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(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 06-03

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2006
Personal income increased $60.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $50.8 billion, or 0.5 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $67.1 billion, or 0.7 percent. In November,
personal income increased $32.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $25.4 billion, or 0.3 percent,
and PCE increased $51.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
2006
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
(Percent change from preceding month)

Dec.

Personal income, current dollars

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

0.5

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

0.6
0.3

0.5
0.9

0.2
0.4

0.3
0.3

0.5
0.2

0.1
-0.1

0.0
0.3

0.3
0.5

0.5
0.5

0.7
0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

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 (2000) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.

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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $36.7 billion in December, compared with an
increase of $19.6 billion in November. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $4.3 billion,
compared with an increase of $1.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $1.8 billion, in contrast
to a decrease of $0.8 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $32.4 billion,
compared with an increase of $18.4 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased
$2.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.4 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $6.8 billion in December, compared with an
increase of $5.6 billion in November.
Proprietors' income increased less than $0.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of
$2.2 billion in November. Farm proprietors' income decreased $3.1 billion, in contrast to an
increase of $0.6 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $3.1 billion, compared with an
increase of $1.6 billion.
Rental income of persons decreased $2.2 billion in December, compared with a decrease of
$1.2 billion in November. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus
personal dividend income) increased $3.2 billion, compared with an increase of $3.4 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $19.0 billion in December, compared with an
increase of $3.3 billion in November. The December increase in personal current transfer receipts
reflected retroactive social security benefit payments of $6.7 billion at an annual rate, resulting from
a recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits for recent retirees.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $5.7 billion in December, compared with an increase of $2.8 billion in November.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $9.9 billion in December, compared with an increase of $7.0
billion in November. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- increased $50.8 billion, or 0.5 percent, in December, compared with an increase of $25.4
billion, or 0.3 percent, in November.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments
increased $68.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $52.3 billion in November. PCE
increased $67.1 billion, compared with an increase of $51.1 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was a negative $116.6 billion in December,
compared with a negative $99.2 billion in November. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable
personal income was a negative 1.2 percent in December, compared with a negative 1.0 percent in
November. Negative personal saving reflects personal outlays that exceed disposable personal
income. Saving from current income may be near zero or negative when outlays are financed by
borrowing (including borrowing financed through credit cards or home equity loans), by selling
investments or other assets, or by using savings from previous periods. For more information, see
the FAQs on “Personal Saving” on BEA’s Web site. 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 (which help finance consumption), go to
http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in December,
compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in November.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in December,
compared with an increase of 0.5 percent in November. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.2
percent, compared with an increase of 1.3 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted
for most of the increase in December. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.6 percent in
December, compared with an increase of 1.0 percent in November. Purchases of services increased
less than 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
PCE prices -- The price index for PCE increased 0.4 percent in December, compared with an
increase of less than 0.1 percent in November. Prices, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent.

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2006 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 6.4 percent in 2006 (that is, from the 2005 annual level to the 2006
annual level), compared with an increase of 5.2 percent in 2005. The acceleration in personal
income growth was mostly accounted for by wage and salary disbursements. DPI increased 5.5
percent, compared with an increase of 4.1 percent. PCE increased 6.0 percent, compared with an
increase of 6.5 percent.
Real DPI increased 2.7 percent in 2006, compared with an increase of 1.2 percent in 2005.
Real PCE increased 3.2 percent, compared with an increase of 3.5 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October and November. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2000) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar PCE for October
and November -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

Change from preceding month
October
Previous

Revised

(Billions of dollars)

November

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars......................

35.7

32.8

0.3

0.3

33.8

32.4

0.3

0.3

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars......................
Chained (2000) dollars.........

21.2
36.5

20.3
34.6

0.2
0.4

0.2
0.4

27.0
22.7

25.4
21.6

0.3
0.3

0.3
0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars......................
Chained (2000) dollars.........

