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BEA 09-03

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2008
Personal income decreased $25.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $25.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $102.4 billion, or 1.0 percent. In November,
personal income decreased $44.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI decreased $33.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, and
PCE decreased $77.8 billion, or 0.8 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.3 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.8
percent in November. Real PCE decreased 0.5 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent. The
price index for PCE decreased 0.5 percent, compared with a decrease of 1.1 percent.
2008
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

Dec.

0.3

0.0

-0.1

-0.4

-0.2

-1.1
-1.1

0.1
0.0

0.0
0.5

-0.3
0.8

-0.2
0.3

-0.2
-0.1

-0.4
-0.5

-1.1
-0.6

-0.8
0.3

-1.0
-0.5

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/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $23.5 billion in December, compared with
a decrease of $12.1 billion in November. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $15.7
billion, compared with a decrease of $4.4 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $9.6 billion,
compared with a decrease of $3.1 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased
$7.8 billion, compared with a decrease $7.7 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements
increased $2.3 billion, compared with an increase of $1.7 billion.

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Other personal income
Proprietors' income decreased $6.8 billion in December, compared with a decrease of $17.6
billion in November. Farm proprietors' income decreased $0.9 billion, compared with a decrease of
$1.3 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $5.9 billion, compared with a decrease of
$16.3 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $4.3 billion in December, compared with an increase of
$2.8 billion in November. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus
personal dividend income) decreased $29.0 billion, compared with a decrease of $28.8 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $24.4 billion in December, compared with an
increase of $7.5 billion in November. The December increase in personal current transfer receipts
reflected retroactive social security benefits payments of $7.4 billion at an annual rate, resulting
from a recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits for recent retirees. The December
increase in personal current transfer receipts also reflected provisions of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 2008, which provides up to 13 weeks of additional unemployment
compensation benefits to those who have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits. The
additional unemployment benefits boosted the level of personal current transfer receipts by $7.1
billion in December.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $3.1 billion in December, compared with a decrease of $1.9 billion in November.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $0.2 billion in December, compared with a decrease of $10.1
billion in November. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- decreased $25.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, in December, compared with a decrease of $33.9
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
decreased $104.6 billion in December, compared with a decrease of $80.0 billion in November.
PCE decreased $102.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $77.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $378.6 billion in December, compared
with $299.1 billion in November. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income was 3.6 percent in December, compared with 2.8 percent in November. 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 www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in December,
compared with an increase of 0.8 percent in November.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.5 percent in December, in
contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in November. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.8
percent, in contrast to an increase of 1.0 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 1.8
percent in December, in contrast to an increase of 0.9 percent in November. Purchases of services
increased 0.1 percent, in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- the price index for PCE decreased 0.5 percent in December, compared with
a decrease of 1.1 percent in November. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, was
essentially unchanged in December and in November.

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

11.3

-11.3

0.1

-0.1

-20.7

-44.0

-0.2

-0.4

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

16.7
61.2

-2.0
47.0

0.2
0.7

0.0
0.5

-11.8
88.1

-33.9
70.7

-0.1
1.0

-0.3
0.8

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars......................
-102.6 -116.2
Chained (2000) dollars.........
-38.6 -48.7

-1.0
-0.5

-1.1
-0.6

-56.1
45.6

-77.8
28.5

-0.6
0.6

-0.8
0.3

This release also includes revised estimates of population, per capita disposable personal income (DPI), and
per capita real DPI. The revised population estimates reflect newly available estimates from the Census Bureau
for March 2000 through December 2008. BEA population estimates are a mid-month average of Census Bureau
data. The revised per capita estimates reflect the revisions to the population estimates. Estimates for the
complete revision period are available on BEA’s Web site at
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/SelectTable.asp?Selected=Y#S2.

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BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current Business;
and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov. By
visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
announcements.

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Next release -- March 2, 2009, at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for January.

Release Dates for 2009
December 2008..
January 2009.......
February 2009.....
March 2009.........

February 2
March 2
March 27
April 30

April 2009.... June 1
May 2009..... June 26
June 2009..... August 4
July 2009...... August 28

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August 2009.........
September 2009...
October 2009.......
November 2009...

