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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
BEA 15-46
Technical: James Rankin
(202) 606-5301 (Personal Income)
piniwd@bea.gov
Harvey Davis
(202) 606-5302 (Personal Consumption Expenditures) pce@bea.gov
Media:
Jeannine Aversa (202) 606-2649
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2015
Personal income increased $52.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $47.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, in August, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $54.9 billion, or 0.4 percent. In July, personal
income increased $69.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $63.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE
increased $45.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.3 percent in August, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in July.
Real PCE increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent.

Apr.
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

0.4

2015
May
June
July
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.4
0.4
0.5

Aug.
0.3

0.4
0.3

0.4
0.1

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.4

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.3

0.9
0.6

0.3
0.1

0.4
0.3

0.4
0.4

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NOTE. Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month percent changes are
calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in chained (2009) dollars.

This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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Compensation
Wages and salaries increased $35.6 billion in August, compared with an increase of $43.8 billion in
July. Private wages and salaries increased $31.5 billion, compared with an increase of $40.0 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $4.1 billion, compared with an increase of $3.8 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $6.4 billion in August, compared with an increase of
$6.7 billion in July.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income decreased $1.6 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of $10.9 billion in
July. Farm proprietors' income was unchanged in August and in July. Nonfarm proprietors' income
decreased $1.6 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of $10.9 billion in July.
Rental income of persons increased $3.2 billion in August, compared with an increase of $2.3 billion
in July. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income)
increased $5.2 billion, compared with an increase of $0.8 billion. Personal current transfer receipts increased
$8.3 billion, compared with an increase of $10.5 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $4.5 billion in August, compared with an increase of $5.3 billion in July.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $5.4 billion in August, compared with an increase of $5.7 billion in
July. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $47.1
billion, or 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of $63.9 billion, or 0.5 percent.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $55.2 billion in August, compared with an increase of $46.0 billion in July. PCE increased $54.9
billion, compared with an increase of $45.7 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $615.6 billion in August, compared with $623.6
billion in July. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -was 4.6 percent, compared with 4.7 percent. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA's national income
and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board's financial accounts of the United
States 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 -- increased 0.3 percent in August, compared with
an increase of 0.4 percent in July.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in August, compared with
an increase of 0.3 percent in July. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.2 percent, compared with an
increase of 1.3 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for about half of the increase in
August and in July. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.6 percent in August, compared with an
increase of 0.4 percent in July. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of
0.1 percent.
The price index for PCE increased less than 0.1 percent in August, compared with an increase of 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.
The August price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent from August a year ago. The August PCE
price index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.3 percent from August a year ago.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for April through July. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar
and chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar PCE for June and July -revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
Change from preceding month
June
July
Previous Revised Previous Revised
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

59.4

61.0

0.4

0.4

67.1

69.6

0.4

0.5

52.4
19.9

53.6
20.9

0.4
0.2

0.4
0.2

61.5
45.9

63.9
47.7

0.5
0.4

0.5
0.4

31.8
3.3

37.7
8.6

0.3
0.0

0.3
0.1

37.4
24.7

45.7
31.9

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.3

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Next release – October 30, 2015 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

2015
Jan.

1 Personal income .......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees................................................................
3
Wages and salaries ............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ....................................................................
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 (2009) dollars 5 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5...............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars......................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ........................................................

Feb.

