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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
BEA 11-50

James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2011
Personal income decreased $7.3 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $22.7 billion, or 0.2 percent. In July,
personal income increased $17.1 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $14.4 billion, or 0.1 percent,
and PCE increased $76.6 billion, or 0.7 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.3 percent in August, compared with a decrease of 0.2
percent in July. Real PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent.
2011
Apr.
May
June
July
(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

Aug.

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

-0.1

0.3
0.0

0.2
0.0

0.1
0.3

0.1
-0.2

0.0
-0.3

0.3
-0.1

0.2
0.0

-0.2
-0.1

0.7
0.4

0.2
0.0

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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (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 decreased $12.2 billion in August, in contrast to an
increase of $23.8 billion in July. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $1.3 billion, in
contrast to an increase of $6.3 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $2.9 billion, in contrast to an
increase of $5.8 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased $10.9 billion, in contrast to
an increase of $17.5 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $0.4 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $1.8 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $1.1 billion in August, compared with an increase
of $3.3 billion in July.
Proprietors' income increased $6.5 billion in August, compared with an increase of $3.1 billion in
July. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.7 billion, compared with an increase of $0.8 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $5.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.5 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $8.3 billion in August, compared with an increase of $8.1
billion in July. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $5.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $5.8 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts decreased $7.1 billion in August, compared with a decrease of
$10.7 billion in July. Government social benefits to persons for Medicaid decreased $10.5 billion,
compared with a decrease of $13.6 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $1.3 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of $3.0 billion in July.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $2.3 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of $2.7 billion
in July. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- decreased
$5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in August, in contrast to an increase of $14.4 billion, or 0.1
percent in July.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $26.3 billion in August, compared with an increase of $80.2 billion in July. PCE increased
$22.7 billion, compared with an increase of $76.6 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $519.3 billion in August, compared with
$550.5 billion in July. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.5 percent
in August, compared with 4.7 percent in July. 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 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 -- decreased 0.3 percent in August, compared
with a decrease of 0.2 percent in July.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased less than 0.1 percent in August,
in contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent in July. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.1 percent,
compared with an increase of 2.2 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.4 percent,
compared with a decrease of 0.5 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, compared with
an increase of 0.4 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in August, compared with an
increase of 0.4 percent in July. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for April through July. Changes in personal income, current-dollar
and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar PCE for June and July -revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

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

July

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

27.7

21.3

0.2

0.2

42.4

17.1

0.3

0.1

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

22.6
32.9

15.4
26.4

0.2
0.3

0.1
0.3

32.5
-9.3

14.4
-24.7

0.3
-0.1

0.1
-0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
-14.3
Chained (2005) dollars
-0.6

-21.7
-7.3

-0.1
0.0

-0.2
-0.1

88.4
42.9

76.6
32.8

0.8
0.5

0.7
0.4

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BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
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Next release – October 28, 2011 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for September

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2011
January
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.................................................

February

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

August p

12,780.3
8,126.2
6,536.8
5,346.5
1,087.4
697.5
4,259.2
1,025.3
3,233.9
1,190.2
1,589.4

12,850.6
8,177.6
6,582.9
5,391.9
1,090.2
698.0
4,301.6
1,035.5
3,266.1
1,191.0
1,594.7

12,909.7
8,213.9
6,614.8
5,422.8
1,099.4
705.9
4,323.4
1,042.5
3,280.8
1,192.0
1,599.1

12,962.2
8,244.2
6,641.6
5,449.1
1,105.6
709.3
4,343.5
1,051.4
3,292.1
1,192.5
1,602.6

12,997.2
8,268.4
6,662.3
5,470.2
1,110.5
713.2
4,359.7
1,050.7
3,309.0
1,192.1
1,606.1

13,018.5
8,274.7
6,666.8
5,475.7
1,109.9
711.9
4,365.8
1,053.7
3,312.0
1,191.1
1,607.9

13,035.6
8,300.0
6,688.8
5,499.5
1,116.2
717.7
4,383.3
1,056.3
3,327.0
1,189.3
1,611.2

13,028.3
8,289.3
6,677.0
5,487.3
1,114.9
714.8
4,372.4
1,051.7
3,320.7
1,189.7
1,612.3

