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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2016
BEA 16-05
Technical: James Rankin
(202) 606-5301 (Personal Income)
piniwd@bea.gov
Harvey Davis
(202) 606-5302 (Personal Consumption Expenditures) pce@bea.gov
Media:
Jeannine Aversa (202) 606-2649
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2015
Personal income increased $42.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $37.8 billion, or 0.3 percent, in December, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $0.7 billion, or less than 0.1 percent. In
November, personal income increased $44.3 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $33.4 billion, or
0.2 percent, and PCE increased $59.4 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.4 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in
November. Real PCE increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.

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

0.4

2015
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.2
0.4
0.3

Dec.
0.3

0.4
0.4

0.2
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.2

0.3
0.4

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.2

0.0
0.0

0.5
0.4

0.0
0.1

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

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Compensation
Wages and salaries increased $13.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $37.9 billion
in November. Private wages and salaries increased $10.3 billion, compared with an increase of $35.3
billion. Government wages and salaries increased $2.8 billion, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.8 billion in December, compared with an increase of
$6.4 billion in November.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $13.4 billion in December, in contrast to a decrease of $1.9 billion in
November. Farm proprietors' income decreased $0.3 billion, the same decrease as in November. Nonfarm
proprietors' income increased $13.8 billion in December, in contrast to a decrease of $1.6 billion in
November.
Rental income of persons increased $3.3 billion in December, compared with an increase of $2.7
billion in November. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $8.8 billion, compared with a decrease of $5.4 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $18.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of
$9.4 billion in November. Within current transfer receipts , government social benefit payments to persons
included retroactive social security benefit payments of $8.8 billion (at an annual rate), resulting from a
recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits of recent retirees.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $1.3 billion in December, compared with an increase of $4.9 billion in November.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $4.8 billion in December, compared with an increase of $10.9 billion
in November. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$37.8 billion, or 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of $33.4 billion, or 0.2 percent.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $2.0 billion in December, compared with an increase of $62.1 billion in November. PCE
decreased $0.7 billion, in contrast to an increase of $59.4 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $753.5 billion in December, compared with
$717.8 billion in November. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
personal income -- was 5.5 percent, compared with 5.3 percent. For a comparison of personal saving in
BEA's national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board's Financial
Accounts of the United States and data on changes in net worth, go to www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipafrb.asp.

Real DPI, real PCE, and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in December, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in November.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in December, compared
with an increase of 0.4 percent in November. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.7 percent, in contrast
to an increase of 1.8 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts more than accounted for the decrease in
December. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.2 percent in December, in contrast to an increase of
0.6 percent in November. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1
percent.
The price index for PCE decreased 0.1 percent in December, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent
in November. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less than 0.1 percent, compared
to an increase of 0.2 percent.
The December PCE price index increased 0.6 percent from December a year ago. The December
PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.4 percent from December a year ago.

2015 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 4.5 percent in 2015 (that is, from the 2014 annual level to the 2015 annual
level), compared with an increase of 4.4 percent in 2014. DPI increased 3.8 percent, compared with an
increase of 4.2 percent. PCE increased 3.4 percent, compared with an increase of 4.2 percent.
Real DPI increased 3.5 percent in 2015, compared with an increase of 2.7 percent in 2014. Real PCE
increased 3.1 percent, compared with an increase of 2.7 percent.

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

66.9

54.9

0.4

0.4

44.4

44.3

0.3

0.3

54.0
42.5

40.8
29.6

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.2

34.5
28.0

33.4
21.8

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.2

3.8
-2.7

2.9
-4.4

0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

40.1
33.4

59.4
46.3

0.3
0.3

0.5
0.4

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Personal Income and Outlays for January

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

2015
May

1 Personal income ...................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ........................................................................
4
Private industries...........................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries .......................................................
6
Manufacturing .........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries....................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities...........................................
9
Other services-producing industries .......................................
10
Government...................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries.............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 .........................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance..............
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.............................................................
15
Farm .................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.
18 Personal income receipts on assets................................................
19
Personal interest income ..................................................................
20
Personal dividend income ................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ...................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons ............................................
23
Social security 2..............................................................................
24
Medicare 3 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid ........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance..............................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits..........................................................................
28
Other .............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net).........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.
31 Less: Personal current taxes ...............................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income .................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays .........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures....................................................
35
Goods ...............................................................................................
36
Durable goods ...............................................................................
37
Nondurable goods .........................................................................
38
Services............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 ................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments.....................................................
41
To government..................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net).............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving.......................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 ..................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ...........................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars...............................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars ..................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6.....................................................