March

April r

Line
May r

June r

July r

Aug. p

15,048.1 15,095.8 15,095.6 15,155.8 15,220.7 15,281.6 15,351.3 15,403.8 1
9,482.2 9,488.4 9,493.2 9,516.6 9,555.1 9,575.9 9,626.3 9,668.3 2
7,680.2 7,682.9 7,684.3 7,703.1 7,735.8 7,751.7 7,795.5 7,831.1 3
6,426.5 6,426.2 6,425.2 6,441.4 6,471.1 6,482.9 6,522.9 6,554.4 4
1,293.2 1,286.3 1,284.5 1,283.1 1,284.2 1,282.4 1,291.9 1,293.1 5
795.6
791.3
789.4
788.7
790.1
788.9
794.4
796.3 6
5,133.3 5,139.9 5,140.7 5,158.3 5,186.9 5,200.5 5,230.9 5,261.3 7
1,210.3 1,213.2 1,209.3 1,213.0 1,218.9 1,219.0 1,225.9 1,233.4 8
3,922.9 3,926.7 3,931.5 3,945.3 3,968.0 3,981.5 4,005.0 4,027.9 9
1,253.7 1,256.7 1,259.0 1,261.6 1,264.7 1,268.8 1,272.7 1,276.7 10
1,802.0 1,805.5 1,808.9 1,813.5 1,819.3 1,824.1 1,830.8 1,837.2 11
1,243.1 1,246.8 1,250.5 1,254.4 1,258.3 1,262.4 1,266.5 1,270.7 12
558.9
558.8
558.4
559.1
561.0
561.7
564.3
566.5 13
1,375.6 1,367.4 1,365.2 1,368.2 1,376.8 1,386.0 1,396.9 1,395.3 14
68.5
60.5
52.5
54.0
56.9
59.7
59.7
59.7 15
1,307.1 1,306.9 1,312.8 1,314.2 1,319.9 1,326.3 1,337.2 1,335.6 16
633.2
636.9
640.8
647.0
654.2
661.1
663.5
666.6 17
2,132.8 2,165.8 2,138.0 2,165.4 2,174.3 2,195.3 2,196.1 2,201.2 18
1,286.8 1,282.6 1,278.3 1,295.9 1,313.4 1,331.0 1,331.7 1,332.4 19
846.0
883.2
859.7
869.6
860.8
864.3
864.4
868.9 20
2,610.3 2,623.2 2,643.9 2,646.0 2,651.7 2,656.3 2,666.7 2,675.0 21
2,568.0 2,580.8 2,601.4 2,603.3 2,608.8 2,613.2 2,623.5 2,631.6 22
859.8
859.6
865.4
867.7
871.8
868.7
872.3
876.1 23
608.2
609.8
611.5
613.3
615.3
617.4
619.8
622.4 24
517.2
525.0
529.5
528.2
527.9
530.8
537.3
538.7 25
35.3
35.3
34.6
33.1
32.9
33.4
33.3
33.7 26
89.7
90.3
92.3
93.6
93.3
95.3
95.1
94.7 27
457.7
460.9
468.1
467.4
467.6
467.5
465.7
466.0 28
42.2
42.4
42.6
42.7
42.9
43.1
43.3
43.4 29
1,186.0 1,185.9 1,185.5 1,187.4 1,191.3 1,192.9 1,198.3 1,202.7 30
1,897.2 1,900.2 1,902.8 1,916.1 1,929.3 1,936.7 1,942.4 1,947.8 31
13,150.9 13,195.6 13,192.8 13,239.7 13,291.3 13,344.9 13,408.8 13,456.0 32
12,456.8 12,479.5 12,540.3 12,587.6 12,696.6 12,739.2 12,785.2 12,840.4 33
12,018.6 12,042.7 12,105.0 12,146.3 12,250.5 12,288.2 12,333.9 12,388.8 34
3,884.8 3,881.1 3,938.7 3,930.9 4,001.6 4,002.0 4,030.7 4,046.5 35
1,297.9 1,292.2 1,315.3 1,320.6 1,337.4 1,321.0 1,335.0 1,346.7 36
2,586.9 2,588.8 2,623.4 2,610.2 2,664.2 2,680.9 2,695.7 2,699.8 37
8,133.8 8,161.7 8,166.3 8,215.5 8,248.9 8,286.2 8,303.2 8,342.3 38
262.8
261.3
259.8
264.6
269.3
274.1
274.2
274.3 39
175.5
175.5
175.5
176.7
176.8
176.9
177.1
177.3 40
97.0
97.0
97.0
97.1
97.2
97.3
97.5
97.7 41
78.5
78.5
78.5
79.6
79.6
79.6
79.6
79.6 42
694.1
716.1
652.5
652.1
594.7
605.7
623.6
615.6 43
5.3
5.4
4.9
4.9
4.5
4.5
4.7
4.6 44

11,453.9 11,466.7 11,422.4 11,468.3 11,487.6 11,512.5 11,556.5 11,596.3 45
12,110.6 12,131.4 12,102.2 12,137.5 12,147.8 12,168.6 12,216.4 12,258.8 46
41,039
37,792
320,450

41,156
37,837
320,621

41,125
37,726
320,797

41,248
37,814
320,975

41,385
37,824
321,162

41,526
37,866
321,365

41,697
37,989
321,578

41,814 47
38,094 48
321,805 49

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust
fund.
3. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust
fund.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the
month and the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Line

2013

2014

2014
I

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ...............................................................
3
Wages and salaries............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ...................................................................
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 (2009) dollars 5......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ..............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ........................................................

