0.2
13 Equals: Disposable personal income
Addenda:
14
Personal consumption expenditures
0.7
0.2
0.4
15
Goods
0.8
-0.4
-0.1
16
Durable goods
0.9
-1.0
0.2
17
Nondurable goods
0.7
-0.1
-0.3
18
Services
0.7
0.5
0.7
Based on chained (2017) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding transfer receipts
Real disposable personal income

0.1
-0.1

0.0
0.0

0.3
0.2

Dec.

r

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

Line

March

r

April

p

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3

1.1
0.4
0.4
0.6

0.3
0.7
0.7
0.4

0.5
0.6
0.6
0.4

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3

1
2
3
4

-0.2
0.3

0.3
1.6

0.2
1.6

0.2
1.5

0.0
0.1

5
6

0.3
0.8
-0.2
0.3
0.4

1.8
-0.5
4.1
3.0
1.2

-2.1
-0.5
-3.6
1.0
0.6

0.0
-0.4
0.4
0.8
0.5

0.5
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.2

7
8
9
10
11

0.3
0.3

4.0
0.7

0.5
0.3

0.9
0.5

0.8
0.2

12
13

0.6
0.5
1.1
0.2
0.6

0.1
-1.5
-2.7
-0.9
0.9

0.7
0.4
1.0
0.1
0.8

0.7
1.1
0.3
1.5
0.6

0.2
-0.2
-0.3
-0.1
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.2
0.2

0.3
0.3

-0.2
-0.1

0.1
0.1

0.0
-0.1

19
20

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2023.

Table 4. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
Line

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

2023

2024

Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan. r
Feb. r
Billions of chained (2017) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
15,496.0 15,519.9 15,584.3 15,655.8 15,609.1 15,659.3
Goods
5,431.5
5,422.5
5,445.4
5,485.5
5,412.5
5,406.7
Durable goods
2,065.8
2,050.0
2,064.0
2,096.3
2,036.6
2,052.2
Nondurable goods
3,376.1
3,381.6
3,391.0
3,400.9
3,383.9
3,364.4
Services
10,093.7 10,125.3 10,167.0 10,199.8 10,221.2 10,275.2
Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2017) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
56.2
23.9
64.4
71.5
-46.7
50.2
Goods
33.8
-8.9
22.8
40.1
-73.1
-5.8
Durable goods
20.9
-15.8
14.0
32.2
-59.7
15.6
Nondurable goods
13.8
5.5
9.4
9.9
-17.0
-19.5
Services
23.4
31.6
41.7
32.7
21.4
54.0
Percent change from preceding period in chained (2017) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.5
-0.3
0.3
Goods
0.6
-0.2
0.4
0.7
-1.3
-0.1
Durable goods
1.0
-0.8
0.7
1.6
-2.8
0.8
Nondurable goods
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.3
-0.5
-0.6
Services
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.5

p Preliminary
r Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Line

March r

April p

15,723.0
5,457.7
2,056.8
3,409.2
10,290.7

15,714.6
5,437.0
2,055.1
3,391.0
10,301.3

1
2
3
4
5

63.7
51.0
4.6
44.9
15.5

-8.5
-20.7
-1.7
-18.3
10.6

6
7
8
9
10

0.4
0.9
0.2
1.3
0.2

-0.1
-0.4
-0.1
-0.5
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

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Table 5. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Line
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

2023
2024
r
r
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
March r
Chain-type price indexes (2017=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
121.267 121.309 121.296 121.448 121.934 122.347 122.761
Goods
115.588 115.267 114.630 114.362 114.171 114.733 114.899
Durable goods
107.154 106.890 106.385 105.898 106.112 106.307 106.373
Nondurable goods
120.395 120.040 119.324 119.192 118.755 119.538 119.764
Services
123.976 124.212 124.533 124.912 125.755 126.087 126.631
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy
119.842 120.015 120.122 120.305 120.878 121.201 121.606
125.770 126.020 125.855 125.912 126.501 126.663 126.612
Food 1
144.958 141.367 138.748 138.350 136.422 139.567 141.182
Energy goods and services 2
119.911 120.011 120.001 120.100 120.484 120.874 121.247
Market-based PCE 3
118.051 118.311 118.439 118.564 119.035 119.319 119.675
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3
Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.3
Goods
0.2
-0.3
-0.6
-0.2
-0.2
0.5
0.1
Durable goods
-0.1
-0.2
-0.5
-0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
Nondurable goods
0.3
-0.3
-0.6
-0.1
-0.4
0.7
0.2
Services
0.5
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.7
0.3
0.4
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.3
1
0.3
0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.5
0.1
0.0
Food
2
1.7
-2.5
-1.9
-0.3
-1.4
2.3
1.2
Energy goods and services
3
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.3
Market-based PCE
3
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.3
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy

April p

Line

123.076
115.152
106.125
120.320
126.978

1
2
3
4
5

121.909
126.397
142.897
121.479
119.881

6
7
8
9
10

0.3
0.2
-0.2
0.5
0.3

11
12
13
14
15

0.2
-0.2
1.2
0.2
0.2

16
17
18
19
20

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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Table 6. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change from Month One Year Ago
Line
1 Disposable personal income
2 Personal consumption expenditures
3
Goods
4
Durable goods
5
Nondurable goods
6
Services

2023
Sept.
3.9
2.1
2.5
5.1
1.1
1.9

Oct. r
3.7
2.1
2.0
3.1
1.4
2.1

2024
Nov. r
3.9
2.9
3.6
6.2
2.1
2.5

Dec. r
3.8
3.3
4.5
8.0
2.6
2.7

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the fourth quarter of 2023.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Jan. r
2.0
1.9
1.1
0.0
1.7
2.3

Feb. r
1.6
2.2
0.9
1.0
0.8
2.8

March r
1.3
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.8
2.8

April p
1.0
2.6
1.9
2.1
1.8
2.9

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

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Table 7. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change from Month One Year Ago
2023

Line
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
1
2 Goods
3
Durable goods
4
Nondurable goods
5 Services
Addenda:
6
7
8
9
10

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

Sept.
3.4
0.9
-2.3
2.7
4.6
3.6
2.7
0.1
3.2
3.5

2024

2.9
0.2
-2.2
1.6
4.3

Nov.
2.7
-0.1
-2.1
1.0
4.1

Dec.
2.6
0.2
-2.3
1.6
3.9

Jan. r
2.5
-0.5
-2.4
0.5
4.0

Feb. r
2.5
-0.2
-2.0
0.8
3.8

March r
2.7
0.1
-1.9
1.3
4.0

April p
2.7
0.1
-2.2
1.4
3.9

3.4
2.4
-4.6
2.8
3.3

3.2
1.7
-5.0
2.7
3.2

2.9
1.4
-1.7
2.6
3.0

2.9
1.4
-4.9
2.4
2.9

2.8
1.3
-2.3
2.3
2.7

2.8
1.5
2.6
2.5
2.6

2.8
1.3
3.0
2.4
2.5

Oct.

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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Line
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10