26.2
40.3

24.4
37.6

0.3
0.5

0.3
0.5

50.5
43.3

51.1
44.1

0.5
0.5

0.5
0.5

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BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current Business;
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Next release -- Personal Income and Outlays for January will be released on
March 1, 2007, at 8:30 A.M. EST.

Release dates in 2007

December 2006..
January 2007.......
February 2007.....
March 2007.........

February 1
March 1
March 30
April 30

April 2007....
May 2007.....
June 2007.....
July 2007......

June 1
June 29
July 31
August 31

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August 2007.........
September 2007...
October 2007.......
November 2007...

September 28
November 1
November 30
December 21

Table 1.—Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006
May
Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received .........................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...............................................................
Private industries .......................................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...................................................................
Manufacturing ....................................................................................
Services-producing industries ...............................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................................
Other services-producing industries .................................................
Government ................................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .........................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds .......
Employer contributions for government social insurance .........................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ...................................................................................................
Farm ...............................................................................................................
Nonfarm ..........................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets .............................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .................................................................
Government social benefits to persons .........................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits ...................
Government unemployment insurance benefits .......................................
Other ..........................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ....................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ...............................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 .............................................................................
Personal current transfer payments ...................................................................
To government ...............................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ........................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ......................................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...........
Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 .....................................................
Per capita:
Current dollars ...........................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ..............................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3 ..................................................................

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

10,795.3
7,406.8
5,963.5
4,958.1
1,170.4
730.9
3,787.7
987.1
2,800.6
1,005.4
1,443.3
985.6
457.7

10,842.2
7,434.7
5,985.7
4,976.4
1,174.2
731.2
3,802.2
992.6
2,809.6
1,009.2
1,449.0
990.1
458.9

10,906.7
7,484.2
6,026.7
5,012.1
1,179.3
734.8
3,832.9
1,001.5
2,831.4
1,014.6
1,457.4
995.6
461.8

10,965.3
7,512.4
6,049.1
5,028.6
1,182.7
736.4
3,845.9
1,001.3
2,844.6
1,020.5
1,463.3
1,000.2
463.1

11,021.7
7,557.7
6,087.6
5,061.1
1,184.9
736.5
3,876.2
1,006.3
2,870.0
1,026.5
1,470.1
1,004.5
465.6

11,054.5
7,594.6
6,117.5
5,088.8
1,190.7
739.9
3,898.1
1,009.7
2,888.4
1,028.7
1,477.1
1,009.4
467.6

11,086.9
7,622.2
6,139.5
5,108.4
1,191.9
739.1
3,916.5
1,015.3
2,901.2
1,031.1
1,482.7
1,013.7
469.1

11,147.5
7,668.5
6,179.0
5,145.1
1,196.2
740.9
3,948.9
1,016.7
2,932.2
1,033.8
1,489.5
1,017.8
471.7

1,014.8
17.5
997.3
71.8
1,647.3
1,019.2
628.2
1,591.1
1,556.1
927.9
27.0
601.2
35.0
936.6
1,358.1
9,437.2
9,587.5
9,238.6
1,057.9
2,728.3
5,452.4
222.9
126.0
77.3
48.7
–150.3
–1.6

1,010.7
14.6
996.1
68.2
1,670.2
1,035.6
634.6
1,597.8
1,562.6
935.8
27.0
599.9
35.2
939.4
1,367.5
9,474.6
9,621.2
9,270.5
1,063.5
2,732.0
5,475.0
224.2
126.5
77.9
48.7
–146.6
–1.5

1,009.9
17.1
992.9
73.4
1,676.7
1,035.7
641.0
1,608.0
1,572.6
931.4
27.3
613.8
35.4
945.5
1,363.1
9,543.5
9,696.0
9,338.9
1,085.2
2,755.9
5,497.8
229.9
127.2
78.4
48.8
–152.4
–1.6

