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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
BEA 11-3
James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2010
Personal income increased $54.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $47.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $69.5 billion, or 0.7 percent. In November,
personal income increased $44.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $39.0 billion, or 0.3 percent
and PCE increased $35.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.1 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.2
percent in November. Real PCE increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
2010
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

Dec.

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.4
0.3

-0.1
-0.2

0.4
0.2

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.7
0.5

0.3
0.2

0.7
0.4

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NOTE. -- Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month percent changes are
calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in chained (2005) dollars.

This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $15.5 billion in December, compared with an
increase of $5.9 billion in November. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $1.5 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $2.5 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $0.2 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $2.5 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $14.0 billion, compared
with an increase of $8.4 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.6 billion,
compared with an increase of $1.3 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $3.8 billion in December, compared with an increase
of $3.1 billion in November.
Proprietors' income increased $8.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $7.9 billion
in November. Farm proprietors' income increased $2.8 billion, compared with an increase of $2.7
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $5.2 billion, the same increase as in November.
Rental income of persons increased $1.9 billion in December, compared with an increase of $1.7
billion in November. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $21.9 billion, compared with an increase of $17.3 billion. Personal
current transfer receipts increased $3.8 billion, compared with an increase of $8.7 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $1.1 billion in November.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $7.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $5.9
billion in November. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- increased $47.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, in December, compared with an increase of $39.0
billion, or 0.3 percent, in November.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $67.5 billion in December, compared with an increase of $33.6 billion in November. PCE
increased $69.5 billion, compared with an increase of $35.4 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $614.1 billion in December, compared with
$634.4 billion in November. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.3
percent in December, compared with 5.5 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, go to
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

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Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in December,
compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in November.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in December,
compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in November. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.0
percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.3 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.4 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, the same
increase as in November.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent in December, compared with an
increase of 0.1 percent in November. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less
than 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October and November. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) 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

49.5

64.1

0.4

0.5

42.3

44.9

0.3

0.4

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

39.3
18.1

48.4
24.4

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.2

37.8
24.7

39.0
24.9

0.3
0.2

0.3
0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
68.9
Chained (2005) dollars
46.2

74.8
49.7

0.7
0.5

0.7
0.5

43.3
30.4

35.4
22.6

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.2

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Next release – February 28, 2011, at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for January.

Release dates in 2011
December 2010.. January 31
January 2011….. February 28
February 2011… March 28
March 2011…… April 29

April 2011…May 27
May 2011… June 27
June 2011… August 2
July 2011…. August 29

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August 2011…… September 30
September 2011.. October 28
October 2011….. November 23
November 2011.. December 23

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income.................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ...................................................
Goods ..............................................................................................
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:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 .........................................
Per capita:
Current dollars..............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars .................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3...................................................

November r

December p

12,673.0
8,088.2
6,487.3
5,303.8
1,071.5
683.1
4,232.3
1,025.3
3,206.9
1,183.6
1,600.9

12,717.9
8,098.6
6,494.6
5,309.7
1,069.0
680.6
4,240.7
1,025.5
3,215.1
1,184.9
1,604.0

12,772.4
8,119.5
6,511.7
5,325.2
1,070.5
680.8
4,254.7
1,028.0
3,226.6
1,186.5
1,607.8

1,112.8
482.8

1,115.6
485.2

1,118.1
485.9

1,121.0
486.9

1,061.3
48.5
1,012.8
303.6
1,888.0
1,174.7
713.3
2,332.5
2,295.2
1,221.5
150.5
923.3
37.3
1,010.7
1,178.5
11,434.9
10,743.2
10,373.2
3,421.8
1,081.8
2,340.0
6,951.4
197.1
172.9
101.8
71.1
691.6
6.0

1,066.7
52.6
1,014.1
306.7
1,878.5
1,159.3
719.2
2,321.5
2,284.5
1,229.5
133.3
921.6
37.0
1,011.5
1,184.4
11,424.5
10,769.6
10,403.6
3,453.0
1,100.5
2,352.5
6,950.6
192.5
173.5
102.4
71.1
654.9
5.7