II

2015
III

IV

I

Line
II r

14,068.4 14,694.2 14,433.5 14,612.8 14,774.8 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,219.4 1
8,839.7 9,248.9 9,103.7 9,177.3 9,289.9 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,549.2 2
7,114.4 7,477.8 7,350.0 7,414.5 7,513.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,730.2 3
5,906.8 6,240.5 6,126.6 6,180.3 6,270.7 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,465.2 4
1,190.1 1,260.9 1,233.6 1,250.4 1,266.6 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,283.2 5
746.8
780.9
770.5
775.1
781.4
796.5
792.1
789.2 6
4,716.7 4,979.7 4,892.9 4,930.0 5,004.1 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,181.9 7
1,118.5 1,175.5 1,153.8 1,165.7 1,179.2 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,217.0 8
3,598.2 3,804.2 3,739.2 3,764.3 3,825.0 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,964.9 9
1,207.6 1,237.2 1,223.4 1,234.2 1,243.2 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0 10
1,725.3 1,771.2 1,753.7 1,762.7 1,776.0 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,819.0 11
1,197.8 1,224.0 1,213.1 1,219.4 1,227.1 1,236.3 1,246.8 1,258.3 12
527.5
547.2
540.5
543.3
548.9
556.0
558.7
560.6 13
1,285.1 1,346.7 1,304.8 1,346.3 1,357.8 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0 14
88.8
78.1
71.7
88.8
77.2
74.8
60.5
56.9 15
1,196.3 1,268.6 1,233.0 1,257.5 1,280.6 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1 16
563.4
610.8
591.0
605.5
618.4
628.4
637.0
654.1 17
2,060.4 2,117.5 2,102.7 2,121.8 2,115.0 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3 18
1,271.3 1,302.0 1,320.2 1,310.0 1,288.1 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4 19
789.0
815.5
782.5
811.9
826.8
840.8
863.0
864.9 20
2,426.6 2,529.2 2,476.0 2,513.1 2,556.5 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3 21
2,385.5 2,487.2 2,434.2 2,471.1 2,514.4 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4 22
799.0
834.6
824.5
833.2
837.2
843.8
861.6
869.4 23
574.6
597.8
589.5
595.6
600.8
605.3
609.8
615.3 24
439.7
487.4
463.0
473.6
505.9
507.1
523.9
529.0 25
62.3
35.8
39.7
36.0
34.6
32.9
35.0
33.1 26
79.1
83.7
82.0
82.3
83.8
86.7
90.7
94.1 27
430.8
447.9
435.5
450.5
452.2
453.3
462.2
467.5 28
41.2
42.0
41.8
42.0
42.1
42.1
42.4
42.9 29
1,106.8 1,159.0 1,144.5 1,151.2 1,162.9 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,190.6 30
1,672.8 1,780.2 1,736.0 1,754.1 1,792.0 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,927.4 31
12,395.6 12,913.9 12,697.5 12,858.7 12,982.7 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,292.0 32
11,805.7 12,293.7 12,060.3 12,235.2 12,377.0 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5 33
11,392.3 11,865.9 11,640.3 11,813.0 11,949.1 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4 34
3,836.8 3,948.4 3,874.7 3,951.5 3,987.4 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1 35
1,237.8 1,280.2 1,243.1 1,279.1 1,295.1 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4 36
2,598.9 2,668.2 2,631.6 2,672.4 2,692.2 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8 37
7,555.5 7,917.5 7,765.6 7,861.5 7,961.7 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2 38
244.2
254.2
249.0
250.5
254.3
263.1
261.3
269.3 39
169.3
173.6
170.9
171.7
173.6
178.0
175.5
176.8 40
92.6
95.3
94.4
95.2
95.7
95.9
97.0
97.2 41
76.6
78.3
76.5
76.5
77.9
82.2
78.5
79.6 42
589.9
620.2
637.2
623.5
605.7
614.3
687.6
617.5 43
4.8
4.8
5.0
4.8
4.7
4.7
5.2
4.6 44

10,822.3 11,149.8 11,017.0 11,089.0 11,164.6 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,489.5 45
11,523.1 11,836.3 11,698.8 11,784.7 11,863.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,151.3 46
39,123
36,369
316,839

40,461
37,084
319,173

39,893
36,755
318,288

40,331
36,962
318,833

40,638
37,134
319,470

40,977
37,484
320,100

41,107
37,785
320,623

41,386 47
37,835 48
321,167 49

r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust
fund.
3. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust
fund.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the
month and the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Line

2015
Jan.

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees...............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...........................................................................
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 1
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 2 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ...................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government.....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving..........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5 .....................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5............

