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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
BEA 12-45

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 2012
Personal income increased $15.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $12.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $57.2 billion, or 0.5 percent. In July,
personal income increased $18.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $15.4 billion, or 0.1 percent,
and PCE increased $45.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.3 percent in August, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent
in July. Real PCE increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.
2012
May
June
July
(Percent change from preceding month)

Apr.

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

Aug.

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1
0.1

0.3
0.5

0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1

0.1
-0.3

0.2
0.2

-0.2
0.0

0.0
-0.1

0.4
0.4

0.5
0.1

________________________

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 increased $4.7 billion in August, compared with an
increase of $9.3 billion in July. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $6.4 billion, in
contrast to an increase of $3.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $5.2 billion, in contrast to an
increase of $3.4 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $11.2 billion, compared
with an increase of $6.0 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $0.7 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $0.7 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $3.3 billion in August, compared with an increase
of $3.6 billion in July.
Proprietors' income increased $7.3 billion in August, compared with an increase of $6.5 billion in
July. Farm proprietors' income increased $4.4 billion in August, the same increase as in July.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $2.9 billion in August, compared with an increase of $2.1
billion in July.
Rental income of persons increased $5.3 billion in August, compared with an increase of $5.1
billion in July. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $4.3 billion, compared with a decrease of $13.1 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts decreased $1.4 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of
$9.5 billion in July. Within current transfer receipts, government social benefits to persons for
Medicare increased $2.3 billion, compared with an increase of $6.9 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $0.7 billion in August, compared with an increase of $1.4 billion in July.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $2.4 billion in August, compared with an increase of $3.1 billion
in July. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$12.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, in August, compared with an increase of $15.4 billion, or 0.1 percent, in
July.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $60.0 billion in August, compared with an increase of $48.2 billion in July. PCE increased
$57.2 billion, compared with an increase of $45.4 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $444.8 billion in August, compared with
$492.2 billion in July. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 3.7 percent
in August, compared with 4.1 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.

Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.3 percent in August, in contrast
to an increase of 0.1 percent in July.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in August, compared
with an increase of 0.4 percent in July. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.5 percent in August,
the same increase as in July. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most of the increase
in August. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.3 percent in August, compared with an
increase of 0.6 percent in July. Purchases of services decreased 0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase
of 0.3 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.4 percent in August, compared with an increase of less than
0.1 percent in July. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in
August, the same increase as in July.

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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

46.1

41.6

0.3

0.3

42.3

18.5

0.3

0.1

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

37.4
21.4

34.2
20.9

0.3
0.2

0.3
0.2

39.9
33.5

15.4
9.7

0.3
0.3

0.1
0.1

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

3.5
-7.2

-2.2
-9.9

0.0
-0.1

0.0
-0.1

46.0
38.9

45.4
35.8

0.4
0.4

0.4
0.4

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
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Next release -- October 29, 2012 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
Line

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received...............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements ......................................................
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......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
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
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income .....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts.......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 1 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ........................................................................................
25
Medicaid ...........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance.................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other.................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ....
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 3 ..................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4.....................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2005) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 5 .......................................................

2012

Line

January

February

March

April r

May r

June r

July r

August p

13,148.4
8,440.7
6,776.7
5,579.0
1,133.5
716.4
4,445.6
1,074.8
3,370.8
1,197.6
1,664.0
1,156.9
507.1

13,234.7
8,501.7
6,831.5
5,632.1
1,145.6
723.5
4,486.4
1,086.4
3,400.0
1,199.4
1,670.2
1,159.5
510.6

13,298.3
8,544.6
6,869.4
5,669.2
1,153.0
729.2
4,516.2
1,088.7
3,427.5
1,200.2
1,675.2
1,162.3
512.9

13,320.1
8,544.6
6,867.0
5,666.8
1,148.8
726.8
4,518.0
1,091.8
3,426.2
1,200.1
1,677.6
1,164.9
512.7

13,355.3
8,555.5
6,874.9
5,675.3
1,142.9
723.4
4,532.4
1,094.6
3,437.8
1,199.6
1,680.5
1,167.7
512.9