1,075.3
55.4
1,019.9
308.2
1,891.7
1,172.9
718.9
2,325.9
2,286.6
1,229.8
128.7
928.1
39.3
1,016.3
1,200.1
11,472.9
10,844.0
10,478.4
3,512.3
1,136.2
2,376.1
6,966.1
189.9
175.8
103.0
72.8
628.8
5.5

1,083.2
58.1
1,025.1
309.9
1,909.0
1,186.5
722.5
2,334.6
2,296.0
1,228.9
131.1
936.0
38.6
1,017.4
1,206.0
11,511.9
10,877.6
10,513.8
3,522.4
1,131.5
2,390.9
6,991.5
187.3
176.4
103.6
72.8
634.4
5.5

1,091.3
60.9
1,030.3
311.8
1,930.9
1,200.1
730.8
2,338.4
2,300.0
1,239.2
125.1
935.8
38.4
1,019.5
1,213.1
11,559.2
10,945.1
10,583.3
3,565.3
1,139.2
2,426.1
7,018.0
184.7
177.1
104.3
72.8
614.1
5.3

9,247.4

9,250.8

9,250.8

9,287.3

9,310.6

9,327.2

10,281.6

10,261.3

10,289.2

10,273.4

10,297.8

10,322.7

10,333.1

36,742
33,172
309,946

36,707
33,081
310,185

36,835
33,144
310,439

36,771
33,066
310,691

36,899
33,120
310,927

36,997
33,175
311,157

37,122
33,185
311,381

May

June

July

August

September

12,532.8
7,985.8
6,403.7
5,207.8
1,062.9
679.6
4,144.9
1,007.2
3,137.7
1,195.9
1,582.1

12,540.0
7,984.8
6,400.4
5,207.0
1,054.2
673.1
4,152.9
1,006.2
3,146.6
1,193.4
1,584.4

12,556.0
8,013.5
6,425.2
5,233.3
1,061.3
678.7
4,172.0
1,012.1
3,159.9
1,191.9
1,588.3

12,613.4
8,038.7
6,446.0
5,262.0
1,068.7
681.7
4,193.3
1,014.0
3,179.3
1,184.0
1,592.7

12,608.9
8,046.9
6,451.3
5,271.3
1,067.0
680.7
4,204.3
1,017.4
3,186.9
1,179.9
1,595.7

1,103.1
479.0

1,105.5
479.0

1,107.8
480.6

1,110.2
482.5

1,051.7
38.9
1,012.7
298.8
1,915.0
1,205.3
709.7
2,285.4
2,248.4
1,207.9
137.1
903.4
37.0
1,003.9
1,151.8
11,381.0
10,670.4
10,292.1
3,374.8
1,074.6
2,300.1
6,917.3
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
710.6
6.2

1,048.3
40.3
1,008.0
299.6
1,917.3
1,205.6
711.8
2,293.8
2,256.5
1,208.6
136.1
911.9
37.2
1,003.9
1,152.0
11,388.0
10,668.1
10,288.8
3,361.2
1,069.5
2,291.7
6,927.6
206.5
172.8
100.6
72.2
719.8
6.3

1,050.5
44.4
1,006.1
301.2
1,902.8
1,190.1
712.7
2,295.2
2,257.8
1,219.5
123.2
915.1
37.4
1,007.2
1,170.1
11,385.9
10,696.2
10,322.1
3,384.0
1,081.2
2,302.7
6,938.1
201.8
172.3
101.2
71.1
689.7
6.1

9,240.2

9,250.8

10,262.4
36,746
33,135
309,718

October r

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2009

2010

2009
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes ...............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income..................................................
Less: Personal outlays .........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ....................................................
Goods ...............................................................................................
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:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 .................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..........................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ..................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3....................................................