1,100.9
488.5

1,103.0
491.7

1,105.0
494.1

1,106.9
495.7

1,108.7
497.4

1,110.4
497.4

1,112.4
498.8

1,114.3
498.0

1,086.6
63.0
1,023.6

1,097.1
66.1
1,031.1

1,103.1
69.2
1,033.9

1,105.9
68.3
1,037.6

1,106.6
67.3
1,039.3

1,107.2
66.4
1,040.7

1,110.3
67.2
1,043.2

1,116.8
67.9
1,048.9

369.7
1,772.2
1,003.1
769.1
2,331.2
2,291.1
702.8
544.3
436.5
121.5
61.0
424.9
40.1

384.9
1,780.2
1,004.7
775.4
2,322.9
2,284.0
701.4
547.9
430.7
116.4
60.6
427.0
38.9

400.3
1,779.2
1,006.4
772.8
2,330.1
2,290.7
705.1
551.1
429.0
114.5
62.4
428.6
39.3

398.3
1,791.8
1,011.1
780.6
2,342.7
2,303.2
713.1
553.1
433.3
110.8
63.1
429.8
39.4

396.8
1,802.6
1,015.9
786.7
2,346.4
2,307.0
711.4
553.9
438.5
106.4
61.8
435.0
39.4

395.7
1,812.6
1,020.7
791.9
2,352.7
2,313.3
712.1
554.7
440.5
109.3
63.6
433.3
39.3

403.8
1,806.8
1,008.9
797.9
2,342.0
2,302.3
715.2
555.8
426.9
104.9
64.0
435.5
39.6

412.1
1,801.1
997.1
804.0
2,334.9
2,295.6
716.1
558.1
416.4
101.2
65.4
438.4
39.3

905.7
1,352.8
11,427.5
10,828.8
10,498.0
3,546.0
1,139.9
2,406.1
6,952.0
160.8
170.0
96.6
73.5
598.6

912.1
1,367.1
11,483.5
10,908.1
10,577.7
3,603.3
1,162.6
2,440.7
6,974.4
160.3
170.1
96.6
73.5
575.4

916.8
1,377.7
11,532.1
10,969.3
10,639.2
3,627.4
1,161.0
2,466.4
7,011.9
159.8
170.2
96.7
73.5
562.8

920.5
1,391.5
11,570.8
10,998.0
10,669.6
3,647.1
1,157.7
2,489.4
7,022.5
157.9
170.5
96.9
73.5
572.8

923.7
1,403.0
11,594.2
11,016.7
10,690.1
3,625.5
1,144.4
2,481.1
7,064.7
155.9
170.6
97.1
73.5
577.5

924.3
1,408.9
11,609.6
10,993.2
10,668.4
3,595.6
1,129.3
2,466.3
7,072.8
154.0
170.9
97.3
73.5
616.3

927.3
1,411.6
11,624.0
11,073.4
10,745.0
3,632.0
1,153.7
2,478.3
7,113.0
157.3
171.1
97.5
73.5
550.5

926.0
1,409.3
11,619.0
11,099.7
10,767.7
3,638.9
1,153.0
2,486.0
7,128.8
160.6
171.3
97.8
73.5
519.3

5.2

5.0

4.9

5.0

5.0

5.3

4.7

4.5

9,305.0

9,337.7

9,346.8

9,350.1

9,361.1

9,386.1

9,376.2

9,353.1

10,176.3

10,185.5

10,188.3

10,187.6

10,190.2

10,216.6

10,191.9

10,162.7

36,683
32,666
311,521

36,842
32,678
311,696

36,977
32,668
311,870

37,080
32,648
312,049

37,132
32,636
312,240

37,158
32,700
312,440

37,178
32,598
312,654

37,133
32,479
312,899

p Preliminary
r Revised
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
2009

2010

2010
I

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

II

2011
III

IV

II r

I

11,930.2
7,801.4
6,270.3
5,095.0
1,063.4
660.9
4,031.7
989.6
3,042.0
1,175.3
1,531.1

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

12,137.7
7,852.5
6,301.6
5,113.0
1,036.9
655.3
4,076.0
987.4
3,088.7
1,188.6
1,550.9

12,325.6
7,960.0
6,399.8
5,203.5
1,058.6
673.6
4,144.9
1,004.5
3,140.4
1,196.3
1,560.2

12,453.2
8,022.2
6,454.5
5,264.7
1,070.5
682.2
4,194.2
1,015.9
3,178.3
1,189.9
1,567.7