1,017.2
21.5
995.7
78.1
1,683.5
1,035.8
647.7
1,622.5
1,587.0
938.9
27.3
620.7
35.5
948.4
1,365.4
9,599.9
9,716.0
9,352.6
1,068.9
2,761.1
5,522.6
235.5
127.8
79.0
48.8
–116.1
–1.2

1,017.4
26.4
991.0
83.4
1,690.6
1,035.9
654.6
1,625.5
1,589.8
939.7
27.3
622.8
35.7
952.9
1,370.1
9,651.6
9,718.1
9,348.5
1,072.3
2,726.2
5,550.0
241.2
128.3
79.5
48.8
–66.5
–.7

1,022.6
28.9
993.7
80.9
1,693.6
1,032.0
661.6
1,620.9
1,585.0
940.4
27.0
617.6
35.9
958.1
1,382.6
9,671.9
9,744.2
9,372.9
1,074.4
2,711.4
5,587.1
242.0
129.3
79.8
49.6
–72.3
–.7

1,024.8
29.5
995.3
79.7
1,697.0
1,028.2
668.8
1,624.2
1,588.2
944.1
27.3
616.7
36.1
960.9
1,389.6
9,697.3
9,796.5
9,424.0
1,083.8
2,728.0
5,612.2
242.8
129.6
80.1
49.6
–99.2
–1.0

1,024.8
26.4
998.4
77.5
1,700.2
1,024.3
675.9
1,643.2
1,607.0
963.3
27.0
616.8
36.1
966.6
1,399.5
9,748.1
9,864.6
9,491.1
1,092.4
2,770.5
5,628.3
243.6
129.9
80.3
49.6
–116.6
–1.2

8,232.0

8,252.8

8,287.8

8,314.8

8,386.2

8,420.8

8,442.4

8,455.7

31,565
27,534
298,979

31,665
27,582
299,213

31,869
27,676
299,459

32,030
27,742
299,716

32,175
27,957
299,972

32,216
28,049
300,221

32,275
28,098
300,460

32,420
28,121
300,685

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

3. 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
2005

2006

2005
III

Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received .........................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...............................................................
Private industries .......................................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...................................................................
Manufacturing ....................................................................................
Services-producing industries ...............................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................................
Other services-producing industries .................................................
Government ................................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .........................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds .......
Employer contributions for government social insurance .........................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ...................................................................................................
Farm ...............................................................................................................
Nonfarm ..........................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets .............................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .................................................................
Government social benefits to persons .........................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits ...................
Government unemployment insurance benefits .......................................
Other ..........................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ....................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ...............................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 .............................................................................
Personal current transfer payments ...................................................................
To government ...............................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ........................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ......................................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...........
Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 .....................................................
Per capita:
Current dollars ...........................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ..............................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3 ..................................................................

2006
IV

I

II

III

IV

10,239.2
7,030.3
5,664.8
4,687.1
1,101.3
704.7
3,585.8
937.2
2,648.5
977.7
1,365.5
933.2
432.3

10,897.4
7,493.1
6,037.7
5,023.7
1,181.4
737.9
3,842.4
997.8
2,844.5
1,013.9
1,455.4
992.7
462.6

10,262.7
7,093.6
5,715.2
4,734.6
1,113.9
709.7
3,620.7
945.5
2,675.2
980.6
1,378.4
942.1
436.3

10,483.7
7,184.4
5,787.0
4,798.9
1,124.9
715.0
3,673.9
954.9
2,719.0
988.1
1,397.4
956.1
441.3

10,721.4
7,400.3
5,970.1
4,972.0
1,177.3
742.8
3,794.7
983.6
2,811.0
998.1
1,430.3
971.6
458.7

10,807.3
7,425.5
5,980.9
4,975.0
1,173.0
732.8
3,802.0
990.8
2,811.2
1,005.9
1,444.5
985.7
458.9

10,964.5
7,518.1
6,054.5
5,033.9
1,182.3
735.9
3,851.7
1,003.0
2,848.7
1,020.5
1,463.6
1,000.1
463.5