2010
IV

I

II

III

IV

12,174.9
7,806.7
6,274.1
5,100.5
1,064.0
661.5
4,036.6
990.5
3,046.1
1,173.6
1,532.6

12,545.3
7,990.8
6,404.7
5,217.5
1,055.6
671.7
4,161.9
1,008.5
3,153.4
1,187.2
1,586.1

12,164.0
7,798.7
6,263.9
5,088.3
1,046.7
649.8
4,041.6
986.9
3,054.7
1,175.6
1,534.8

12,239.0
7,831.4
6,284.9
5,110.0
1,046.1
658.3
4,064.0
988.2
3,075.7
1,174.9
1,546.5

12,350.3
7,858.1
6,291.4
5,105.9
1,032.2
652.6
4,073.7
988.0
3,085.8
1,185.5
1,566.7

12,517.1
7,969.9
6,388.8
5,195.7
1,054.3
672.4
4,141.4
1,005.4
3,136.0
1,193.1
1,581.1

12,592.8
8,033.0
6,440.8
5,255.5
1,065.7
680.4
4,189.9
1,014.5
3,175.4
1,185.3
1,592.2

12,721.1
8,102.1
6,497.9
5,312.9
1,070.3
681.5
4,242.5
1,026.3
3,216.2
1,185.0
1,604.2

1,072.0
460.6

1,106.9
479.2

1,074.0
460.8

1,084.0
462.5

1,095.8
470.9

1,103.1
478.0

1,110.3
482.0

1,118.2
486.0

1,011.9
30.5
981.5
274.0
1,919.7
1,222.3
697.4
2,132.8
2,096.8
1,164.5
128.6
803.7
36.0
970.3
1,140.0
11,034.9
10,379.6
10,001.3
3,230.7
1,026.5
2,204.2
6,770.6
216.8
161.4
95.0
66.5
655.3
5.9

1,055.8
45.6
1,010.2
301.3
1,906.4
1,193.8
712.7
2,295.2
2,257.8
1,213.9
136.7
907.2
37.4
1,004.3
1,167.0
11,378.3
10,723.2
10,351.9
3,427.6
1,089.6
2,338.0
6,924.3
198.6
172.7
101.0
71.7
655.1
5.8

1,006.4
28.0
978.4
279.1
1,891.1
1,213.3
677.8
2,159.3
2,123.4
1,172.6
145.0
805.9
35.8
970.6
1,117.0
11,047.0
10,423.6
10,040.7
3,276.1
1,045.2
2,231.0
6,764.6
220.9
161.9
95.6
66.3
623.4
5.6

1,022.1
36.2
985.9
282.8
1,889.2
1,205.8
683.4
2,188.2
2,152.5
1,188.8
143.4
820.2
35.8
974.8
1,117.2
11,121.7
10,505.7
10,131.5
3,312.9
1,043.9
2,269.0
6,818.6
207.8
166.4
97.0
69.5
616.0
5.5

1,030.7
36.8
994.0
292.7
1,911.1
1,208.7
702.4
2,245.5
2,208.9
1,191.3
146.1
871.5
36.6
987.8
1,134.7
11,215.6
10,603.9
10,230.8
3,380.0
1,060.7
2,319.3
6,850.9
203.8
169.2
98.5
70.7
611.8
5.5

1,049.7
38.9
1,010.8
298.8
1,914.4
1,205.3
709.2
2,286.1
2,249.1
1,208.1
136.8
904.2
37.0
1,001.9
1,149.1
11,368.0
10,663.7
10,285.4
3,377.5
1,074.1
2,303.4
6,907.9
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
704.3
6.2

1,059.5
48.5
1,011.0
303.8
1,889.7
1,174.7
715.0
2,316.4
2,279.2
1,223.5
135.7
920.0
37.2
1,009.8
1,177.7
11,415.1
10,736.3
10,366.3
3,419.6
1,087.8
2,331.8
6,946.7
197.1
172.9
101.8
71.1
678.7
5.9

1,083.3
58.1
1,025.1
309.9
1,910.5
1,186.5
724.1
2,333.0
2,294.2
1,232.6
128.3
933.3
38.8
1,017.7
1,206.4
11,514.7
10,888.9
10,525.2
3,533.3
1,135.7
2,397.7
6,991.8
187.3
176.4
103.6
72.8
625.8
5.4

9,191.1

9,224.1

9,128.7

9,109.7

9,111.7

9,226.6

9,249.6

9,308.3

10,099.8

10,239.4

10,079.7

10,080.4

10,113.3

10,251.9

10,274.6

10,317.8

35,888
32,847
307,483

36,691
33,019
310,109

35,888
32,746
307,815

36,049
32,673
308,521

36,282
32,717
309,120

36,704
33,100
309,724

36,771
33,097
310,438

37,006
33,160
311,155

1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is 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
2010
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income.................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ...................................................
Goods ..............................................................................................
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 ......................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ..................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 .......