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

12,992.6
8,262.4
6,656.9
5,465.0
1,108.7
711.5
4,356.3
1,051.9
3,304.4
1,191.9
1,605.5

1,073.1
458.0

1,089.9
473.2

1,083.4
467.5

1,087.6
472.6

1,092.0
475.7

1,096.8
476.9

1,103.0
491.4

1,108.7
496.9

941.2
39.2
902.0

1,036.4
52.2
984.2

981.7
44.6
937.1

1,025.6
45.8
979.7

1,057.0
58.3
998.7

1,081.5
60.1
1,021.4

1,095.6
66.1
1,029.5

1,106.5
67.3
1,039.2

305.9
1,707.7
1,108.9
598.8
2,138.1
2,099.9
664.5
493.8
374.1
130.6
51.5
385.4
38.2

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

344.1
1,693.3
1,026.1
667.2
2,242.1
2,204.1
678.6
505.6
386.6
152.8
55.8
424.8
38.0

349.1
1,724.5
1,014.1
710.4
2,252.1
2,214.1
688.3
511.5
389.8
137.4
57.3
429.9
38.0

352.8
1,723.4
983.9
739.4
2,289.4
2,251.4
693.9
521.4
405.2
135.8
59.0
436.1
37.9

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

964.1
1,141.4
10,788.8
10,236.3
9,866.1
3,197.5
1,029.6
2,167.8
6,668.7
213.7
156.5
89.1
67.4
552.6

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

976.0
1,146.4
10,991.3
10,457.2
10,103.7
3,338.1
1,058.0
2,280.1
6,765.6
188.3
165.2
93.4
71.9
534.1

985.7
1,175.4
11,150.2
10,527.0
10,184.8
3,340.1
1,071.7
2,268.3
6,844.7
174.4
167.8
94.8
72.9
623.3

991.5
1,212.8
11,240.4
10,614.8
10,276.6
3,386.5
1,087.5
2,299.0
6,890.1
168.1
170.1
95.8
74.3
625.6

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

922.8
1,401.1
11,591.5
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
588.9

5.1

5.3

4.9

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.0

5.1

8,969.7

9,083.0

8,933.4

9,086.5

9,145.7

9,166.7

9,329.8

9,365.7

9,882.7

10,061.6

9,922.5

10,057.8

10,114.4

10,152.0

10,183.2

10,198.1

35,088
32,141
307,483

36,051
32,446
310,106

35,557
32,099
309,120

36,001
32,473
309,724

36,208
32,581
310,438

36,436
32,628
311,140

36,834
32,670
311,696

37,123
32,661
312,243

r Revised
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
January
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.....