11,096.3
7,628.4
6,145.3
5,114.1
1,193.0
740.0
3,921.2
1,013.9
2,907.3
1,031.2
1,483.1
1,013.6
469.5

970.7
30.2
940.4
72.8
1,519.4
945.0
574.4
1,526.6
1,480.9
844.9
31.3
604.6
45.7
880.6
1,203.1
9,036.1
9,070.9
8,742.4
1,033.1
2,539.3
5,170.0
209.4
119.2
72.0
47.1
–34.8
–.4

1,014.8
22.8
991.9
76.5
1,657.6
1,018.1
639.6
1,602.1
1,566.8
931.0
27.3
608.5
35.3
946.6
1,362.6
9,534.8
9,626.8
9,270.8
1,071.3
2,716.0
5,483.6
229.9
126.1
78.0
48.1
–92.0
–1.0

967.3
29.7
937.7
–11.5
1,532.7
951.2
581.5
1,569.0
1,489.2
848.5
30.2
610.4
79.8
888.5
1,215.0
9,047.7
9,180.3
8,847.3
1,057.3
2,584.9
5,205.1
214.6
118.5
72.7
45.8
–132.6
–1.5

996.8
28.7
968.1
81.5
1,580.2
981.7
598.5
1,539.8
1,500.8
854.6
31.6
614.5
39.0
898.9
1,247.6
9,236.1
9,264.5
8,927.8
1,019.6
2,613.5
5,294.7
214.9
121.8
74.2
47.6
–28.5
–.3

1,008.3
23.9
984.4
76.8
1,602.3
989.1
613.2
1,570.4
1,536.0
909.9
27.8
598.3
34.5
936.7
1,332.6
9,388.8
9,418.5
9,079.2
1,064.1
2,658.2
5,356.8
218.5
120.9
75.7
45.2
–29.7
–.3

1,011.9
17.5
994.3
71.4
1,647.7
1,019.2
628.5
1,589.7
1,554.7
928.1
27.0
599.6
35.0
938.8
1,361.0
9,446.2
9,577.0
9,228.1
1,061.8
2,721.4
5,444.9
222.9
126.0
77.3
48.7
–130.8
–1.4

1,014.8
21.7
993.2
78.3
1,683.6
1,035.8
647.8
1,618.6
1,583.1
936.7
27.3
619.1
35.5
948.9
1,366.2
9,598.3
9,710.0
9,346.7
1,075.5
2,747.7
5,523.5
235.5
127.8
79.0
48.8
–111.7
–1.2

1,024.0
28.3
995.8
79.4
1,696.9
1,028.2
668.8
1,629.4
1,593.4
949.3
27.1
617.0
36.0
961.8
1,390.5
9,705.8
9,801.8
9,429.3
1,083.5
2,736.6
5,609.2
242.8
129.6
80.0
49.6
–96.0
–1.0

8,104.6

8,322.7

8,074.1

8,183.3

8,276.8

8,245.4

8,329.6

8,439.6

30,458
27,318
296,677

31,849
27,800
299,373

30,461
27,183
297,027

31,020
27,484
297,748

31,470
27,743
298,340

31,595
27,578
298,982

32,025
27,792
299,716

32,304
28,089
300,455

1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institu-

tionalized 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
2006
May
Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received .........................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...............................................................
Private industries .......................................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...................................................................
Manufacturing ....................................................................................
Services-producing industries ...............................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................................
Other services-producing industries .................................................
Government ................................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .........................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds .......
Employer contributions for government social insurance .........................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ...................................................................................................
Farm ...............................................................................................................
Nonfarm ..........................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets .............................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .................................................................
Government social benefits to persons .........................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits ...................
Government unemployment insurance benefits .......................................
Other ..........................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ....................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ...............................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 .............................................................................
Personal current transfer payments ...................................................................
To government ...............................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ........................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ......................................................................................
Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ............