October 1
October 30
November 25
December 23

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

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

August

September

October r

November r December p

May

June

July

12,219.8
8,033.1
6,530.9
5,407.3
1,212.4
744.9
4,194.9
1,047.1
3,147.8
1,123.6
1,502.1
1,024.4
477.7

12,233.6
8,049.3
6,543.8
5,415.4
1,214.6
745.6
4,200.9
1,050.3
3,150.6
1,128.4
1,505.5
1,027.4
478.2

12,136.0
8,067.8
6,559.3
5,425.0
1,217.4
746.3
4,207.6
1,048.9
3,158.7
1,134.3
1,508.5
1,029.8
478.8

12,168.8
8,091.7
6,580.6
5,442.0
1,221.1
744.5
4,220.8
1,049.1
3,171.7
1,138.6
1,511.1
1,031.3
479.8

12,173.2
8,081.5
6,570.4
5,428.3
1,214.6
740.0
4,213.6
1,044.3
3,169.3
1,142.1
1,511.2
1,032.6
478.6

12,161.9
8,080.5
6,567.3
5,422.0
1,209.0
737.1
4,213.0
1,036.7
3,176.3
1,145.3
1,513.2
1,035.0
478.2

12,117.9
8,070.7
6,557.0
5,409.9
1,204.6
734.0
4,205.3
1,029.6
3,175.8
1,147.0
1,513.7
1,036.7
477.0

12,092.6
8,049.5
6,535.6
5,386.4
1,188.9
724.4
4,197.5
1,025.2
3,172.3
1,149.3
1,513.9
1,038.4
475.5

1,076.1
38.4
1,037.7
58.3
2,052.3
1,208.7
843.6
1,995.3
1,962.9
1,051.8
41.5
869.6
32.4
995.4

1,083.5
36.1
1,047.4
68.3
2,052.8
1,204.5
848.3
1,976.0
1,943.5
1,057.0
42.0
844.5
32.4
996.3

1,090.0
35.0
1,055.0
72.8
2,054.1
1,210.9
843.2
1,849.0
1,816.5
1,067.4
47.6
701.5
32.5
997.7

1,079.8
32.5
1,047.3
77.3
2,055.6
1,217.4
838.2
1,864.3
1,831.7
1,067.5
62.4
701.9
32.6
999.8

1,071.8
29.6
1,042.2
55.5
2,057.3
1,223.8
833.4
1,904.8
1,845.3
1,072.0
67.5
705.8
59.5
997.8

1,074.5
27.1
1,047.4
86.3
2,028.5
1,199.2
829.4
1,889.2
1,856.5
1,074.5
64.6
717.4
32.7
997.1

1,056.9
25.8
1,031.1
89.1
1,999.7
1,174.5
825.2
1,896.7
1,863.9
1,082.8
64.2
716.9
32.8
995.2

1,050.1
24.9
1,025.2
93.4
1,970.7
1,149.9
820.8
1,921.1
1,888.3
1,088.7
79.6
719.9
32.8
992.1

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

1,147.9

1,363.0

1,371.3

1,520.3

1,514.3

1,505.0

1,494.9

1,494.7

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

11,071.9

10,870.6

10,764.7

10,648.6

10,658.9

10,656.9

10,623.0

10,597.9

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) .................................................................

10,544.3
10,144.2
1,065.5
3,025.4
6,053.3
253.8
146.4
83.7
62.7

10,595.9
10,196.4
1,049.1
3,063.0
6,084.2
252.9
146.7
84.0
62.7

10,585.0
10,187.1
1,016.6
3,068.4
6,102.0
250.9
147.1
84.4
62.7

10,567.4
10,170.9
1,033.7
3,042.4
6,094.8
248.9
147.5
84.8
62.7

10,527.3
10,132.4
998.4
3,022.9
6,111.2
246.9
148.0
85.3
62.7

10,403.9
10,016.2
946.0
2,933.2
6,137.0
244.1
143.6
85.8
57.8

10,323.9
9,938.4
949.7
2,852.7
6,136.1
241.3
144.1
86.3
57.8

10,219.3
9,836.0
937.4
2,752.2
6,146.4
238.5
144.8
86.9
57.8

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....