June

July

August

September

October r

November r December p

54.3
46.7
41.3
35.6
17.2
15.0
18.4
4.5
14.0
5.8
5.4

7.2
–1.0
–3.3
–0.8
–8.7
–6.5
8.0
–1.0
8.9
–2.5
2.3

16.0
28.7
24.8
26.3
7.1
5.6
19.1
5.9
13.3
–1.5
3.9

57.4
25.2
20.8
28.7
7.4
3.0
21.3
1.9
19.4
–7.9
4.4

–4.5
8.2
5.3
9.3
–1.7
–1.0
11.0
3.4
7.6
–4.1
3.0

64.1
41.3
36.0
32.5
4.5
2.4
28.0
7.9
20.0
3.7
5.2

44.9
10.4
7.3
5.9
–2.5
–2.5
8.4
0.2
8.2
1.3
3.1

54.5
20.9
17.1
15.5
1.5
0.2
14.0
2.5
11.5
1.6
3.8

2.4
3.0

2.4
0.0

2.3
1.6

2.4
1.9

2.6
0.3

2.8
2.4

2.5
0.7

2.9
1.0

2.5
1.3
1.1
0.7
3.9
0.3
3.7
6.4
6.1
0.0
–0.1
6.2
0.3
5.9
8.3
46.0
17.8
16.9
–21.6
–3.5
–18.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.0
28.2

–3.4
1.4
–4.7
0.8
2.3
0.3
2.1
8.4
8.1
0.7
–1.0
8.5
0.2
0.0
0.2
7.0
–2.3
–3.3
–13.6
–5.1
–8.4
10.3
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
9.2

2.2
4.1
–1.9
1.6
–14.5
–15.5
0.9
1.4
1.3
10.9
–12.9
3.2
0.2
3.3
18.1
–2.1
28.1
33.3
22.8
11.7
11.0
10.5
–4.7
–0.5
0.6
–1.1
–30.1

10.8
4.1
6.7
2.4
–14.8
–15.4
0.6
37.3
37.4
2.0
27.3
8.2
–0.1
3.5
8.4
49.0
47.0
51.1
37.8
0.6
37.3
13.3
–4.7
0.6
0.6
0.0
1.9

5.4
4.1
1.3
3.1
–9.5
–15.4
5.9
–11.0
–10.7
8.0
–17.2
–1.7
–0.3
0.8
5.9
–10.4
26.4
30.4
31.2
18.7
12.5
–0.8
–4.6
0.6
0.6
0.0
–36.7

8.6
2.8
5.8
1.5
13.2
13.6
–0.3
4.4
2.1
0.3
–4.6
6.5
2.3
4.8
15.7
48.4
74.4
74.8
59.3
35.7
23.6
15.5
–2.6
2.3
0.6
1.7
–26.1

7.9
2.7
5.2
1.7
17.3
13.6
3.6
8.7
9.4
–0.9
2.4
7.9
–0.7
1.1
5.9
39.0
33.6
35.4
10.1
–4.7
14.8
25.4
–2.6
0.6
0.6
0.0
5.6

8.1
2.8
5.2
1.9
21.9
13.6
8.3
3.8
4.0
10.3
–6.0
–0.2
–0.2
2.1
7.1
47.3
67.5
69.5
42.9
7.7
35.2
26.5
–2.6
0.7
0.7
0.0
–20.3

51.3
50.5

10.6
19.2

–3.4
–20.3

3.4
27.9

0.0
–15.8

36.5
24.4

23.3
24.9

16.6
10.4

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009

2010

2009
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes .............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income................................................
Less: Personal outlays .......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ..................................................
Goods .............................................................................................
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 .....................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 .................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ......