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

11.0
–28.1
–30.1
–32.3
–3.9
–5.3
–28.4
–5.6
–22.8
2.2
2.0
4.2
–2.3

46.9
27.9
22.2
18.3
3.8
.3
14.5
5.5
9.0
3.8
5.7
4.5
1.2

64.5
49.5
41.0
35.7
5.1
3.6
30.7
8.9
21.8
5.4
8.4
5.5
2.9

58.6
28.2
22.4
16.5
3.4
1.6
13.0
–.2
13.2
5.9
5.9
4.6
1.3

56.4
45.3
38.5
32.5
2.2
.1
30.3
5.0
25.4
6.0
6.8
4.3
2.5

32.8
36.9
29.9
27.7
5.8
3.4
21.9
3.4
18.4
2.2
7.0
4.9
2.0

32.4
27.6
22.0
19.6
1.2
–.8
18.4
5.6
12.8
2.4
5.6
4.3
1.5

60.6
46.3
39.5
36.7
4.3
1.8
32.4
1.4
31.0
2.7
6.8
4.1
2.6

4.7
–3.0
7.7
–2.4
21.9
16.5
5.5
10.9
10.7
7.1
0
3.6
.2
–3.9
.6
10.4
65.2
63.4
–6.2
24.4
45.2
1.3
.5
.5
0
–54.8

–4.1
–2.9
–1.2
–3.6
22.9
16.4
6.4
6.7
6.5
7.9
0
–1.3
.2
2.8
9.4
37.4
33.7
31.9
5.6
3.7
22.6
1.3
.5
.6
0
3.7

–.8
2.5
–3.2
5.2
6.5
.1
6.4
10.2
10.0
–4.4
.3
13.9
.2
6.1
–4.4
68.9
74.8
68.4
21.7
23.9
22.8
5.7
.7
.5
.1
–5.8

7.3
4.4
2.8
4.7
6.8
.1
6.7
14.5
14.4
7.5
0
6.9
.1
2.9
2.3
56.4
20.0
13.7
–16.3
5.2
24.8
5.6
.6
.6
0
36.3

.2
4.9
–4.7
5.3
7.1
.1
6.9
3.0
2.8
.8
0
2.1
.2
4.5
4.7
51.7
2.1
–4.1
3.4
–34.9
27.4
5.7
.5
.5
0
49.6

5.2
2.5
2.7
–2.5
3.0
–3.9
7.0
–4.6
–4.8
.7
–.3
–5.2
.2
5.2
12.5
20.3
26.1
24.4
2.1
–14.8
37.1
.8
1.0
.3
.8
–5.8

2.2
.6
1.6
–1.2
3.4
–3.8
7.2
3.3
3.2
3.7
.3
–.9
.2
2.8
7.0
25.4
52.3
51.1
9.4
16.6
25.1
.8
.3
.3
0
–26.9

0
–3.1
3.1
–2.2
3.2
–3.9
7.1
19.0
18.8
19.2
–.3
.1
0
5.7
9.9
50.8
68.1
67.1
8.6
42.5
16.1
.8
.3
.2
0
–17.4

–19.4

20.8

35.0

27.0

71.4

34.6

21.6

13.3

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income 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
2005

2006

2005
III

Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received .........................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...............................................................
Private industries .......................................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...................................................................
Manufacturing ....................................................................................
Services-producing industries ...............................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities ....................................................
Other services-producing industries .................................................
Government ................................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .........................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds .......
Employer contributions for government social insurance .........................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ...................................................................................................
Farm ...............................................................................................................
Nonfarm ..........................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets .............................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .................................................................
Government social benefits to persons .........................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits ...................
Government unemployment insurance benefits .......................................
Other ..........................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ....................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance ...............................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 .............................................................................
Personal current transfer payments ...................................................................
To government ...............................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ........................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ......................................................................................
Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ............