527.5
4.8

274.7
2.5

179.7
1.7

81.2
0.8

131.6
1.2

253.1
2.4

299.1
2.8

378.6
3.6

9,119.1

8,885.5

8,751.0

8,657.6

8,658.7

8,705.7

8,776.4

8,800.1

36,406
29,985
304,121

35,716
29,194
304,360

35,340
28,729
304,608

34,928
28,398
304,870

34,931
28,376
305,138

34,896
28,507
305,390

34,758
28,716
305,624

34,651
28,773
305,848

Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 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.
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
2007

2008

2007
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.......................

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV

11,663.2
7,818.6
6,362.0
5,286.7
1,205.4
746.0
4,081.3
1,035.2
3,046.1
1,075.2
1,456.6
991.9
464.7

12,099.0
8,047.6
6,543.2
5,413.5
1,212.3
742.2
4,201.3
1,044.2
3,157.1
1,129.7
1,504.4
1,026.9
477.5

11,730.4
7,839.3
6,377.7
5,297.0
1,204.3
743.4
4,092.6
1,035.3
3,057.4
1,080.8
1,461.6
996.5
465.1

11,872.1
7,941.0
6,465.5
5,373.4
1,218.2
750.2
4,155.3
1,048.3
3,106.9
1,092.1
1,475.5
1,005.9
469.6

11,960.5
8,009.7
6,518.0
5,408.3
1,217.7
748.4
4,190.5
1,050.4
3,140.2
1,109.7
1,491.7
1,015.3
476.4

12,152.2
8,033.5
6,531.3
5,407.9
1,212.7
745.0
4,195.2
1,048.4
3,146.7
1,123.4
1,502.2
1,024.4
477.8

12,159.4
8,080.4
6,570.1
5,431.7
1,217.7
743.6
4,214.0
1,047.4
3,166.6
1,138.3
1,510.3
1,031.2
479.0

12,124.1
8,066.9
6,553.3
5,406.1
1,200.8
731.8
4,205.3
1,030.5
3,174.8
1,147.2
1,513.6
1,036.7
476.9

1,056.2
44.0
1,012.2
40.0
2,000.1
1,214.3
785.8
1,713.3
1,681.4
999.4
32.3
649.6
31.9
965.1

1,072.4
34.5
1,037.9
63.9
2,040.4
1,206.3
834.1
1,869.8
1,835.1
1,058.3
52.0
724.7
34.7
995.2

1,063.8
47.4
1,016.4
41.8
2,030.9
1,236.2
794.7
1,720.6
1,688.0
1,008.8
32.5
646.7
32.5
966.0

1,073.8
47.1
1,026.7
38.6
2,056.2
1,242.7
813.5
1,737.8
1,704.7
1,009.6
34.3
660.9
33.1
975.3

1,071.7
41.6
1,030.1
39.1
2,054.1
1,224.6
829.5
1,778.1
1,745.8
1,032.4
38.2
675.3
32.2
992.2

1,076.9
38.0
1,039.0
58.6
2,052.3
1,208.7
843.6
1,926.3
1,893.9
1,050.0
41.4
802.5
32.4
995.4

1,080.5
32.4
1,048.2
68.5
2,055.7
1,217.4
838.3
1,872.7
1,831.2
1,068.9
59.2
703.1
41.5
998.4

1,060.5
25.9
1,034.6
89.6
1,999.6
1,174.5
825.1
1,902.3
1,869.6
1,082.0
69.5
718.0
32.8
994.8

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

1,492.8

1,462.0

1,501.6

1,520.5

1,535.0

1,346.1

1,468.6

1,498.2

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

10,170.5

10,637.0

10,228.8

10,351.5

10,425.5

10,806.0

10,690.7

10,625.9

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) .................................................................