Feb.

March

April r

Line
May r

June r

July r

Aug. p

33.9
20.3
16.0
12.1
–2.1
–1.7
14.2
–1.5
15.7
3.9
4.3
3.4
0.9

47.7
6.3
2.7
–0.3
–6.9
–4.3
6.6
2.8
3.8
3.0
3.5
3.7
–0.2

–0.2
4.7
1.3
–1.0
–1.8
–1.9
0.9
–3.9
4.8
2.3
3.4
3.8
–0.4

60.1
23.4
18.8
16.2
–1.4
–0.7
17.6
3.7
13.8
2.6
4.6
3.8
0.8

64.9
38.5
32.8
29.7
1.1
1.4
28.6
5.9
22.7
3.1
5.8
3.9
1.8

61.0
20.8
15.9
11.8
–1.8
–1.2
13.6
0.2
13.4
4.1
4.9
4.1
0.7

69.6
50.5
43.8
40.0
9.5
5.5
30.4
6.9
23.5
3.8
6.7
4.1
2.6

52.5
42.0
35.6
31.5
1.2
1.9
30.3
7.5
22.9
4.1
6.4
4.2
2.2

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

–10.0
–8.0
–1.9
2.2
–3.8
–4.2
0.4
30.1
30.0
9.8
1.5
11.9
–0.1
2.1
4.8
0.2
4.9
46.3
–12.4
–53.1
–49.0
–67.8
–2.4
–65.4
18.7
–1.5
–2.6
1.1
–3.7
40.7

–8.2
–8.0
–0.2
3.6
32.9
–4.2
37.2
13.0
12.8
–0.2
1.5
7.7
0.0
0.5
3.2
0.2
–0.1
3.0
44.6
22.7
24.1
–3.7
–5.7
2.0
27.9
–1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.0

–2.2
–8.0
5.8
3.9
–27.8
–4.2
–23.5
20.7
20.5
5.8
1.7
4.6
–0.7
2.0
7.2
0.2
–0.5
2.6
–2.8
60.8
62.3
57.7
23.1
34.6
4.6
–1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
–63.6

3.0
1.6
1.4
6.2
27.4
17.5
9.9
2.1
1.9
2.3
1.8
–1.3
–1.5
1.3
–0.7
0.2
2.0
13.3
46.9
47.3
41.3
–7.9
5.3
–13.2
49.2
4.8
1.2
0.1
1.1
–0.4

8.6
2.8
5.7
7.2
8.8
17.5
–8.7
5.7
5.5
4.1
2.0
–0.3
–0.2
–0.3
0.2
0.2
3.8
13.3
51.7
109.1
104.2
70.8
16.8
54.0
33.5
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
–57.4

9.2
2.8
6.4
7.0
21.0
17.5
3.5
4.6
4.4
–3.2
2.2
3.0
0.6
2.0
–0.1
0.2
1.7
7.4
53.6
42.6
37.7
0.4
–16.4
16.7
37.3
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
11.0

10.9
0.0
10.9
2.3
0.8
0.7
0.1
10.5
10.3
3.6
2.4
6.5
–0.2
–0.2
–1.8
0.2
5.3
5.7
63.9
46.0
45.7
28.7
14.0
14.7
17.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
17.9

–1.6
0.0
–1.6
3.2
5.2
0.7
4.5
8.3
8.1
3.8
2.6
1.4
0.4
–0.4
0.3
0.2
4.5
5.4
47.1
55.2
54.9
15.8
11.7
4.1
39.0
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
–8.0

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

57.0
45.2

12.8
20.8

–44.3
–29.1

45.9
35.2

19.3
10.3

24.9
20.9

44.0
47.7

39.9 44
42.5 45

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust
fund.
3. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust
fund.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

1 Personal income........................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ................................................................
3
Wages and salaries ............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 ..........................................................................................
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 4 ....................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
41
To government......................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net).................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving...........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5 ......................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5.............