13,396.9
8,585.8
6,901.4
5,701.7
1,149.3
728.4
4,552.4
1,101.1
3,451.3
1,199.7
1,684.3
1,170.4
513.9

13,415.4
8,597.9
6,909.9
5,711.0
1,152.5
731.8
4,558.4
1,100.9
3,457.5
1,199.0
1,687.9
1,173.1
514.8

13,430.4
8,606.6
6,915.4
5,715.7
1,146.1
726.6
4,569.6
1,102.4
3,467.2
1,199.7
1,691.2
1,176.2
515.0

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

1,174.1
53.1
1,121.0
439.2
1,690.1
988.8
701.3
2,341.3
2,296.0
749.2
554.1
394.8
97.5
67.3
433.0
45.2
937.0
1,439.6
11,708.8
11,278.0
10,941.8
3,721.8
1,197.9
2,523.9
7,220.0
170.4
165.8
90.3
75.5
430.8
3.7

1,188.6
52.3
1,136.3
445.3
1,695.8
991.8
704.0
2,346.5
2,301.2
752.1
555.7
397.7
94.1
68.5
433.1
45.3
943.2
1,452.0
11,782.7
11,367.2
11,025.8
3,765.7
1,208.8
2,556.9
7,260.1
175.4
166.1
90.5
75.5
415.4
3.5

1,190.4
51.4
1,139.0
451.3
1,703.2
994.9
708.3
2,356.2
2,310.9
758.2
557.9
400.3
91.0
70.7
432.8
45.4
947.4
1,460.6
11,837.7
11,400.8
11,054.1
3,780.2
1,207.1
2,573.1
7,273.9
180.4
166.3
90.8
75.5
436.8
3.7

1,192.3
51.9
1,140.3
451.7
1,717.3
1,000.5
716.8
2,361.2
2,315.4
756.8
556.2
408.1
89.5
71.1
433.8
45.8
947.0
1,464.8
11,855.2
11,423.6
11,080.3
3,769.3
1,202.0
2,567.3
7,311.0
175.8
167.5
91.1
76.4
431.6
3.6

1,196.5
52.5
1,144.0
452.8
1,733.6
1,006.1
727.4
2,364.7
2,319.0
756.8
557.4
415.7
83.6
71.9
433.7
45.7
947.7
1,470.4
11,884.9
11,400.7
11,061.7
3,734.1
1,199.1
2,535.0
7,327.6
171.2
167.7
91.3
76.4
484.2
4.1

1,196.0
53.1
1,142.9
454.1
1,741.4
1,011.8
729.7
2,369.7
2,323.9
764.6
557.2
417.8
78.4
71.6
434.3
45.8
950.2
1,477.8
11,919.1
11,394.1
11,059.5
3,721.0
1,199.7
2,521.3
7,338.4
166.7
168.0
91.6
76.4
525.0
4.4

1,202.5
57.5
1,145.0
459.2
1,728.3
999.2
729.1
2,379.2
2,333.2
762.1
564.1
418.1
77.9
73.8
437.1
46.0
951.6
1,480.9
11,934.5
11,442.3
11,104.9
3,743.6
1,201.4
2,542.2
7,361.3
169.2
168.2
91.8
76.4
492.2
4.1

1,209.8
61.9
1,147.9
464.5
1,724.0
986.6
737.4
2,377.8
2,331.6
759.7
566.4
419.0
75.3
74.7
436.5
46.1
952.3
1,483.3
11,947.0
11,502.3
11,162.1
3,789.8
1,205.4
2,584.4
7,372.4
171.7
168.5
92.1
76.4
444.8
3.7

14
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

9,400.7

9,440.8

9,465.6

9,478.8

9,525.2

9,548.9

9,553.3

9,526.1 45

10,185.0

10,216.4

10,240.4

10,254.1

10,300.4

10,321.3

10,331.0

10,297.1 46

37,375
32,511
313,278

37,591
32,594
313,440

37,747
32,653
313,610

37,781
32,678
313,788

37,854
32,807
313,972

37,939
32,853
314,168

37,962
32,862
314,378

37,976 47
32,731 48
314,593 49

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
Line

2010

2011

2011
I

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received...............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements ......................................................
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......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
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
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income .....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts.......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 1 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ........................................................................................
25
Medicaid ...........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance.................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other.................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ....
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 3 ..................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4.....................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2005) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 5 .......................................................