February

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

August p

155.3
69.4
55.4
53.5
16.4
10.4
37.2
7.7
29.5
1.8
14.0

70.3
51.4
46.1
45.4
2.8
0.5
42.4
10.2
32.2
0.8
5.3

59.1
36.3
31.9
30.9
9.2
7.9
21.8
7.0
14.7
1.0
4.4

52.5
30.3
26.8
26.3
6.2
3.4
20.1
8.9
11.3
0.5
3.5

35.0
24.2
20.7
21.1
4.9
3.9
16.2
–0.7
16.9
–0.4
3.5

21.3
6.3
4.5
5.5
–0.6
–1.3
6.1
3.0
3.0
–1.0
1.8

17.1
25.3
22.0
23.8
6.3
5.8
17.5
2.6
15.0
–1.8
3.3

–7.3
–10.7
–11.8
–12.2
–1.3
–2.9
–10.9
–4.6
–6.3
0.4
1.1

2.3
11.7

2.1
3.2

2.0
2.4

1.9
1.6

1.8
1.7

1.7
0.0

2.0
1.4

1.9
–0.8

0.9
3.1
–2.1

10.5
3.1
7.5

6.0
3.1
2.8

2.8
–0.9
3.7

0.7
–1.0
1.7

0.6
–0.9
1.4

3.1
0.8
2.5

6.5
0.7
5.7

15.0
5.4
1.6
3.8
–24.4
–25.7
–2.8
3.6
–10.7
–3.1
1.4
–14.1
1.3

15.2
8.0
1.6
6.3
–8.3
–7.1
–1.4
3.6
–5.8
–5.1
–0.4
2.1
–1.2

15.4
–1.0
1.7
–2.6
7.2
6.7
3.7
3.2
–1.7
–1.9
1.8
1.6
0.4

–2.0
12.6
4.7
7.8
12.6
12.5
8.0
2.0
4.3
–3.7
0.7
1.2
0.1

–1.5
10.8
4.8
6.1
3.7
3.8
–1.7
0.8
5.2
–4.4
–1.3
5.2
0.0

–1.1
10.0
4.8
5.2
6.3
6.3
0.7
0.8
2.0
2.9
1.8
–1.7
–0.1

8.1
–5.8
–11.8
6.0
–10.7
–11.0
3.1
1.1
–13.6
–4.4
0.4
2.2
0.3

8.3
–5.7
–11.8
6.1
–7.1
–6.7
0.9
2.3
–10.5
–3.7
1.4
2.9
–0.3

–88.8
105.2
50.2
42.5
41.9
43.5
12.3
31.3
–1.6
–0.4
1.0
0.0
1.0
7.6

6.4
14.3
56.0
79.3
79.7
57.3
22.7
34.6
22.4
–0.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
–23.2

4.7
10.6
48.6
61.2
61.5
24.1
–1.6
25.7
37.5
–0.5
0.1
0.1
0.0
–12.6

3.7
13.8
38.7
28.7
30.4
19.7
–3.3
23.0
10.6
–1.9
0.3
0.2
0.0
10.0

3.2
11.5
23.4
18.7
20.5
–21.6
–13.3
–8.3
42.2
–2.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
4.7

0.6
5.9
15.4
–23.5
–21.7
–29.9
–15.1
–14.8
8.1
–1.9
0.3
0.2
0.0
38.8

3.0
2.7
14.4
80.2
76.6
36.4
24.4
12.0
40.2
3.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
–65.8

–1.3
–2.3
–5.0
26.3
22.7
6.9
–0.7
7.7
15.8
3.3
0.2
0.3
0.0
–31.2

126.6
7.6

32.7
9.2

9.1
2.8

3.3
–0.7

11.0
2.6

25.0
26.4

–9.9
–24.7

–23.1
–29.2

p Preliminary
r Revised
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
2009

2010

2010
I

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.....

II

2011
III

IV

II r

I

–530.0
–271.9
–280.6
–311.8
–144.3
–80.0
–167.3
–60.1
–107.3
31.2
8.6

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

199.5
48.1
30.2
20.8
–4.1
–0.8
24.8
3.6
21.3
9.4
17.9

187.9
107.5
98.2
90.5
21.7
18.3
68.9
17.1
51.7
7.7
9.3

127.6
62.2
54.7
61.2
11.9
8.6
49.3
11.4
37.9
–6.4
7.5

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

145.7
89.9
78.7
77.9
16.4
11.1
61.6
17.5
44.1
0.8
11.1

20.7
–12.1

16.8
15.2

7.2
10.7

4.2
5.1

4.4
3.1

4.8
1.2

6.2
14.5

5.7
5.5

–156.7
–12.6
–144.1

95.2
13.0
82.2

33.2
3.2
30.1

43.9
1.2
42.6

31.4
12.5
19.0

24.5
1.8
22.7

14.1
6.0
8.1

10.9
1.2
9.7

74.3
–457.7
–273.1
–184.6
258.9
257.5
59.0
32.2
35.9
79.7
6.5
44.3
1.4

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

18.2
57.3
–11.9
69.2
57.2
57.5
2.9
2.9
8.6
4.1
2.0
37.1
–0.3

5.0
31.2
–12.0
43.2
10.0
10.0
9.7
5.9
3.2
–15.4
1.5
5.1
0.0

3.7
–1.1
–30.2
29.0
37.3
37.3
5.6
9.9
15.4
–1.6
1.7
6.2
–0.1

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

–23.2
–294.3
–235.7
–195.9
–169.4
–184.2
–79.3
–105.0
14.9
–31.9
5.5
4.2
1.2
–39.7

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

14.5
20.0
179.6
106.0
113.7
68.1
19.2
49.0
45.5
–11.8
4.1
1.9
2.3
73.6

9.7
29.0
158.9
69.8
81.1
2.0
13.7
–11.8
79.1
–13.9
2.6
1.4
1.0
89.2

5.8
37.4
90.2
87.8
91.8
46.4
15.8
30.7
45.4
–6.3
2.3
1.0
1.4
2.3

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

11.3
35.2
110.5
100.5
104.3
30.5
–10.7
41.1
73.9
–4.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
10.0

–742.6
–236.8

113.3
178.9

87.9
117.1

153.1
135.3

59.2
56.6

21.0
37.6

163.1
31.2

35.9
14.9

r Revised
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
January

February

April r

March

May r

June r

July r

August 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..................................................................................