2006
IV

I

II

III

IV

507.8
365.0
272.7
236.8
50.5
16.7
186.3
38.0
148.2
35.9
92.3
67.1
25.2

658.2
462.8
372.9
336.6
80.1
33.2
256.6
60.6
196.0
36.2
89.9
59.5
30.3

101.2
139.9
113.9
107.0
26.4
12.4
80.7
15.1
65.5
6.9
26.0
17.4
8.6

221.0
90.8
71.8
64.3
11.0
5.3
53.2
9.4
43.8
7.5
19.0
14.0
5.0

237.7
215.9
183.1
173.1
52.4
27.8
120.8
28.7
92.0
10.0
32.9
15.5
17.4

85.9
25.2
10.8
3.0
–4.3
–10.0
7.3
7.2
.2
7.8
14.2
14.1
.2

157.2
92.6
73.6
58.9
9.3
3.1
49.7
12.2
37.5
14.6
19.1
14.4
4.6

131.8
110.3
90.8
80.2
10.7
4.1
69.5
10.9
58.6
10.7
19.5
13.5
6.0

59.6
–6.0
65.5
–54.2
91.5
54.2
37.3
100.1
82.5
53.5
–4.7
33.6
17.6
54.2
153.3
354.5
563.7
530.9
46.8
194.1
289.9
23.4
9.5
5.2
4.2
–209.1

44.1
–7.4
51.5
3.7
138.2
73.1
65.2
75.5
85.9
86.1
–4.0
3.9
–10.4
66.0
159.5
498.7
555.9
528.4
38.2
176.7
313.6
20.5
6.9
6.0
1.0
–57.2

1.5
1.0
.6
–114.3
32.2
16.4
15.8
58.9
12.0
4.1
–.5
8.3
46.8
17.0
23.2
78.0
179.9
172.7
15.0
76.3
81.4
6.1
1.2
1.4
–.2
–101.8

29.5
–1.0
30.4
93.0
47.5
30.5
17.0
–29.2
11.6
6.1
1.4
4.1
–40.8
10.4
32.6
188.4
84.2
80.5
–37.7
28.6
89.6
.3
3.3
1.5
1.8
104.1

11.5
–4.8
16.3
–4.7
22.1
7.4
14.7
30.6
35.2
55.3
–3.8
–16.2
–4.5
37.8
85.0
152.7
154.0
151.4
44.5
44.7
62.1
3.6
–.9
1.5
–2.4
–1.2

3.6
–6.4
9.9
–5.4
45.4
30.1
15.3
19.3
18.7
18.2
–.8
1.3
.5
2.1
28.4
57.4
158.5
148.9
–2.3
63.2
88.1
4.4
5.1
1.6
3.5
–101.1

2.9
4.2
–1.1
6.9
35.9
16.6
19.3
28.9
28.4
8.6
.3
19.5
.5
10.1
5.2
152.1
133.0
118.6
13.7
26.3
78.6
12.6
1.8
1.7
.1
19.1

9.2
6.6
2.6
1.1
13.3
–7.6
21.0
10.8
10.3
12.6
–.2
–2.1
.5
12.9
24.3
107.5
91.8
82.6
8.0
–11.1
85.7
7.3
1.8
1.0
.8
15.7

93.8

218.1

–11.7

109.2

93.5

–31.4

84.2

110.0

1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income 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
2006
May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Nov. r

Oct. r

Dec. p

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ..............................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .............................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ....................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .....................
Personal income receipts on assets ..................................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ......................................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance .......................................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................