II

2012
III

IV

I

Line
II r

12,321.9
7,970.0
6,404.6
5,213.3
1,057.5
674.1
4,155.8
1,005.5
3,150.3
1,191.3
1,565.4
1,097.3
468.1

12,947.3
8,295.2
6,661.3
5,466.0
1,108.6
706.6
4,357.4
1,050.1
3,307.3
1,195.3
1,633.9
1,139.0
494.9

12,856.5
8,236.3
6,618.5
5,424.7
1,102.6
708.3
4,322.1
1,043.1
3,279.1
1,193.8
1,617.8
1,125.0
492.7

12,938.9
8,286.4
6,656.2
5,458.8
1,107.9
707.0
4,351.0
1,046.8
3,304.2
1,197.4
1,630.2
1,135.4
494.8

12,976.3
8,318.1
6,678.1
5,480.4
1,116.4
710.1
4,364.0
1,054.2
3,309.9
1,197.7
1,640.0
1,144.2
495.8

13,017.4
8,340.1
6,692.4
5,499.9
1,107.4
701.0
4,392.5
1,056.6
3,335.9
1,192.5
1,647.7
1,151.5
496.2

13,227.1
8,495.7
6,825.9
5,626.8
1,144.0
723.1
4,482.7
1,083.3
3,399.4
1,199.1
1,669.8
1,159.6
510.2

13,357.4
8,561.9
6,881.1
5,681.3
1,147.0
726.2
4,534.3
1,095.8
3,438.4
1,199.8
1,680.8
1,167.7
513.2

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

1,103.4
44.3
1,059.1
349.2
1,598.3
1,016.6
581.7
2,284.3
2,236.9
690.2
515.3
396.6
138.9
57.9
438.1
47.4
983.3
1,194.8
11,127.1
10,560.4
10,215.7
3,364.9
1,079.4
2,285.5
6,850.9
183.8
160.9
87.4
73.5
566.7
5.1

1,157.3
54.6
1,102.8
409.7
1,685.1
1,008.8
676.3
2,319.2
2,274.3
713.3
545.1
403.9
108.0
63.3
440.8
44.9
919.3
1,398.0
11,549.3
11,059.9
10,729.0
3,624.8
1,146.4
2,478.4
7,104.2
168.0
162.8
88.9
73.9
489.4
4.2

1,148.0
56.0
1,092.0
390.0
1,674.3
1,017.5
656.9
2,322.5
2,276.0
703.1
535.1
418.8
119.1
61.2
438.7
46.5
914.5
1,372.5
11,484.1
10,898.1
10,566.3
3,561.4
1,133.9
2,427.5
7,004.9
170.1
161.7
88.3
73.5
585.9
5.1

1,154.7
52.6
1,102.1
404.7
1,692.4
1,025.3
667.1
2,319.9
2,274.8
712.0
543.1
408.7
108.8
62.4
439.8
45.1
919.2
1,396.6
11,542.3
11,015.1
10,684.9
3,604.3
1,131.8
2,472.4
7,080.6
167.8
162.4
88.6
73.8
527.2
4.6

1,161.4
55.3
1,106.1
413.8
1,689.1
1,004.4
684.7
2,314.7
2,270.4
716.0
549.1
396.1
103.0
64.9
441.3
44.3
920.8
1,403.8
11,572.6
11,120.9
10,791.2
3,643.6
1,144.8
2,498.7
7,147.6
167.3
162.4
89.1
73.3
451.6
3.9