1.2
0.9
0.9
0.9

0.6
0.6
0.7
0.3

0.5
0.4
0.5
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2

–0.1
–0.1
–0.2
0.1

0.1
4.2
0.3
0.2
0.5
–1.0
–8.9
8.4
0.4

1.0
4.1
0.4
0.2
0.8
–0.4
0.7
1.1
0.5

0.5
4.0
–0.1
0.2
–0.3
0.3
0.5
0.8
0.4

0.2
–0.5
0.7
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.4
1.0
0.3

0.1
–0.4
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.2

0.1
–0.3
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.1

0.3
2.1
–0.3
–1.2
0.8
–0.5
0.3
0.2
0.1

0.6
2.1
–0.3
–1.2
0.8
–0.3
–0.1
–0.2
0.0

0.4
1.2
1.1
1.3
0.0

0.8
1.6
2.0
1.4
0.3

0.6
0.7
–0.1
1.1
0.5

0.3
0.5
–0.3
0.9
0.2

0.2
–0.6
–1.2
–0.3
0.6

–0.2
–0.8
–1.3
–0.6
0.1

0.7
1.0
2.2
0.5
0.6

0.2
0.2
–0.1
0.3
0.2

0.3
0.3

–0.1
–0.2

–0.2
–0.3

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

1.4
0.1

0.4
0.1

0.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

0.1
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009

2010

2010
I

II

2011
III

IV

II r

I

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

–4.3
–3.4
–4.3
0.6

3.7
2.2
2.2
2.1

6.9
2.5
1.9
4.8

6.3
5.6
6.4
2.4

4.2
3.2
3.5
1.9

4.1
1.4
1.4
1.6

8.8
6.2
6.4
5.4

4.6
4.5
4.9
2.8

–14.3
32.1
–21.1
–19.8
–23.6
13.8
–2.3
–20.5
–2.1

10.1
14.5
0.8
–9.5
19.9
6.7
2.4
4.6
3.6

14.8
24.3
14.8
–4.5
55.0
10.9
6.2
7.3
6.8

19.1
5.9
7.6
–4.6
28.5
1.8
4.0
10.5
5.9

12.8
4.3
–0.3
–11.4
17.4
6.8
2.4
13.4
3.3

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
5.1
10.7
3.9

–1.7
–5.4
–7.1
–4.6
0.2

3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
2.8

4.6
8.6
7.6
9.1
2.7

3.2
0.2
5.3
–2.0
4.8

3.7
5.7
6.0
5.5
2.7

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

0.2
1.5

1.8
1.2

0.4
0.6

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

–7.6
–2.3

1.3
1.8

1.0
4.9

1.7
5.6

0.7
2.3

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

February

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

August p

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

9,348.6
3,327.0
1,262.8
2,070.8
6,027.8

9,382.1
3,355.3
1,285.2
2,079.3
6,034.2

9,399.5
3,351.0
1,284.1
2,076.2
6,055.2

9,394.2
3,348.0
1,277.3
2,078.8
6,052.7

9,395.7
3,328.4
1,261.1
2,073.2
6,072.6

9,388.4
3,317.3
1,242.1
2,077.7
6,075.7

9,421.2
3,328.1
1,269.8
2,066.3
6,097.8

9,418.2
3,320.5
1,270.9
2,058.7
6,101.8

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

3.3
15.9
13.0
4.6
–11.4

33.5
28.3
22.4
8.5
6.4

17.4
–4.3
–1.1
–3.1
21.0

–5.3
–3.0
–6.8
2.6
–2.5

1.5
–19.6
–16.2
–5.6
19.9

–7.3
–11.1
–19.0
4.5
3.1

32.8
10.8
27.7
–11.4
22.1

–3.0
–7.6
1.1
–7.6
4.0

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

0.0
0.5
1.0
0.2
–0.2

0.4
0.8
1.8
0.4
0.1

0.2
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.3

–0.1
–0.1
–0.5
0.1
0.0

0.0
–0.6
–1.3
–0.3
0.3

–0.1
–0.3
–1.5
0.2
0.1

0.4
0.3
2.2
–0.5
0.4

0.0
–0.2
0.1
–0.4
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
2009

2010

2010
I

II

2011
III

IV

I

II r

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

48.3
38.4
35.0
8.0
11.6

16.0
–13.2
–17.2
1.2
27.9

2.1
4.7
11.7
1.6
0.8

0.7
–1.6
–5.3
0.2
1.9

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

9,037.5
3,098.0
1,108.3