10,113.1
9,710.2
1,082.8
2,833.0
5,794.4
265.4
137.5
81.2
56.3

10,454.6
10,058.5
1,022.7
2,966.9
6,068.9
251.4
144.7
84.4
60.3

10,182.0
9,765.6
1,086.2
2,846.6
5,832.8
278.2
138.1
81.8
56.3

10,309.2
9,892.7
1,083.0
2,906.2
5,903.5
276.7
139.8
82.5
57.3

10,404.9
10,002.3
1,071.0
2,950.7
5,980.6
261.7
140.8
82.9
57.9

10,538.2
10,138.0
1,059.3
3,026.2
6,052.5
253.8
146.4
83.7
62.7

10,559.9
10,163.5
1,016.2
3,044.6
6,102.7
248.9
147.5
84.8
62.7

10,315.7
9,930.2
944.4
2,846.0
6,139.8
241.3
144.2
86.3
57.8

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....

57.4
0.6

182.4
1.7

46.8
0.5

42.4
0.4

20.6
0.2

267.9
2.5

130.8
1.2

310.3
2.9

8,644.0

8,752.3

8,671.1

8,683.1

8,667.9

8,891.0

8,689.1

8,760.4

33,706
28,648
301,737

34,929
28,740
304,530

33,858
28,702
302,108

34,179
28,670
302,865

34,351
28,560
303,498

35,531
29,234
304,128

35,066
28,501
304,872

34,768
28,664
305,620

Addenda:
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2000) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

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 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December p

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

216.7
15.0
11.8
6.2
1.1
0.4
5.1
–0.8
5.9
5.5
3.2
2.9
0.3

13.8
16.2
12.9
8.1
2.2
0.7
6.0
3.2
2.8
4.8
3.4
3.0
0.5

–97.6
18.5
15.5
9.6
2.8
0.7
6.7
–1.4
8.1
5.9
3.0
2.4
0.6

32.8
23.9
21.3
17.0
3.7
–1.8
13.2
0.2
13.0
4.3
2.6
1.5
1.0

4.4
–10.2
–10.2
–13.7
–6.5
–4.5
–7.2
–4.8
–2.4
3.5
0.1
1.3
–1.2

–11.3
–1.0
–3.1
–6.3
–5.6
–2.9
–0.6
–7.6
7.0
3.2
2.0
2.4
–0.4

–44.0
–9.8
–10.3
–12.1
–4.4
–3.1
–7.7
–7.1
–0.5
1.7
0.5
1.7
–1.2

–25.3
–21.2
–21.4
–23.5
–15.7
–9.6
–7.8
–4.4
–3.5
2.3
0.2
1.7
–1.5

4.9
–1.0
5.8
9.2
0.5
–4.3
4.8
187.8
187.8
10.8
0.9
176.1
0.0
0.9

7.4
–2.3
9.7
10.0
0.5
–4.2
4.7
–19.3
–19.4
5.2
0.5
–25.1
0.0
0.9

6.5
–1.1
7.6
4.5
1.3
6.4
–5.1
–127.0
–127.0
10.4
5.6
–143.0
0.1
1.4

–10.2
–2.5
–7.7
4.5
1.5
6.5
–5.0
15.3
15.2
0.1
14.8
0.4
0.1
2.1

–8.0
–2.9
–5.1
–21.8
1.7
6.4
–4.8
40.5
13.6
4.5
5.1
3.9
26.9
–2.0

2.7
–2.5
5.2
30.8
–28.8
–24.6
–4.0
–15.6
11.2
2.5
–2.9
11.6
–26.8
–0.7

–17.6
–1.3
–16.3
2.8
–28.8
–24.7
–4.2
7.5
7.4
8.3
–0.4
–0.5
0.1
–1.9

–6.8
–0.9
–5.9
4.3
–29.0
–24.6
–4.4
24.4
24.4
5.9
15.4
3.0
0.0
–3.1

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

–379.6

215.1

8.3

149.0

–6.0

–9.3

–10.1

–0.2

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

596.3

–201.3

–105.9

–116.1

10.3

–2.0

–33.9

–25.1

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) .................................................................