2013

2014

2014

2015

Line

I

II

III

IV

I

II

r

153.3
229.8
184.1
174.7
34.6
12.5
140.1
25.9
114.3
9.4
45.6
32.5
13.1

625.8
409.3
363.4
333.8
70.8
34.0
263.0
57.0
206.0
29.6
45.9
26.2
19.7

212.8
137.8
126.3
120.0
27.2
16.3
92.9
19.0
73.8
6.2
11.5
5.1
6.5

179.2
73.6
64.5
53.8
16.7
4.6
37.1
11.9
25.1
10.8
9.0
6.3
2.8

162.0
112.6
99.4
90.4
16.2
6.3
74.2
13.5
60.7
9.0
13.3
7.7
5.6

180.9
135.0
118.7
113.7
26.3
15.0
87.4
24.1
63.3
5.0
16.3
9.1
7.1

124.2
63.0
49.8
41.5
–4.9
–4.4
46.4
7.6
38.8
8.3
13.2
10.5
2.7

139.5
61.2
47.8
39.2
–4.8
–2.9
44.0
6.1
37.9
8.6
13.5
11.6
1.9

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

43.7
27.2
16.5
38.1
–63.4
–17.5
–45.9
60.3
61.9
36.9
18.2
22.4
–21.5
8.9
–3.2
–1.6
155.2
161.4
–8.1
348.7
341.7
97.7
45.9
51.7
244.0
3.5
3.5
1.6
1.9
–356.8

61.6
–10.6
72.2
47.4
57.1
30.7
26.5
102.5
101.7
35.6
23.2
47.7
–26.5
4.7
17.1
0.8
52.2
107.5
518.3
488.0
473.7
111.7
42.4
69.3
362.0
10.1
4.3
2.7
1.6
30.3

20.4
–5.4
25.8
11.6
35.9
39.1
–3.2
29.6
29.4
15.7
6.9
14.5
–16.9
1.2
8.0
0.3
22.6
40.0
172.8
85.9
83.4
9.9
0.3
9.6
73.5
1.3
1.2
1.0
0.2
86.9

41.5
17.1
24.5
14.6
19.2
–10.2
29.4
37.1
36.9
8.7
6.1
10.5
–3.7
0.3
15.0
0.2
6.7
18.0
161.2
174.9
172.7
76.8
36.0
40.8
96.0
1.5
0.8
0.8
0.0
–13.7

11.5
–11.6
23.1
12.9
–6.9
–21.8
15.0
43.4
43.3
4.0
5.2
32.3
–1.3
1.5
1.6
0.1
11.6
38.0
124.0
141.8
136.1
35.9
16.0
19.8
100.2
3.8
1.9
0.5
1.4
–17.8

20.1
–2.3
22.4
10.0
15.6
1.7
13.9
14.5
14.5
6.6
4.5
1.2
–1.8
2.9
1.1
0.0
14.3
46.8
134.1
125.6
112.3
–7.2
8.4
–15.6
119.6
8.8
4.5
0.2
4.3
8.6

–8.4
–14.3
5.9
8.5
14.9
–7.3
22.2
54.8
54.5
17.9
4.5
16.9
2.2
4.1
9.0
0.3
8.6
61.2
62.9
–10.3
–5.9
–78.6
–1.7
–76.9
72.7
–1.8
–2.6
1.1
–3.7
73.2

7.5
–3.6
11.2
17.1
32.8
30.8
2.0
25.5
25.0
7.8
5.5
5.1
–1.9
3.3
5.2
0.5
4.7
27.3
112.2
182.3
172.9
76.6
24.5
52.1
96.3
8.0
1.3
0.2
1.1
–70.1

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

–60.3
–165.2

327.5
313.2

125.5
113.1

72.0
85.9

75.5
78.4

164.4
135.6

118.7
115.9

41.8 44
36.6 45

r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust
fund.
3. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust
fund.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

2015
Jan.

Feb.

March

April

r

Line
May

r

June

r

July

r

Aug.

p

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
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.................................................................................