1,165.3
54.4
1,110.9
430.3
1,684.6
988.0
696.6
2,319.9
2,276.0
721.9
553.1
392.0
100.9
64.7
443.5
43.9
922.8
1,419.1
11,598.3
11,205.6
10,873.8
3,690.0
1,175.1
2,515.0
7,183.8
167.0
164.8
89.8
75.1
392.7
3.4

1,184.3
52.3
1,132.1
445.3
1,696.4
991.8
704.6
2,348.0
2,302.7
753.2
555.9
397.6
94.2
68.8
433.0
45.3
942.6
1,450.8
11,776.4
11,348.7
11,007.2
3,755.9
1,204.6
2,551.3
7,251.3
175.4
166.1
90.5
75.5
427.7
3.6

1,194.9
52.5
1,142.4
452.8
1,730.8
1,006.1
724.6
2,365.2
2,319.5
759.4
556.9
413.9
83.8
71.5
433.9
45.8
948.3
1,471.0
11,886.4
11,406.1
11,067.2
3,741.5
1,200.3
2,541.2
7,325.7
171.2
167.7
91.3
76.4
480.3
4.0

14
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

9,035.8

9,340.0

9,352.3

9,345.2

9,328.6

9,335.4

9,435.7

9,517.6 45

10,016.5

10,149.7

10,195.7

10,157.8

10,125.6

10,121.5

10,213.9

10,291.9 46

35,920
32,335
309,774

37,012
32,527
312,040

36,904
32,764
311,184

37,028
32,587
311,717

37,052
32,420
312,330

37,064
32,345
312,929

37,571
32,586
313,443

37,858 47
32,779 48
313,976 49

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
Line

2012
January

1 Personal income ....................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received ............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements....................................................
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 ...................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries..............................................
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
Farm ..................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm.............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
18 Personal income receipts on assets.................................................
19
Personal interest income ...................................................................
20
Personal dividend income .................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons .............................................
23
Social security 1 .............................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid.........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance...............................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits...........................................................................
28
Other ..............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ..........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
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 3 ................................................................
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, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ....................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 ........

February

March

April r

Line
May r

June r

July r

August p

116.2
104.2
89.1
83.1
24.8
13.9
58.5
19.1
39.4
5.8
15.2
3.3
11.9

86.3
61.0
54.8
53.1
12.1
7.1
40.8
11.6
29.2
1.8
6.2
2.6
3.5

63.6
42.9
37.9
37.1
7.4
5.7
29.8
2.3
27.5
0.8
5.0
2.8
2.3

21.8
0.0
–2.4
–2.4
–4.2
–2.4
1.8
3.1
–1.3
–0.1
2.4
2.6
–0.2

35.2
10.9
7.9
8.5
–5.9
–3.4
14.4
2.8
11.6
–0.5
2.9
2.8
0.2

41.6
30.3
26.5
26.4
6.4
5.0
20.0
6.5
13.5
0.1
3.8
2.7
1.0

18.5
12.1
8.5
9.3
3.2
3.4
6.0
–0.2
6.2
–0.7
3.6
2.7
0.9

15.0
8.7
5.5
4.7
–6.4
–5.2
11.2
1.5
9.7
0.7
3.3
3.1
0.2

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

4.3
–0.9
5.2
5.9
2.3
3.0
–0.7
14.9
13.2
20.5
0.1
2.7
–1.0
2.2
–11.4
1.6
15.4
16.5
99.7
61.3
55.5
37.7
18.8
18.9
17.8
5.1
0.7
0.3
0.4
38.5

14.5
–0.8
15.3
6.1
5.7
3.0
2.7
5.2
5.2
2.9
1.6
2.9
–3.4
1.2
0.1
0.1
6.2
12.4
73.9
89.2
84.0
43.9
10.9
33.0
40.1
5.0
0.3
0.2
0.0
–15.4

1.8
–0.9
2.7
6.0
7.4
3.1
4.3
9.7
9.7
6.1
2.2
2.6
–3.1
2.2
–0.3
0.1
4.2
8.6
55.0
33.6
28.3
14.5
–1.7
16.2
13.8
5.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
21.4