70.1
70.7
2.3
35.0
33.4
–0.9
0.3
0.3
0.0

51.6
52.2
–16.4
37.6
30.9
–0.9
0.3
0.3
0.0

–10.9
–9.3
–32.5
5.4
17.8
–2.0
0.4
0.4
0.0

–17.6
–16.2
17.1
–26.0
–7.2
–2.0
0.4
0.4
0.0

–40.1
–38.5
–35.3
–19.5
16.4
–2.0
0.5
0.5
0.0

–123.4
–116.2
–52.4
–89.7
25.8
–2.8
–4.4
0.5
–4.9

–80.0
–77.8
3.7
–80.5
–0.9
–2.8
0.5
0.5
0.0

–104.6
–102.4
–12.3
–100.5
10.3
–2.8
0.7
0.6
0.0

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................

526.1

–252.8

–95.0

–98.5

50.4

121.5

46.0

79.5

Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ....

451.8

–233.6

–134.5

–93.4

1.1

47.0

70.7

23.7

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
2007

2008

2007
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.......................

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV

669.3
386.0
334.8
282.5
38.2
14.8
244.2
48.5
195.7
52.2
51.3
35.1
16.2

435.8
229.0
181.2
126.8
6.9
–3.8
120.0
9.0
111.0
54.5
47.8
35.0
12.8

152.9
79.2
67.0
54.5
3.6
–0.6
50.7
–1.2
52.0
12.7
12.2
8.8
3.4

141.7
101.7
87.8
76.4
13.9
6.8
62.7
13.0
49.5
11.3
13.9
9.4
4.5

88.4
68.7
52.5
34.9
–0.5
–1.8
35.2
2.1
33.3
17.6
16.2
9.4
6.8

191.7
23.8
13.3
–0.4
–5.0
–3.4
4.7
–2.0
6.5
13.7
10.5
9.1
1.4

7.2
46.9
38.8
23.8
5.0
–1.4
18.8
–1.0
19.9
14.9
8.1
6.8
1.2

–35.3
–13.5
–16.8
–25.6
–16.9
–11.8
–8.7
–16.9
8.2
8.9
3.3
5.5
–2.1

41.5
27.8
13.6
–4.3
175.3
88.9
86.4
110.3
103.3
60.5
2.4
40.3
7.0
39.6

16.2
–9.5
25.7
23.9
40.3
–8.0
48.3
156.5
153.7
58.9
19.7
75.1
2.8
30.1

13.6
5.1
8.5
–2.8
48.4
30.1
18.2
21.4
20.5
11.3
1.3
7.9
0.8
6.9

10.0
–0.3
10.3
–3.2
25.3
6.5
18.8
17.2
16.7
0.8
1.8
14.2
0.6
9.3

–2.1
–5.5
3.4
0.5
–2.1
–18.1
16.0
40.3
41.1
22.8
3.9
14.4
–0.9
16.9

5.2
–3.6
8.9
19.5
–1.8
–15.9
14.1
148.2
148.1
17.6
3.2
127.2
0.2
3.2

3.6
–5.6
9.2
9.9
3.4
8.7
–5.3
–53.6
–62.7
18.9
17.8
–99.4
9.1
3.0

–20.0
–6.5
–13.6
21.1
–56.1
–42.9
–13.2
29.6
38.4
13.1
10.3
14.9
–8.7
–3.6

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

139.6

–30.8

12.2

18.9

14.5

–188.9

122.5

29.6

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

529.8

466.5

140.8

122.7

74.0

380.5

–115.3

–64.8

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) .................................................................

543.1
503.0
30.7
147.8
324.5
30.0
10.1
5.0
5.2

341.5
348.3
–60.1
133.9
274.5
–14.0
7.2
3.2
4.0

125.1
108.1
0.9
28.9
78.4
15.6
1.2
1.0
0.3

127.2
127.1
–3.2
59.6
70.7
–1.5
1.7
0.7
1.0

95.7
109.6
–12.0
44.5
77.1
–15.0
1.0
0.4
0.6

133.3
135.7
–11.7
75.5
71.9
–7.9
5.6
0.8
4.8

21.7
25.5
–43.1
18.4
50.2
–4.9
1.1
1.1
0.0

–244.2
–233.3
–71.8
–198.6
37.1
–7.6
–3.3
1.5
–4.9

Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................