June

July

Aug.

Line
Sept.

Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

p

15,282.4 15,356.0 15,421.4 15,475.7 15,506.3 15,561.2 15,605.5 15,648.0
9,625.8 9,661.0 9,706.8 9,747.7 9,756.7 9,807.2 9,851.6 9,869.5
7,801.8 7,831.1 7,870.7 7,905.5 7,911.1 7,955.2 7,993.2 8,006.3
6,537.1 6,562.3 6,598.7 6,630.6 6,635.3 6,678.0 6,713.3 6,723.6
1,305.6 1,308.2 1,316.6 1,320.0 1,316.6 1,324.1 1,339.5 1,328.5
803.5
804.9
810.2
814.0
812.1
815.3
826.8
815.6
5,231.4 5,254.1 5,282.1 5,310.6 5,318.8 5,353.8 5,373.7 5,395.1
1,231.9 1,234.8 1,241.1 1,247.7 1,249.8 1,256.6 1,259.6 1,261.8
3,999.6 4,019.4 4,041.1 4,062.9 4,069.0 4,097.2 4,114.1 4,133.3
1,264.7 1,268.8 1,272.0 1,274.9 1,275.7 1,277.3 1,279.9 1,282.7
1,824.0 1,829.8 1,836.1 1,842.2 1,845.7 1,852.0 1,858.4 1,863.2
1,258.3
565.7

1,262.4
567.4

1,286.0
577.2

12
13

1,376.8 1,386.0 1,398.0 1,398.1 1,404.2 1,409.6 1,407.7 1,421.2
56.9
59.7
62.4
65.2
68.0
67.7
67.3
67.0
1,319.9 1,326.3 1,335.5 1,332.9 1,336.2 1,342.0 1,340.4 1,354.2
654.2
661.1
661.6
663.4
665.8
667.7
670.4
673.6
2,174.3 2,195.3 2,196.7 2,202.5 2,209.1 2,203.0 2,197.6 2,188.8
1,313.4 1,331.0 1,333.0 1,335.0 1,337.0 1,328.2 1,319.4 1,310.7
860.8
864.3
863.8
867.5
872.1
874.8
878.2
878.1
2,651.7 2,656.3 2,666.8 2,676.7 2,683.6 2,692.1 2,701.5 2,719.6
2,608.8 2,613.2 2,623.5 2,633.2 2,639.9 2,648.3 2,657.5 2,675.4
871.8
868.7
872.3
875.9
875.4
877.6
878.2
890.2
615.3
617.4
619.8
622.4
625.2
628.2
631.4
634.8
527.9
530.8
536.5
540.1
544.6
548.3
550.7
553.9
32.9
33.4
33.0
33.2
32.6
31.7
32.1
32.4
93.3
95.3
95.1
94.6
95.5
96.1
98.2
98.4
467.6
467.5
466.9
467.0
466.7
466.3
466.9
465.6
42.9
43.1
43.3
43.4
43.6
43.8
44.0
44.2
1,200.2 1,203.7 1,208.4 1,212.7 1,213.0 1,218.4 1,223.3 1,224.6
1,941.4 1,951.3 1,956.6 1,962.5 1,963.9 1,978.0 1,988.9 1,993.7
13,341.0 13,404.7 13,464.8 13,513.2 13,542.4 13,583.2 13,616.6 13,654.4
12,696.6 12,739.2 12,775.9 12,810.8 12,831.9 12,836.8 12,898.8 12,900.9
12,250.5 12,288.2 12,326.6 12,363.6 12,386.7 12,389.6 12,449.0 12,448.3
4,001.6 4,002.0 4,026.3 4,033.2 4,012.7 4,004.2 4,031.5 3,996.9
1,337.4 1,321.0 1,334.5 1,339.1 1,345.3 1,338.3 1,358.0 1,346.4
2,664.2 2,680.9 2,691.8 2,694.1 2,667.4 2,665.9 2,673.5 2,650.5
8,248.9 8,286.2 8,300.3 8,330.4 8,374.0 8,385.4 8,417.5 8,451.4
269.3
274.1
271.7
269.4
267.1
269.5
271.8
274.2
176.8
176.9
177.5
177.7
178.0
177.7
178.0
178.4
97.2
97.3
97.5
97.7
98.0
98.3
98.6
99.0
79.6
79.6
80.0
80.0
80.0
79.4
79.4
79.4
644.3
665.5
688.9
702.4
710.6
746.5
717.8
753.5
4.8
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.2
5.5
5.3
5.5