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.2

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.4

0.3
0.4
0.5
0.3

1
2
3
4

–0.7
0.3
–0.2
–0.3
0.0
1.2
0.4
2.5
–0.1

–0.6
0.6
1.5
–0.3
4.4
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.3

–0.2
0.6
–1.3
–0.3
–2.7
0.8
0.0
0.1
0.0

0.2
1.0
1.3
1.4
1.1
0.1
0.2
0.7
0.4

0.6
1.1
0.4
1.4
–1.0
0.2
0.3
0.7
0.4

0.7
1.1
1.0
1.3
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.4

0.8
0.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.5

–0.1
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

–0.4
–1.7
–0.2
–2.5
0.2

0.2
–0.1
–0.4
0.1
0.3

0.5
1.5
1.8
1.3
0.1

0.3
–0.2
0.4
–0.5
0.6

0.9
1.8
1.3
2.1
0.4

0.3
0.0
–1.2
0.6
0.5

0.4
0.7
1.1
0.5
0.2

0.4
0.4
0.9
0.2
0.5

14
15
16
17
18

0.4
0.3

0.2
0.1

0.2
0.2

0.4
0.4

0.3 19
0.3 20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.5
0.4

0.1
0.2

–0.4
–0.2

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

2013

2014

2014
I

II

2015
III

IV

I

Line
II

r

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
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.................................................................................

1.1
2.7
2.7
2.7

4.4
4.6
5.1
2.7

6.1
6.3
7.2
2.7

5.1
3.3
3.6
2.1

4.5
5.0
5.5
3.0

5.0
5.9
6.5
3.7

3.4
2.7
2.6
3.0

3.8
2.6
2.5
3.0

1
2
3
4

3.5
7.2
–3.0
–1.4
–5.5
2.5
16.3
10.7
–0.1

4.8
8.4
2.8
2.4
3.4
4.2
4.7
6.4
4.2

6.5
8.2
7.1
12.8
–1.6
4.9
8.3
9.8
5.6

13.4
10.2
3.7
–3.1
15.9
6.1
2.4
4.2
5.2

3.5
8.8
–1.3
–6.5
7.6
7.1
4.1
9.0
3.9

6.1
6.6
3.0
0.5
6.9
2.3
5.0
10.9
4.2

–2.4
5.5
2.8
–2.2
11.0
8.8
3.0
14.0
1.9

2.2
11.2
6.3
10.0
0.9
3.9
1.6
5.9
3.4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.1
2.6
3.9
2.0
3.3

4.2
2.9
3.4
2.7
4.8

2.9
1.0
0.1
1.5
3.9

6.1
8.2
12.1
6.3
5.0

4.7
3.7
5.1
3.0
5.2

3.8
–0.7
2.6
–2.3
6.1

–0.2
–7.7
–0.5
–11.0
3.6

5.9
8.1
7.8
8.3
4.8

14
15
16
17
18

2.6
3.0

2.8
2.7

6.0
4.7

4.3
3.9

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

r Revised

–0.6
–1.4

3.0
2.7

4.7
4.0

1.5 19
1.2 20

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2015

Line

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

Aug. p

Line

Billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods...........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

11,067.8
3,798.4
1,427.2
2,395.5
7,269.2

11,071.5
3,783.1
1,418.5
2,388.3
7,286.9

11,104.4
3,829.7
1,445.7
2,409.6
7,276.1

11,135.1
3,827.8
1,449.3
2,404.9
7,307.7

11,196.5
3,872.2
1,470.1
2,429.4
7,326.6

11,205.1
3,864.9
1,455.3
2,434.7
7,341.7

11,237.1
3,892.5
1,474.1
2,445.3
7,347.4

11,286.6
3,922.6
1,491.2
2,459.5
7,367.9

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
7 Goods..........................................................................................
8 Durable goods...........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

6.8
–3.6
–0.3
–3.1
10.0

3.7
–15.4
–8.7
–7.2
17.7

32.8
46.6
27.2
21.2
–10.8

30.8
–1.8
3.6
–4.7
31.5

61.4
44.4
20.8
24.6
18.9

8.6
–7.4
–14.8
5.3
15.1

31.9
27.6
18.7
10.5
5.7

49.5 6
30.1 7
17.1 8
14.3 9
20.5 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
12 Goods..........................................................................................
13 Durable goods...........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................