–13.3

125.0

15.7

–4.4

–21.8

247.3

–137.1

179.5

Addendum:
Real disposable personal income, billions of chained (2000) dollars 2 ....

237.0

108.3

66.6

12.0

–15.2

223.1

–201.9

71.3

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
2008
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December 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 ..............................

1.8
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2

–0.8
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.0
–0.1
–0.2
0.0

–0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

–0.4
–0.1
–0.2
0.0

–0.2
–0.3
–0.3
0.0

0.5
18.9
0.0
–0.3
0.6
10.4
0.1

0.7
17.0
0.0
–0.4
0.6
–1.0
0.1

0.6
6.6
0.1
0.5
–0.6
–6.4
0.1

–0.9
6.2
0.1
0.5
–0.6
0.8
0.2

–0.7
–28.1
0.1
0.5
–0.6
2.2
–0.2

0.2
55.3
–1.4
–2.0
–0.5
–0.8
–0.1

–1.6
3.3
–1.4
–2.1
–0.5
0.4
–0.2

–0.6
4.8
–1.5
–2.1
–0.5
1.3
–0.3

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

–24.9

18.7

0.6

10.9

–0.4

–0.6

–0.7

0.0

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

5.7

–1.8

–1.0

–1.1

0.1

0.0

–0.3

–0.2

Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................

0.7
0.2
1.2
0.6

0.5
–1.5
1.2
0.5

–0.1
–3.1
0.2
0.3

–0.2
1.7
–0.8
–0.1

–0.4
–3.4
–0.6
0.3

–1.1
–5.2
–3.0
0.4

–0.8
0.4
–2.7
0.0

–1.0
–1.3
–3.5
0.2

Real disposable personal income ............................................................

5.2

–2.6

0.5

0.8

0.3

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
–1.5

–1.1

0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2007
III

2008
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 ..............................

6.1
5.2
5.6
3.7

3.7
2.9
2.8
3.3

5.4
4.1
4.3
3.4

4.9
5.3
5.6
3.9

3.0
3.5
3.3
4.5

6.6
1.2
0.8
2.8

0.2
2.4
2.4
2.2

–1.2
–0.7
–1.0
0.9

4.1
–9.6
9.6
7.9
12.4
6.9
4.3

1.5
59.7
2.0
–0.7
6.1
9.1
3.1

5.3
–22.7
10.1
10.4
9.8
5.1
2.9

3.8
–27.3
5.1
2.1
9.8
4.1
3.9

–0.8
5.3
–0.4
–5.7
8.1
9.6
7.1

2.0
401.3
–0.3
–5.1
7.0
37.8
1.3

1.3
87.6
0.7
2.9
–2.5
–10.7
1.2

–7.2
192.3
–10.5
–13.4
–6.1
6.5
–1.4

Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................

10.3

–2.1

3.3

5.1

3.9

–40.8

41.7

8.3

Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................

5.5

4.6

5.7

4.9

2.9

15.4

–4.2

–2.4

Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................

5.5
2.9
5.5
5.9

3.6
–5.5
4.7
4.7

4.6
0.3
4.2
5.6

5.3
–1.2
8.7
4.9

4.5
–4.3
6.3
5.3

5.5
–4.3
10.6
4.9

1.0
–15.3
2.4
3.4

–8.9
–25.4
–23.6
2.5

Real disposable personal income ............................................................

2.8

1.3

10.7

–8.8

3.3

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
3.1

0.6

–0.7

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2008
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December p