2010
IV

I

II

III

IV

–216.2
–259.1
–284.9
–314.6
–143.6
–79.7
–170.8
–60.4
–110.5
29.6
25.8

370.4
184.1
130.6
117.0
–8.4
10.2
125.3
18.0
107.3
13.6
53.5

–39.4
–20.3
–23.8
–23.1
–16.3
–9.3
–6.9
–3.0
–3.8
–0.6
3.4

75.0
32.7
21.0
21.7
–0.6
8.5
22.4
1.3
21.0
–0.7
11.7

111.3
26.7
6.5
–4.1
–13.9
–5.7
9.7
–0.2
10.1
10.6
20.2

166.8
111.8
97.4
89.8
22.1
19.8
67.7
17.4
50.2
7.6
14.4

75.7
63.1
52.0
59.8
11.4
8.0
48.5
9.1
39.4
–7.8
11.1

128.3
69.1
57.1
57.4
4.6
1.1
52.6
11.8
40.8
–0.3
12.0

35.4
–9.5

34.9
18.6

4.1
–0.7

10.0
1.7

11.8
8.4

7.3
7.1

7.2
4.0

7.9
4.0

–90.1
–20.3
–69.7
52.0
–189.6
–92.4
–97.2
253.6
254.2
96.2
77.9
80.1
–0.7
–16.9
–298.2
82.0
–125.4
–103.2
–148.8
–57.0
–91.8
45.6
–29.4
7.1
5.3
1.9
207.4

43.9
15.1
28.7
27.3
–13.3
–28.5
15.3
162.4
161.0
49.4
8.1
103.5
1.4
34.0
27.0
343.4
343.6
350.6
196.9
63.1
133.8
153.7
–18.2
11.3
6.0
5.2
–0.2

5.9
0.0
5.9
9.7
–34.8
–16.2
–18.6
–0.9
–0.7
14.4
17.3
–32.2
–0.3
–1.0
4.5
–43.9
126.2
120.6
100.7
40.5
60.3
19.9
2.5
3.0
1.3
1.7
–170.1

15.7
8.2
7.5
3.7
–1.9
–7.5
5.6
28.9
29.1
16.2
–1.6
14.3
0.0
4.2
0.2
74.7
82.1
90.8
36.8
–1.3
38.0
54.0
–13.1
4.5
1.4
3.2
–7.4

8.6
0.6
8.1
9.9
21.9
2.9
19.0
57.3
56.4
2.5
2.7
51.3
0.8
13.0
17.5
93.9
98.2
99.3
67.1
16.8
50.3
32.3
–4.0
2.8
1.5
1.2
–4.2

19.0
2.1
16.8
6.1
3.3
–3.4
6.8
40.6
40.2
16.8
–9.3
32.7
0.4
14.1
14.4
152.4
59.8
54.6
–2.5
13.4
–15.9
57.0
2.2
3.1
1.6
1.5
92.5

9.8
9.6
0.2
5.0
–24.7
–30.6
5.8
30.3
30.1
15.4
–1.1
15.8
0.2
7.9
28.6
47.1
72.6
80.9
42.1
13.7
28.4
38.8
–8.9
0.6
1.7
–1.1
–25.6

23.8
9.6
14.1
6.1
20.8
11.8
9.1
16.6
15.0
9.1
–7.4
13.3
1.6
7.9
28.7
99.6
152.6
158.9
113.7
47.9
65.9
45.1
–9.8
3.5
1.8
1.7
–52.9

–447.4
56.9

33.0
139.6

–101.5
–113.3

–19.0
0.7

2.0
32.9

114.9
138.6

23.0
22.7

58.7
43.2

1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2010
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes ......................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income.........................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ...........................................
Goods ......................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................
Services...................................................................................

0.4
0.6
0.6
0.3

0.1
0.0
–0.1
0.1

0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.4
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.3
0.6
0.7
0.4

–0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.5
–0.8
–1.3
0.1
0.1
0.3
1.6
0.0