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

11,544.0 11,580.3 11,619.2 11,661.9 11,690.1 11,725.2 11,748.8 11,782.3

45

12,193.2 12,223.2 12,266.2 12,312.7 12,346.3 12,375.8 12,397.7 12,443.8

46

41,518
37,946
321,333

47
48
49

41,688
38,014
321,547

1,266.4
569.7

41,846
38,120
321,774

1,270.4
571.8

41,964
38,236
322,016

1,273.9
571.7

42,024
38,312
322,255

1,277.6
574.3

42,121
38,377
322,484

1,281.7
576.8

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

42,196
38,419
322,697

42,287
38,538
322,897

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

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

2014

2015

2014
III

2015
IV

I

II

1 Personal income.................................................................................... 14,694.2 15,357.4 14,774.8 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,277.0
2 Compensation of employees ............................................................ 9,248.9 9,670.7 9,289.9 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,615.2
3
Wages and salaries......................................................................... 7,477.8 7,838.7 7,513.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,791.8
4
Private industries ........................................................................... 6,240.5 6,569.8 6,270.7 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,526.7
5
Goods-producing industries ....................................................... 1,260.9 1,309.9 1,266.6 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,303.2
6
Manufacturing .........................................................................
780.9
806.3
781.4
796.5
792.1
801.7
7
Services-producing industries .................................................... 4,979.7 5,259.9 5,004.1 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,223.5
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities........................................... 1,175.5 1,236.4 1,179.2 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,229.1
9
Other services-producing industries ....................................... 3,804.2 4,023.5 3,825.0 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,994.4
10
Government................................................................................... 1,237.2 1,268.9 1,243.2 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ............................................. 1,771.2 1,832.0 1,776.0 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,823.4
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ......................................................................................... 1,224.0 1,264.3 1,227.1 1,236.3 1,246.8 1,258.3
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..............
547.2
567.7
548.9
556.0
558.7
565.0
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ............................................................. 1,346.7 1,389.8 1,357.8 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0
15
Farm .................................................................................................
78.1
62.5
77.2
74.8
60.5
56.9
16
Nonfarm ............................................................................................ 1,268.6 1,327.4 1,280.6 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.
610.8
656.3
618.4
628.4
637.0
654.1
18 Personal income receipts on assets................................................
2,117.5 2,180.8 2,115.0 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3
19
Personal interest income .................................................................. 1,302.0 1,312.6 1,288.1 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4
20
Personal dividend income.................................................................
815.5
868.2
826.8
840.8
863.0
864.9
21 Personal current transfer receipts ................................................... 2,529.2 2,664.3 2,556.5 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3
22
Government social benefits to persons ............................................ 2,487.2 2,621.1 2,514.4 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
834.6
871.9
837.2
843.8
861.6
869.4
597.8
619.8
600.8
605.3
609.8
615.3
24
Medicare 3 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid ........................................................................................
487.4
536.1
505.9
507.1
523.9
529.0
26
Unemployment insurance..............................................................
35.8
33.3
34.6
32.9
35.0
33.1
27
Veterans’ benefits ..........................................................................
83.7
94.4
83.8
86.7
90.7
94.1
28
Other..............................................................................................
447.9
465.7
452.2
453.3
462.2
467.5
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .........................
42.0
43.2
42.1
42.1
42.4
42.9
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic. 1,159.0 1,204.6 1,162.9 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,198.9
31 Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................... 1,780.2 1,946.7 1,792.0 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,938.7
32 Equals: Disposable personal income.................................................. 12,913.9 13,410.7 12,982.7 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,338.3
33 Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................... 12,293.7 12,712.9 12,377.0 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5
34 Personal consumption expenditures .................................................... 11,865.9 12,267.9 11,949.1 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4
35
Goods ............................................................................................... 3,948.4 3,978.6 3,987.4 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1
36
Durable goods ............................................................................... 1,280.2 1,328.8 1,295.1 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4
37
Nondurable goods ......................................................................... 2,668.2 2,649.8 2,692.2 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8
38
Services ............................................................................................ 7,917.5 8,289.3 7,961.7 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2
39 Personal interest payments 4 ................................................................
254.2
268.0
254.3
263.1
261.3
269.3
40 Personal current transfer payments .....................................................
173.6
177.0
173.6
178.0
175.5
176.8
41
To government ..................................................................................
95.3
97.7
95.7
95.9
97.0
97.2
42
To the rest of the world (net) .............................................................
78.3
79.4
77.9
82.2
78.5
79.6
43 Equals: Personal saving.......................................................................
620.2
697.8
605.7
614.3
687.6
663.9
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
4.8
5.2
4.7
4.7
5.2
5.0
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 .................................................................. 11,149.8 11,599.8 11,164.6 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,542.2
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ........................................... 11,836.3 12,255.6 11,863.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,193.6
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ...............................................................................
40,453
41,687
40,629
40,962
41,088
41,509
48
Chained (2009) dollars ..................................................................
37,077
38,096
37,125
37,470
37,767
37,947
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ..................................................... 319,233 321,704 319,544 320,222 320,771 321,337