1.9
0.5
1.3
0.4
14.1
5.6
8.5
5.0
4.5
–1.4
–1.7
7.8
–1.5
0.4
1.0
0.4
–0.4
4.2
17.5
22.8
26.2
–10.9
–5.1
–5.8
37.1
–4.6
1.2
0.3
0.9
–5.2

4.2
0.6
3.7
1.1
16.3
5.6
10.6
3.5
3.6
0.0
1.2
7.6
–5.9
0.8
–0.1
–0.1
0.7
5.6
29.7
–22.9
–18.6
–35.2
–2.9
–32.3
16.6
–4.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
52.6

–0.5
0.6
–1.1
1.3
7.8
5.7
2.3
5.0
4.9
7.8
–0.2
2.1
–5.2
–0.3
0.6
0.1
2.5
7.4
34.2
–6.6
–2.2
–13.1
0.6
–13.7
10.8
–4.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
40.8

6.5
4.4
2.1
5.1
–13.1
–12.6
–0.6
9.5
9.3
–2.5
6.9
0.3
–0.5
2.2
2.8
0.2
1.4
3.1
15.4
48.2
45.4
22.6
1.7
20.9
22.9
2.5
0.2
0.2
0.0
–32.8

7.3
4.4
2.9
5.3
–4.3
–12.6
8.3
–1.4
–1.6
–2.4
2.3
0.9
–2.6
0.9
–0.6
0.1
0.7
2.4
12.5
60.0
57.2
46.2
4.0
42.2
11.1
2.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
–47.4

14
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

64.8
61.4

40.1
31.4

24.8
24.0

13.2
13.7

46.4
46.3

23.7
20.9

4.4
9.7

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.

–27.2 44
–33.9 45

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

2010

2011

2011
I

1 Personal income ....................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received ............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements....................................................
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 ...................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries..............................................
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
Farm ..................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm.............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
18 Personal income receipts on assets.................................................
19
Personal interest income ...................................................................
20
Personal dividend income .................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons .............................................
23
Social security 1 .............................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid.........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance...............................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits...........................................................................
28
Other ..............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ..........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
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 3 ................................................................
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, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ....................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 ........

II

2012
III

IV

I

Line
II r

454.9
175.6
134.3
118.2
–5.8
12.6
124.0
16.4
107.6
16.1
41.4
30.1
11.2

625.4
325.2
256.7
252.7
51.1
32.5
201.6
44.6
157.0
4.0
68.5
41.7
26.8

346.6
179.7
143.3
140.7
33.8
23.0
106.8
26.9
80.0
2.6
36.4
12.9
23.4

82.4
50.1
37.7
34.1
5.3
–1.3
28.9
3.7
25.1
3.6
12.4
10.4
2.1

37.4
31.7
21.9
21.6
8.5
3.1
13.0
7.4
5.7
0.3
9.8
8.8
1.0

41.1
22.0
14.3
19.5
–9.0
–9.1
28.5
2.4
26.0
–5.2
7.7
7.3
0.4

209.7
155.6
133.5
126.9
36.6
22.1
90.2
26.7
63.5
6.6
22.1
8.1
14.0

130.3
66.2
55.2
54.5
3.0
3.1
51.6
12.5
39.0
0.7
11.0
8.1
3.0

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

124.0
4.4
119.6
59.5
–28.2
–76.7
48.5
144.2
136.4
25.7
20.8
27.4
7.7
6.4
48.4
7.8
20.2
50.2
404.7
346.1
369.8
170.5
49.8
120.7
199.4
–33.3
9.6
2.2
7.4
58.5

53.9
10.3
43.7
60.5
86.8
–7.8
94.6
34.9
37.4
23.1
29.8
7.3
–30.9
5.4
2.7
–2.5
–64.0
203.2
422.2
499.5
513.3
259.9
67.0
192.9
253.3
–15.8
1.9
1.5
0.4
–77.3

8.8
8.4
0.4
36.0
42.2
9.8
32.5
6.3
8.7
3.3
9.5
4.8
–7.8
1.8
–2.8
–2.5
–73.7
135.0
211.7
164.8
164.4
102.8
18.2
84.6
61.6
–0.1
0.6
0.3
0.4
46.8