1.0
0.8
–0.8
–1.3
0.1
1.6
0.3
0.7
0.4

0.5
1.0
–0.5
–1.3
0.8
–0.5
0.1
0.5
–0.1

0.8
0.5
0.7
1.2
0.0
0.2
0.5
1.3
0.4

0.7
0.5
0.9
1.2
0.5
0.4
0.1
0.5
0.3

0.7
0.6
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.4

0.2
–0.6
–0.3
–0.8
0.6

0.0
–0.4
–0.5
–0.4
0.1

0.3
0.7
1.1
0.5
0.2

0.5
1.1
0.1
1.6
0.2

0.3
0.9
1.7
0.5
0.0

0.7
1.7
3.2
1.0
0.2

0.3
0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.4

0.7
1.2
0.7
1.5
0.4

0.4
0.2

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.1

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

0.6
0.5

0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.2

0.0
0.3

0.0
–0.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2010

2009
III

2010
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes .....................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income........................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..........................................
Goods .....................................................................................
Durable goods .....................................................................
Nondurable goods ...............................................................
Services..................................................................................

–1.7
–3.2
–4.3
1.7

3.0
2.4
2.1
3.5

–1.3
–1.0
–1.5
0.9

2.5
1.7
1.3
3.1

3.7
1.4
0.4
5.3

5.5
5.8
6.3
3.7

2.4
3.2
3.3
2.8

4.1
3.5
3.6
3.0

–8.2
23.4
–9.0
–7.0
–12.2
13.5
–1.7
–20.7
0.7

4.3
10.0
–0.7
–2.3
2.2
7.6
3.5
2.4
3.1

2.4
15.3
–7.0
–5.2
–10.2
–0.2
–0.4
1.6
–1.6

6.4
5.4
–0.4
–2.5
3.3
5.5
1.7
0.1
2.7

3.4
14.7
4.7
1.0
11.6
10.9
5.4
6.4
3.4

7.6
8.7
0.7
–1.1
3.9
7.4
5.9
5.2
5.5

3.8
6.9
–5.1
–9.8
3.4
5.4
3.2
10.3
1.7

9.3
8.3
4.5
4.1
5.1
2.9
3.2
10.1
3.5

–1.0
–4.4
–5.3
–4.0
0.7

3.5
6.1
6.1
6.1
2.3

5.0
13.3
17.1
11.6
1.2

3.7
4.6
–0.5
7.0
3.2

4.0
8.3
6.6
9.2
1.9

2.1
–0.3
5.1
–2.7
3.4

3.2
5.1
5.2
5.0
2.3

6.3
14.0
18.8
11.8
2.6

1.3
5.6

0.2
0.9

0.6
1.7

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

–4.6
0.6

0.4
1.4

–1.1
–4.4

–0.2
0.0

0.0
1.3

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2010
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r

December p

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

9,280.5
3,221.8
1,158.2
2,062.3
6,058.9

9,289.3
3,222.3
1,156.2
2,064.4
6,066.9

9,302.6
3,231.9
1,172.0
2,060.4
6,071.0

9,333.9
3,254.3
1,172.2
2,081.2
6,080.9

9,355.4
3,279.4
1,193.6
2,087.1
6,078.7

9,405.1
3,324.0
1,235.8
2,094.4
6,085.9

9,427.7
3,331.0
1,233.7
2,102.6
6,101.4

9,460.7
3,347.4
1,246.0
2,108.0
6,118.5

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

23.3
–1.9
–0.9
–1.1
24.5

8.8
0.5
–2.0
2.1
8.0

13.3
9.6
15.8
–4.0
4.1

31.3
22.4
0.2
20.8
9.9

21.5
25.1
21.4
5.9
–2.2

49.7
44.6
42.2
7.3
7.2

22.6
7.0
–2.1
8.2
15.5

33.0
16.4
12.3
5.4
17.1

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

0.3
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.4

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.3
1.4
–0.2
0.1

0.3
0.7
0.0
1.0
0.2

0.2
0.8
1.8
0.3
0.0

0.5
1.4
3.5
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.5
1.0
0.3
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009