Line
III

IV

15,467.8 15,604.9
9,737.1 9,842.8
7,895.7 7,984.9
6,621.5 6,705.0
1,317.7 1,330.7
812.1
819.3
5,303.8 5,374.2
1,246.2 1,259.3
4,057.7 4,114.9
1,274.2 1,280.0
1,841.3 1,857.8
1,270.3
571.1

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

1,281.8
576.1

12
13

1,400.1 1,412.8
65.2
67.3
1,334.9 1,345.5
663.6
670.6
2,202.8 2,196.5
1,335.0 1,319.4
867.8
877.0
2,675.7 2,704.4
2,632.2 2,660.4
874.5
882.0
622.5
631.5
540.4
551.0
32.9
32.1
95.1
97.6
466.9
466.3
43.4
44.0
1,211.4 1,222.1
1,961.0 1,986.8
13,506.8 13,618.1
12,806.2 12,878.8
12,359.0 12,429.0
4,024.1 4,010.9
1,339.6 1,347.6
2,684.4 2,663.3
8,334.9 8,418.1
269.4
271.8
177.8
178.1
97.8
98.7
80.0
79.4
700.6
739.3
5.2
5.4

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

11,657.1 11,752.1

45

12,308.4 12,405.8

46

41,945
38,223
322,015

47
48
49

42,201
38,445
322,693

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

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

2015
May

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ...............................................................
3
Wages and salaries............................................................................
4
Private industries ..............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries ..........................................................
6
Manufacturing ............................................................................
7
Services-producing industries .......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities..............................................
9
Other services-producing industries...........................................
10
Government......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ............................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance .................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ................................................................
15
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income .....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
25
Medicaid ...........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance.................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other.................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic....
31 Less: Personal current taxes ..................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income.....................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ............................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................................
35
Goods ..................................................................................................
36
Durable goods ..................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ............................................................................
38
Services ...............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 ...................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5 .....................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ............

June

July

Aug.

Line
Sept.

Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

p

89.8
67.1
59.4
56.3
9.7
6.7
46.6
11.2
35.4
3.1
7.7

73.6
35.2
29.4
25.3
2.6
1.5
22.7
2.9
19.8
4.1
5.8

65.4
45.8
39.5
36.4
8.3
5.3
28.0
6.3
21.7
3.2
6.3

54.2
40.9
34.8
31.9
3.4
3.8
28.5
6.6
21.8
3.0
6.1

30.6
9.0
5.5
4.8
–3.4
–1.8
8.2
2.1
6.1
0.8
3.4

54.9
50.5
44.2
42.7
7.6
3.2
35.1
6.8
28.2
1.5
6.3

44.3
44.4
37.9
35.3
15.4
11.5
19.9
3.0
16.9
2.6
6.4

42.5
17.9
13.1
10.3
–11.0
–11.2
21.4
2.2
19.2
2.8
4.8

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

3.9
3.8

4.1
1.7

4.0
2.3

4.0
2.1

3.5
–0.1

3.7
2.6

4.0
2.4

4.3
0.5

12
13

8.6
2.8
5.7
7.2
8.8
17.5
–8.7
5.7
5.5
4.1
2.0
–0.3
–0.2
–0.3
0.2
0.2
7.5
18.1
71.7
109.1
104.2
70.8
16.8
54.0
33.5
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
–37.4