0.1
–.4
–.5
.1

0.4
.4
.4
.4

0.6
.7
.7
.6

0.5
.4
.4
.4

0.5
.6
.6
.5

0.3
.5
.5
.5

0.3
.4
.4
.4

0.5
.6
.6
.5

.5
–3.2
1.3
1.6
.9
.7
–.4
0
.1

–.4
–5.0
1.4
1.6
1.0
.4
.3
.7
.4

–.1
7.6
.4
0
1.0
.6
.6
–.3
.7

.7
6.4
.4
0
1.1
.9
.3
.2
.6

0
6.8
.4
0
1.1
.2
.5
.3
.5

.5
–3.0
.2
–.4
1.1
–.3
.5
.9
.2

.2
–1.5
.2
–.4
1.1
.2
.3
.5
.3

0
–2.7
.2
–.4
1.1
1.2
.6
.7
.5

.7
–.6
.9
.8

.3
.5
.1
.4

.7
2.0
.9
.4

.1
–1.5
.2
.5

0
.3
–1.3
.5

.3
.2
–.5
.7

.5
.9
.6
.4

.7
.8
1.6
.3

.4

.3

.2

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
Real disposable personal income ......................................................................
p
r

–.2

.3

.4

.3

.9

Preliminary
Revised

Table 6.—Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2005

2006

2005
III

2006
IV

I

II

III

IV

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income ...................................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ..............................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ...................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries .............................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ....................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .....................
Personal income receipts on assets ..................................................................
Personal interest income ...............................................................................
Personal dividend income ..............................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ......................................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance .......................................
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income ................................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..........................................................................................
Services ..........................................................................................................

5.2
5.5
5.1
7.3
6.5
–42.7
6.4
6.1
7.0
7.0
6.6
14.6
4.1
6.5
4.7
8.3
5.9

6.4
6.6
6.6
6.6

8.9
5.2
5.1
5.6

9.4
12.6
13.3
9.7

3.2
1.4
.7
4.1

5.9
5.1
5.0
5.4

4.9
6.0
6.1
5.4

4.5
.6
12.7
5.0 .................. ..................
9.1
8.9
13.0
7.7
7.2
13.5
11.3
11.7
12.2
4.9
16.5
–7.3
7.5
8.0
4.8
13.3
8.0
11.2
5.5
3.5
8.6

4.7
–21.2
5.7
3.0
10.2
8.2
17.9
30.2
6.8

1.4
–25.2
11.8
12.7
10.4
5.0
.9
8.8
2.5

1.2
44.6
9.0
6.7
12.8
7.5
4.4
1.5
6.6

3.7
5.6
3.2
–2.9
13.6
2.7
5.6
7.3
4.6

7.0
18.6
7.0
4.8

6.7
–.9
9.9
6.7

5.2
5.3
3.9
5.9

3.6
3.0
–1.6
6.4

–1.5

4.1

5.4

6.0
3.7
7.0
6.1

4.0
8.3
8.4
7.9

8.2
5.9
12.7
6.5

3.7
–13.5
4.5
7.1

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
Real disposable personal income ......................................................................

1.2

2.7

–.6

5.5

4.6

Table 7.—Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2006
May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

Billions of chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................

8,058.7
1,184.9
2,352.1
4,542.1

8,075.0
1,194.2
2,353.9
4,548.9

8,110.1
1,218.0
2,360.9
4,558.1

8,100.7
1,199.0
2,357.4
4,566.4

8,122.8
1,209.5
2,362.1
4,575.4

8,160.4
1,211.5
2,379.5
4,592.8

8,204.5
1,226.7
2,402.5
4,601.8

8,232.8
1,241.4
2,417.6
4,603.8

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................

27.5
–6.8
4.8
26.8

16.3
9.3
1.8
6.8

35.1
23.8
7.0
9.2

–9.4
–19.0
–3.5
8.3

22.1
10.5
4.7
9.0

37.6
2.0
17.4
17.4

44.1
15.2
23.0
9.0

28.3
14.7
15.1
2.0

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2000) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................
p
r

.3
–.6
.2
.6

.2
.8
.1
.1

.4
2.0
.3
.2

–.1
–1.6
–.1
.2

.3
.9
.2
.2

.5
.2
.7
.4

.5
1.3
1.0
.2

.3
1.2
.6
0

Preliminary
Revised

Table 8.—Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2005

2006

2005
III

2006
IV

I

II

III

IV

8,055.0
1,190.3
2,351.1
4,535.4

8,111.2
1,208.8
2,360.1
4,566.6

8,199.2
1,226.5
2,399.9
4,599.4

Billions of chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................