2010

2009
III

2010
IV

I

II

III

IV

9,275.7
3,222.6
1,157.8
2,063.4
6,053.4

9,330.6
3,255.2
1,179.3
2,076.2
6,076.9

9,431.2
3,334.1
1,238.5
2,101.7
6,101.9

54.9
32.6
21.5
12.8
23.5

100.6
78.9
59.2
25.5
25.0

2.4
4.1
7.6
2.5
1.6

4.4
10.1
21.6
5.0
1.7

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

9,153.9
3,117.4
1,094.6
2,017.4
6,032.7

9,315.7
3,251.8
1,178.6
2,073.7
6,065.4

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

–111.1
–62.9
–41.8
–23.8
–49.6

161.8
134.4
84.0
56.3
32.7

9,161.6
3,138.2
1,118.3
2,016.9
6,020.7

9,182.9
3,151.8
1,115.1
2,032.3
6,028.7

9,225.4
3,195.4
1,138.9
2,053.5
6,029.6

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
44.6
54.2
50.1
8.6
–7.0

21.3
13.6
–3.2
15.4
8.0

42.5
43.6
23.8
21.2
0.9

50.3
27.2
18.9
9.9
23.8

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

–1.2
–2.0
–3.7
–1.2
–0.8

1.8
4.3
7.7
2.8
0.5

2.0
7.2
20.1
1.7
–0.5

0.9
1.7
–1.1
3.1
0.5

1.9
5.7
8.8
4.2
0.1

2.2
3.4
6.8
1.9
1.6

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2010
May

June

July

August

September

October r

November r

December p

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

110.902
104.755
92.775
111.537
114.169

110.762
104.318
92.488
111.016
114.186

110.962
104.713
92.243
111.771
114.282

111.137
105.155
92.273
112.446
114.316

111.207
105.305
92.188
112.728
114.343

111.414
105.672
91.933
113.455
114.462

111.524
105.755
91.705
113.718
114.587

111.869
106.520
91.417
115.101
114.702

110.188
113.987
117.572
110.752
109.892

110.255
113.771
114.081
110.655
110.042

110.299
113.836
117.102
110.923
110.141

110.328
113.919
119.873
111.182
110.243

110.327
114.212
120.838
111.276
110.259

110.356
114.291
124.238
111.452
110.222

110.460
114.410
124.404
111.563
110.327

110.493
114.566
130.274
111.957
110.367

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

–0.1
–0.6
–0.2
–0.7
0.2

–0.1
–0.4
–0.3
–0.5
0.0

0.2
0.4
–0.3
0.7
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.0
0.6
0.0

0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.3
0.0

0.2
0.3
–0.3
0.6
0.1

0.1
0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.7
–0.3
1.2
0.1

0.1
0.0
–3.2
–0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.2
–3.0
–0.1
0.1

0.0
0.1
2.6
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.1
2.4
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.3
0.8
0.1
0.0

0.0
0.1
2.8
0.2
0.0

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.1
4.7
0.4
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
2. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas services.
3. Market-based PCE is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most imputed transactions (for example, financial services
furnished without payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2010
May
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

June
–0.4
1.8
4.3
8.1
2.5
0.6

July
1.4
1.9
4.2
7.3
2.9
0.7

August
1.7
1.9
3.9
6.5
2.7
0.9

September

2.1
1.3
1.9
–0.4
3.1
1.0

2.1
2.3
5.4
10.7
3.0
0.9

October r
2.5
2.6
6.0
12.2
3.2
0.9

November r
2.4
2.7
5.4
10.2
3.2
1.4

December p
2.1
2.8
6.0
10.7
3.8
1.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2010
May
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

June

July

August

September

October r

November r

December p

2.1
2.2
–1.3
3.8
2.0

1.4
0.3
–1.7
1.2
1.9

1.5
0.8
–1.4
1.8
1.9

1.4
0.6
–1.0
1.4
1.7

1.3
0.5
–1.4
1.4
1.7

1.2
0.8
–1.9
2.0
1.4

1.1
0.6
–2.1
1.8
1.3

1.2
1.1
–2.2
2.7
1.2

1.5
0.4
15.3
1.8
1.1

1.4
0.2
3.4
1.1
1.1

1.3
0.7
5.6
1.3
1.1

1.2
0.7
4.0
1.2
1.1

1.1
1.3
4.2
1.2
1.0

0.8
1.3
6.4
1.2
0.8

0.8
1.3
4.1
1.1
0.8

0.7
1.3
8.2
1.3
0.8

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
2. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas services.
3. Market-based PCE is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most imputed transactions (for example, financial services
furnished without payment) and the final consumption expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households.