6.7
–3.4
10.1
14.7
18.1
7.8
10.2
–2.6
–1.2
8.9
8.0
–10.1
–10.3
1.2
1.1
–1.4
4.7
24.1
58.2
117.0
118.6
42.9
–2.1
44.9
75.7
–2.3
0.7
0.3
0.3
–58.7

6.7
2.7
4.0
9.1
–3.3
–20.9
17.6
–5.2
–4.4
4.0
6.0
–12.6
–5.8
2.5
1.5
–0.8
1.6
7.2
30.3
105.8
106.3
39.3
13.0
26.3
67.0
–0.5
0.0
0.5
–0.5
–75.6

3.9
–0.9
4.8
16.5
–4.5
–16.4
11.9
5.2
5.6
5.9
4.0
–4.1
–2.1
–0.2
2.2
–0.4
2.0
15.3
25.7
84.7
82.6
46.4
30.3
16.3
36.2
–0.3
2.4
0.7
1.8
–58.9

19.0
–2.1
21.2
15.0
11.8
3.8
8.0
28.1
26.7
31.3
2.8
5.6
–6.7
4.1
–10.5
1.4
19.8
31.7
178.1
143.1
133.4
65.9
29.5
36.3
67.5
8.4
1.3
0.7
0.4
35.0

10.6
0.2
10.3
7.5
34.4
14.3
20.0
17.2
16.8
6.2
1.0
16.3
–10.4
2.7
0.9
0.5
5.7
20.2
110.0
57.4
60.0
–14.4
–4.3
–10.1
74.4
–4.2
1.6
0.8
0.9
52.6

14
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

112.4
179.8

304.2
133.2

230.2
108.3

–7.1
–37.9

–16.6
–32.2

6.8
–4.1

100.3
92.4

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.

81.9 44
78.0 45

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

2012
January

February

March

April

r

Line
May

r

June

r

July

r

August

p

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income ..........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received .......................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements .............................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries........................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets ...........................................
8
Personal interest income .........................................................
9
Personal dividend income .......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts...............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ......................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ........................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures...........................................
15
Goods......................................................................................
16
Durable goods......................................................................
17
Nondurable goods................................................................
18
Services ..................................................................................

0.9
1.3
1.3
0.9

0.7
0.7
0.8
0.4

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2

1
2
3
4

0.4
1.4
0.1
0.3
–0.1
0.6
1.7
1.2
0.9

1.2
1.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.7
0.9
0.6

0.2
1.3
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.5

0.2
0.1
0.8
0.6
1.2
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.1

0.4
0.2
0.9
0.6
1.5
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.3

0.0
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.3

0.5
1.1
–0.8
–1.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1

0.6
1.2
–0.2
–1.3
1.1
–0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.5
1.0
1.6
0.8
0.2

0.8
1.2
0.9
1.3
0.6

0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.6
0.2

0.2
–0.3
–0.4
–0.2
0.5

–0.2
–0.9
–0.2
–1.3
0.2

0.0
–0.4
0.1
–0.5
0.1

0.4
0.6
0.1
0.8
0.3

0.5
1.2
0.3
1.7
0.2

14
15
16
17
18

0.1
0.1

0.5
0.5

0.2
0.2

0.0
0.1

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts ..........
Real disposable personal income...............................................

0.7
0.6

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.2

–0.3 19
–0.3 20

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2010

2011

2011
I

II

2012
III

IV

I

Line
II

r

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income ..........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received .......................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements .............................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries........................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets ...........................................
8
Personal interest income .........................................................
9
Personal dividend income .......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts...............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ......................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ........................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures...........................................
15
Goods......................................................................................
16
Durable goods......................................................................
17
Nondurable goods................................................................
18
Services ..................................................................................