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

8,355.1
1,237.1
2,427.3
4,712.8

8,334.4
1,217.0
2,415.9
4,717.9

8,281.4
1,178.5
2,392.0
4,716.6

8,269.3
1,200.4
2,378.5
4,703.9

8,231.0
1,161.4
2,358.3
4,713.4

8,182.3
1,103.2
2,332.6
4,730.8

8,210.8
1,114.3
2,353.8
4,729.9

8,167.5
1,105.4
2,312.0
4,734.2

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

20.5
6.3
8.3
7.1

–20.7
–20.1
–11.4
5.1

–53.0
–38.5
–23.9
–1.3

–12.1
21.9
–13.5
–12.7

–38.3
–39.0
–20.2
9.5

–48.7
–58.2
–25.7
17.4

28.5
11.1
21.2
–0.9

–43.3
–8.9
–41.8
4.3

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

0.2
0.5
0.3
0.2

–0.2
–1.6
–0.5
0.1

–0.6
–3.2
–1.0
0.0

–0.1
1.9
–0.6
–0.3

–0.5
–3.2
–0.8
0.2

–0.6
–5.0
–1.1
0.4

0.3
1.0
0.9
0.0

–0.5
–0.8
–1.8
0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2007
III

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV

8,341.3
1,228.3
2,420.7
4,712.1

8,260.6
1,180.1
2,376.3
4,711.3

8,186.9
1,107.7
2,332.8
4,731.6

–80.7
–48.2
–44.4
–0.8

–73.7
–72.4
–43.5
20.3

–3.8
–14.8
–7.1
–0.1

–3.5
–22.4
–7.1
1.7

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

8,252.8
1,242.4
2,392.6
4,646.2

8,276.2
1,188.3
2,381.9
4,714.8

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

223.8
57.3
57.3
116.3

23.4
–54.1
–10.7
68.6

8,278.5
1,249.4
2,398.6
4,659.8

8,298.2
1,250.6
2,400.2
4,676.1

8,316.1
1,237.0
2,397.9
4,704.3

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
41.2
7.1
7.1
27.1

19.7
1.2
1.6
16.3

17.9
–13.6
–2.3
28.2

25.2
–8.7
22.8
7.8

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

2.8
4.8
2.5
2.6

0.3
–4.4
–0.4
1.5

2.0
2.3
1.2
2.4

1.0
0.4
0.3
1.4

0.9
–4.3
–0.4
2.4

1.2
–2.8
3.9
0.7

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2008
July

August

September

October r

November r December p

May

June

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

121.419
86.123
124.646
128.451

122.346
86.205
126.793
128.967

123.017
86.264
128.282
129.379

123.002
86.110
127.920
129.574

123.106
85.957
128.186
129.661

122.419
85.744
125.766
129.730

121.047
85.223
121.205
129.735

120.434
84.799
119.050
129.836

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

116.742
119.578
113.482

117.072
120.574
113.775

117.286
121.348
114.025

117.493
121.292
114.230

117.664
121.406
114.427

117.657
120.634
114.456

117.651
119.042
114.461

117.621
118.336
114.439

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
PCE.............................................................................................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

0.5
–0.3
0.8
0.4

0.8
0.1
1.7
0.4

0.5
0.1
1.2
0.3

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

–0.6
–0.2
–1.9
0.1

–1.1
–0.6
–3.6
0.0

–0.5
–0.5
–1.8
0.1

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

0.2
0.5
0.2

0.3
0.8
0.3

0.2
0.6
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.6
0.0

0.0
–1.3
0.0

0.0
–0.6
0.0

p 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.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2008
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December p

Disposable personal income....................................................................

6.1

3.2

1.2

–0.2

–0.4

0.2

1.2

1.3

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

1.4
–1.7
1.4
2.0

1.1
–1.6
0.7
1.7

0.2
–4.4
–0.6
1.4

–0.2
–4.4
–0.5
0.7

–0.6
–7.8
–1.7
1.2

–1.1
–12.2
–2.6
1.6

–1.2
–11.0
–2.1
1.0

–1.7
–11.1
–3.7
1.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2008
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December p

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

3.5
–1.3
5.6
3.4

4.1
–1.3
7.2
3.5

4.5
–1.1
8.2
3.7

4.4
–0.9
8.0
3.5

4.1
–0.9
7.7
3.2

3.2
–1.2
5.3
3.0

1.4
–1.6
–0.3
2.8

0.6
–1.9
–2.6
2.6

Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy...............................................................
Market-based PCE 1 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 1 .....................................

2.2
3.5
1.9

2.3
4.1
2.0

2.4
4.6
2.1

2.4
4.6
2.2

2.3
4.3
2.1

2.0
3.3
1.9

1.9
1.3
1.8

1.7
0.4
1.6

p 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.