7,841.2
1,145.3
2,276.8
4,436.6

8,092.3
1,204.0
2,363.5
4,549.0

7,895.3
1,175.9
2,287.6
4,454.5

7,910.2
1,137.9
2,309.6
4,476.7

8,003.8
1,190.5
2,342.8
4,494.5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................

264.1
59.6
97.6
112.7

251.1
58.7
86.7
112.4

75.5
25.1
19.2
34.5

14.9
–38.0
22.0
22.2

93.6
52.6
33.2
17.8

51.2
–.2
8.3
40.9

56.2
18.5
9.0
31.2

88.0
17.7
39.8
32.8

2.8
6.4
1.5
2.8

4.4
6.0
6.9
2.9

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................

3.5
5.5
4.5
2.6

3.2
5.1
3.8
2.5

3.9
9.0
3.4
3.2

.8
–12.3
3.9
2.0

4.8
19.8
5.9
1.6

2.6
–.1
1.4
3.7

Table 9.—Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2006
May

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ......................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy ........................................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ...........................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 ..............................................

114.650
89.279
116.015
120.049

114.815
89.049
116.082
120.368

115.160
89.096
116.749
120.625

115.465
89.145
117.143
120.948

115.098
88.659
115.434
121.308

114.867
88.679
113.967
121.657

114.875
88.348
113.569
121.966

115.294
87.991
114.615
122.262

111.736
113.374
109.537

111.963
113.513
109.745

112.076
113.852
109.803

112.369
114.131
110.062

112.565
113.652
110.233

112.844
113.299
110.460

112.886
113.282
110.479

113.027
113.722
110.589

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
PCE .........................................................................................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy ........................................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ...........................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 ..............................................

.3
0
.7
.2

.1
–.3
.1
.3

.3
.1
.6
.2

.3
.1
.3
.3

–.3
–.5
–1.5
.3

–.2
0
–1.3
.3

0
–.4
–.3
.3

.4
–.4
.9
.2

.2
.4
.2

.2
.1
.2

.1
.3
.1

.3
.2
.2

.2
–.4
.2

.2
–.3
.2

0
0
0

.1
.4
.1

Preliminary
r Revised
1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable
price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished without payment by financial
intermediaries) and the expenses of nonprofit institutions.
p

Table 10.—Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year
Ago
2006
May
Disposable personal income ...............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................................
p
r

June
1.9
3.4
6.1
3.9
2.6

July
1.7
2.7
2.0
3.4
2.5

Aug.

1.7
2.3
–1.6
3.5
2.5

Sep.
4.6
2.7
3.3
3.0
2.4

Oct. r
3.2
3.2
7.1
3.0
2.6

Nov. r

3.4
3.6
9.2
2.9
2.9

3.1
3.7
7.4
4.2
2.8

Dec. p
2.9
3.6
6.8
4.6
2.5

Preliminary
Revised

Table 11.—Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2006
May
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ......................................................
Durable goods ....................................................................................................
Nondurable goods ..............................................................................................
Services ..............................................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy ........................................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ...........................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 ..............................................
Preliminary
Revised
1. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable
price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, the services furnished without payment by financial
intermediaries) and the expenses of nonprofit institutions.
p
r

June

July

Aug.

Sep.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

3.3
–1.6
5.0
3.5

3.5
–1.5
5.3
3.6

3.4
–1.1
4.8
3.6

3.2
–.7
4.0
3.6

1.9
–1.3
.3
3.4

1.5
–1.3
–.6
3.1

1.9
–1.4
.9
3.0

2.3
–1.6
2.1
3.2

2.2
3.2
1.8

2.3
3.4
2.0

2.3
3.3
1.9

2.4
3.1
2.1

2.4
1.6
2.1

2.4
1.1
2.1

2.2
1.6
1.9

2.2
2.1
1.9