3.8
2.3
2.1
2.7

5.1
4.1
4.0
4.4

11.6
9.2
9.1
9.5

2.6
2.5
2.3
3.1

1.2
1.5
1.3
2.4

1.3
1.1
0.9
1.9

6.6
7.7
8.2
5.5

4.0
3.2
3.3
2.7

1
2
3
4

12.7
20.5
–1.7
–7.0
9.1
6.7
2.1
4.4
3.8

4.9
17.3
5.4
–0.8
16.3
1.5
–6.5
17.0
3.8

3.1
47.3
10.8
3.9
22.4
1.1
–26.7
51.3
7.7

2.3
15.9
4.4
3.1
6.4
–0.4
2.1
7.2
2.0

2.4
9.4
–0.8
–7.9
10.9
–0.9
0.7
2.1
1.1

1.3
16.9
–1.0
–6.4
7.2
0.9
0.9
4.4
0.9

6.7
14.7
2.8
1.5
4.6
4.9
8.8
9.2
6.3

3.6
7.0
8.4
5.9
11.9
3.0
2.5
5.7
3.8

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.8
5.3
4.8
5.6
3.0

5.0
7.7
6.2
8.4
3.7

6.5
12.4
6.7
15.2
3.6

4.6
4.9
–0.7
7.6
4.4

4.0
4.4
4.7
4.3
3.8

3.1
5.2
11.0
2.6
2.0

5.0
7.3
10.4
5.9
3.8

2.2
–1.5
–1.4
–1.6
4.2

14
15
16
17
18

–0.3
–1.5

–0.7
–1.3

0.3
–0.2

4.4
3.7

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts ..........
Real disposable personal income...............................................

r Revised

1.3
1.8

3.4
1.3

10.5
4.4

3.5 19
3.1 20

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2012
Line

January

February

March

April r

May r

June r

July r

August p

Line

Billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................

9,517.9
3,392.4
1,327.8
2,082.2
6,130.9

9,560.1
3,412.4
1,340.2
2,091.0
6,153.5

9,562.5
3,415.1
1,340.2
2,093.5
6,153.3

9,583.8
3,415.3
1,336.8
2,096.2
6,173.9

9,586.9
3,410.3
1,333.2
2,094.3
6,181.6

9,577.0
3,402.6
1,335.8
2,085.4
6,179.0

9,612.8
3,422.5
1,342.0
2,098.9
6,195.5

9,620.5
3,435.7
1,348.8
2,105.8
6,190.9

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
7 Goods .........................................................................................
8
Durable goods .........................................................................
9
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
10 Services......................................................................................

24.6
24.1
19.9
7.0
1.5

42.2
20.0
12.4
8.8
22.6

2.4
2.7
0.0
2.5
–0.2

21.3
0.2
–3.4
2.7
20.6

3.1
–5.0
–3.6
–1.9
7.7

–9.9
–7.7
2.6
–8.9
–2.6

35.8
19.9
6.2
13.5
16.5

–0.1
–0.2
0.2
–0.4
0.0

0.4
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.3

7.7 6
13.2 7
6.8 8
6.9 9
–4.6 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................

0.3
0.7
1.5
0.3
0.0

0.4
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.4

0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0

0.2
0.0
–0.3
0.1
0.3

0.0
–0.1
–0.3
–0.1
0.1

0.1
0.4
0.5
0.3
–0.1

11
12
13
14
15

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2010

2011

2011
I

II

2012
III

IV

I

Line
II

r

Billions of chained (2005) dollars
1 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................

9,196.2
3,209.1
1,178.3
2,029.3
5,987.6

9,428.8
3,331.0
1,262.6
2,075.2
6,101.5

9,380.9
3,320.3
1,249.4
2,075.3
6,064.8

9,403.2
3,312.2
1,242.3
2,073.5
6,094.0

9,441.9
3,323.5
1,258.6
2,071.4
6,121.1

9,489.3
3,367.9
1,300.1
2,080.5
6,126.0

9,546.8
3,406.6
1,336.1
2,088.9
6,145.9

9,582.5
3,409.4
1,335.3
2,092.0
6,178.2

1
2
3
4
5

38.7
11.3
16.3
–2.1
27.1

47.4
44.4
41.5
9.1
4.9

57.5
38.7
36.0
8.4
19.9

35.7 6
2.8 7
–0.8 8
3.1 9
32.3 10

1.7
1.4
5.4
–0.4
1.8

2.0
5.4
13.9
1.8
0.3

2.4
4.7
11.5
1.6
1.3

1.5
0.3
–0.2
0.6
2.1

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
6 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
7 Goods .........................................................................................
8
Durable goods .........................................................................
9
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
10 Services......................................................................................