1,983.4
5,935.5

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

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

–174.2
–94.9
–63.5
–35.7
–81.5

183.4
132.7
80.0
57.9
56.3

9,121.2
3,173.3
1,147.5
2,021.1
5,947.4

9,186.9
3,202.9
1,169.3
2,030.8
5,984.3

9,247.1
3,240.8
1,194.1
2,045.8
6,008.1

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
61.0
48.7
26.7
23.4
14.5

65.7
29.6
21.8
9.7
36.9

60.2
37.9
24.8
15.0
23.8

81.3
65.2
48.3
21.6
19.4

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

–1.9
–3.0
–5.4
–1.8
–1.4

2.0
4.3
7.2
2.9
0.9

2.7
6.4
9.9
4.8
1.0

2.9
3.8
7.8
1.9
2.5

2.6
4.8
8.8
3.0
1.6

3.6
8.3
17.2
4.3
1.3

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

February

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

August 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 .......................

112.299
106.586
90.253
116.199
115.336

112.747
107.396
90.438
117.389
115.584

113.194
108.254
90.394
118.801
115.801

113.580
108.935
90.619
119.756
116.026

113.780
108.929
90.720
119.681
116.341

113.637
108.391
90.897
118.711
116.413

114.054
109.134
90.835
119.939
116.653

114.332
109.590
90.701
120.758
116.834

110.803
115.158
132.887
111.996
110.213

110.974
116.089
137.557
112.514
110.421

111.112
117.106
142.690
112.984
110.539

111.329
117.595
145.959
113.402
110.767

111.622
118.000
144.180
113.580
111.049

111.804
118.171
137.723
113.452
111.299

112.026
118.604
141.590
113.879
111.502

112.189
119.316
143.289
114.221
111.722

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

0.4
0.8
0.1
1.1
0.2

0.4
0.8
0.2
1.0
0.2

0.4
0.8
0.0
1.2
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.2
0.8
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
0.2
–0.8
0.1

0.4
0.7
–0.1
1.0
0.2

0.2
0.4
–0.1
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.7
2.3
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.8
3.5
0.5
0.2

0.1
0.9
3.7
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.4
2.3
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.3
–1.2
0.2
0.3

0.2
0.1
–4.5
–0.1
0.2

0.2
0.4
2.8
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.6
1.2
0.3
0.2

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
January
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

2.8
2.9
5.8
12.0
3.0
1.5

February

April r

March

2.7
2.9
5.9
12.8
2.8
1.4

2.4
2.6
4.5
9.3
2.3
1.7

May r
1.8
2.5
4.7
9.2
2.6
1.4

June r
1.2
2.2
4.0
7.8
2.2
1.4

July r
1.2
2.0
3.4
6.3
1.9
1.4

August p
0.9
2.2
3.5
7.1
1.9
1.6

0.3
1.8
2.3
7.0
0.2
1.5

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
January
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 .......................

February

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

August p

1.5
1.2
–2.3
3.0
1.6

1.8
2.1
–1.8
4.0
1.6

2.0
3.0
–1.8
5.4
1.5

2.4
3.9
–1.4
6.5
1.6

2.6
4.4
–1.0
7.1
1.7

2.6
4.5
–0.5
7.0
1.7

2.8
4.7
–0.2
7.2
1.8

2.9
4.8
–0.5
7.4
1.9

1.0
1.8
7.9
1.3
0.8

1.1
2.4
11.9
1.7
0.9

1.0
3.1
16.5
2.1
1.0

1.2
3.3
19.8
2.5
1.1

1.3
3.6
21.9
2.7
1.3

1.4
3.9
20.8
2.8
1.4

1.6
4.3
20.1
2.9
1.5

1.6
4.8
19.6
3.0
1.6

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.