0.1
–0.1
0.0
–0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–0.6
–0.3
0.2

0.3
1.2
1.9
0.9
–0.1

0.3
0.0
0.2
–0.2
0.4

0.6
1.2
1.4
1.0
0.3

0.1
–0.2
–1.0
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.7
1.3
0.4
0.1

0.4
0.8
1.2
0.6
0.3

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

2013

2014

2014
I

2015

II

III

IV

I

Line
II

r

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods...........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

10,590.4
3,612.8
1,307.6
2,319.8
6,977.0

10,875.7
3,731.2
1,384.1
2,367.8
7,144.6

10,724.7
3,658.3
1,333.2
2,341.3
7,065.7

10,826.3
3,718.0
1,377.2
2,361.0
7,108.5

10,918.6
3,755.2
1,402.5
2,375.2
7,163.8

11,033.3
3,793.2
1,423.5
2,393.7
7,240.4

11,081.2
3,803.7
1,430.4
2,397.8
7,277.4

92.3
37.2
25.2
14.2
55.3

114.7
38.0
21.0
18.5
76.5

48.0
10.5
7.0
4.1
37.0

3.5
4.1
7.5
2.4
3.1

4.3
4.1
6.1
3.1
4.3

1.8
1.1
2.0
0.7
2.1

11,178.9
3,855.0
1,458.3
2,423.0
7,325.3

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars
6
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
7 Goods..........................................................................................
8 Durable goods...........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

177.2
108.5
71.4
42.3
68.9

285.3
118.4
76.5
48.0
167.6

34.4
10.3
8.6
2.4
24.0

101.6
59.7
44.0
19.7
42.9

97.7 6
51.3 7
27.8 8
25.2 9
47.9 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars
11
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
12 Goods..........................................................................................
13 Durable goods...........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................
r Revised

1.7
3.1
5.8
1.9
1.0

2.7
3.3
5.9
2.1
2.4

1.3
1.1
2.6
0.4
1.4

3.8
6.7
13.9
3.4
2.4

3.6
5.5
8.0
4.3
2.7

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2015

Line

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

Aug. p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2009=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 .......................

108.594
102.269
90.926
107.984
111.901

108.776
102.587
91.085
108.394
112.011

109.015
102.845
90.968
108.873
112.240

109.085
102.689
91.106
108.541
112.429

109.418
103.339
90.955
109.667
112.595

109.670
103.545
90.755
110.116
112.872

109.765
103.548
90.551
110.242
113.015

109.769
103.156
90.296
109.772
113.230

1
2
3
4
5

108.589
110.903
102.491
107.464
107.270

108.732
111.012
103.597
107.646
107.407

108.952
110.684
105.107
107.844
107.576

109.123
110.493
103.580
107.946
107.799

109.254
110.451
108.423
108.281
107.904

109.416
110.769
110.321
108.494
108.007

109.500
111.003
110.400
108.583
108.083

109.620 6
111.170 7
107.868 8
108.540 9
108.165 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 .......................

–0.5
–1.6
–0.2
–2.3
0.1

0.2
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.4
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.3
0.6
–0.2
1.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

11
12
13
14
15

0.0
–0.3
–10.3
–0.6
0.0

0.1
0.1
1.1
0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.3
1.5
0.2
0.2

0.2
–0.2
–1.5
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
4.7
0.3
0.1

0.1
0.3
1.8
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2
–2.3
0.0
0.1

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
2015

Line

Jan.

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

Feb.
4.0
3.8
5.3
9.9
3.2
3.1

March
3.6
3.2
3.2
6.5
1.7
3.1

3.0
3.0
3.4
5.6
2.4
2.8

April

r

May r

3.2
3.1
3.1
6.0
1.8
3.0

3.2
3.5
4.4
6.9
3.2
3.1

June r
3.0
3.2
3.5
4.8
2.9
3.0

July r
3.3
3.4
4.2
6.0
3.2
3.0

Aug. p
3.2
3.2
4.0
5.5
3.2
2.8

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

2015
Jan.

Feb.

March

April

r

May r

June r

July r

0.2
–3.5
–2.7
–3.9
2.0

0.3
–3.1
–2.3
–3.6
2.0

0.3
–2.8
–2.3
–3.1
1.8

0.2
–3.2
–2.2
–3.8
1.9

0.3
–2.8
–2.0
–3.1
1.8

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–3.0
1.9

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–3.0
1.8

1.3
2.7
–21.3
–0.2
1.0

1.3
2.4
–20.1
–0.1
1.1

1.3
1.7
–18.9
–0.1
1.1

1.3
1.3
–20.1
–0.1
1.1

1.3
0.7
–16.9
0.0
1.1

1.3
1.0
–15.9
0.0
1.1

1.2
0.9
–15.7
0.0
1.0

Aug. p
0.3
–2.8
–2.2
–3.0
1.9

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.3 6
0.7 7
–16.2 8
0.0 9
1.1 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.