163.6
110.9
69.2
46.5
57.0

232.6
121.9
84.3
45.9
113.9

72.4
43.8
21.7
23.3
29.9

22.3
–8.1
–7.1
–1.8
29.2

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars
11 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................
r Revised

1.8
3.6
6.2
2.3
1.0

2.5
3.8
7.2
2.3
1.9

3.1
5.4
7.3
4.6
2.0

1.0
–1.0
–2.3
–0.3
1.9

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2012
Line

January

February

March

April r

May r

June r

July r

August p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2005=100), seasonally adjusted
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
7 Food 1 .........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

114.964
109.714
90.219
121.214
117.767

115.335
110.358
90.187
122.283
117.986

115.602
110.696
90.065
122.912
118.214

115.618
110.369
89.917
122.473
118.420

115.386
109.499
89.938
121.043
118.541

115.483
109.361
89.809
120.900
118.766

115.525
109.383
89.522
121.119
118.819

116.026
110.307
89.365
122.727
119.087

1
2
3
4
5

112.949
120.457
140.909
114.881
112.530

113.104
120.437
146.004
115.282
112.686

113.313
120.597
147.531
115.530
112.863

113.460
120.716
144.835
115.526
113.007

113.574
120.576
138.079
115.301
113.183

113.774
120.869
135.958
115.396
113.398

113.842
120.862
135.607
115.453
113.487

113.966 6
120.955 7
143.436 8
116.051 9
113.663 10

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
16 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
17 Food 1 .........................................................................................
18 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
19 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
20 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

0.3
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
0.2

0.0
–0.3
–0.2
–0.4
0.2

–0.2
–0.8
0.0
–1.2
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.0
0.0
–0.3
0.2
0.0

0.4
0.8
–0.2
1.3
0.2

11
12
13
14
15

0.3
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

0.1
–0.1
–4.7
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.2
–1.5
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.3
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.1
5.8
0.5
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.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2012
Line

January

1 Disposable personal income ......................................................
2 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
3 Goods .........................................................................................
4
Durable goods .........................................................................
5
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
6 Services......................................................................................

–0.2
1.8
2.6
6.8
0.6
1.4

February
0.1
1.9
2.7
7.4
0.6
1.5

March
0.7
1.6
2.6
6.6
0.7
1.1

April

r

May r

0.8
1.8
2.4
6.5
0.5
1.5

1.5
1.9
3.0
7.4
1.0
1.4

June r

July r

1.6
2.0
3.5
8.6
1.2
1.3

August p
1.8
1.9
3.1
7.2
1.3
1.3

1.8
2.0
3.8
8.1
1.9
1.1

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2012
Line
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
7 Food 1 .........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

January

February

March

April r

May r

June r

July r

2.4
3.0
–0.5
4.6
2.2

2.4
2.9
–0.7
4.7
2.2

2.2
2.5
–0.8
4.0
2.1

1.9
1.6
–1.2
2.9
2.1

1.5
0.6
–1.3
1.4
2.0

1.5
0.4
–1.6
1.3
2.1

1.3
0.1
–1.8
1.0
1.9

1.9
4.6
6.8
2.6
2.1

1.9
3.9
8.0
2.6
2.0

2.0
3.2
5.4
2.3
2.0

1.9
2.9
1.5
2.0
2.0

1.7
2.4
–3.3
1.6
1.9

1.8
2.4
–3.6
1.6
1.9

1.6
2.0
–4.7
1.4
1.8

August p
1.5
0.6
–1.8
1.7
2.0

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.6 6
1.5 7
0.0 8
1.6 9
1.7 10

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.