9.2
2.8
6.4
7.0
21.0
17.5
3.5
4.6
4.4
–3.2
2.2
3.0
0.6
2.0
–0.1
0.2
3.5
9.9
63.7
42.6
37.7
0.4
–16.4
16.7
37.3
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
21.1

12.0
2.8
9.2
0.4
1.4
2.0
–0.6
10.5
10.3
3.6
2.4
5.6
–0.4
–0.3
–0.6
0.2
4.7
5.3
60.1
36.7
38.4
24.3
13.4
10.9
14.1
–2.3
0.6
0.2
0.4
23.4

0.1
2.8
–2.6
1.8
5.8
2.0
3.8
9.9
9.7
3.7
2.6
3.6
0.2
–0.4
0.1
0.2
4.3
5.9
48.4
34.9
37.0
6.9
4.6
2.3
30.1
–2.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
13.5

6.1
2.8
3.3
2.4
6.6
2.0
4.6
6.9
6.7
–0.6
2.8
4.5
–0.6
0.8
–0.3
0.2
0.3
1.4
29.2
21.1
23.1
–20.5
6.2
–26.7
43.6
–2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
8.2

5.4
–0.3
5.7
1.9
–6.1
–8.8
2.7
8.6
8.4
2.2
3.0
3.7
–0.9
0.7
–0.4
0.2
5.4
14.1
40.8
4.9
2.9
–8.5
–7.0
–1.5
11.4
2.4
–0.3
0.3
–0.6
35.9

–1.9
–0.3
–1.6
2.7
–5.4
–8.8
3.4
9.4
9.2
0.6
3.2
2.4
0.4
2.1
0.6
0.2
4.9
10.9
33.4
62.1
59.4
27.3
19.7
7.6
32.1
2.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
–28.7

13.4
–0.3
13.8
3.3
–8.8
–8.8
0.0
18.1
17.9
12.0
3.4
3.2
0.4
0.2
–1.3
0.2
1.3
4.8
37.8
2.0
–0.7
–34.7
–11.6
–23.0
34.0
2.4
0.4
0.4
0.0
35.7

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

41.9
28.5

36.3
30.0

38.9
43.0

42.7
46.5

28.2
33.6

35.0
29.6

23.7
21.8

33.4
46.2

44
45

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

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

1 Personal income .......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees................................................................
3
Wages and salaries ............................................................................
4
Private industries ..............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries...........................................................
6
Manufacturing.............................................................................
7
Services-producing industries .......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities ..............................................
9
Other services-producing industries...........................................
10
Government ......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds 1
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance .................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ................................................................
15
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment ....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income......................................................................
20
Personal dividend income ....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts.......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3..........................................................................................
25
Medicaid............................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance .................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other .................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ....
31 Less: Personal current taxes...................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income .....................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays.............................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................................
35
Goods...................................................................................................
36
Durable goods...................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods.............................................................................
38
Services ...............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 ...................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5......................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ............

2014

2015

2014

2015

Line

III

IV

I

II

III

IV

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

663.2
421.8
360.9
329.3
49.0
25.4
280.2
60.9
219.3
31.7
60.9
40.3
20.5

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

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

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

197.2
127.2
109.3
100.8
15.2
9.6
85.5
18.2
67.3
8.6
17.9
11.6
6.3

190.8
121.9
104.0
94.8
14.5
10.4
80.4
17.1
63.3
9.2
18.0
11.9
6.0

137.1
105.7
89.2
83.4
13.0
7.2
70.4
13.2
57.2
5.8
16.5
11.5
5.0

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

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

43.2
–15.6
58.8
45.5
63.2
10.6
52.7
135.1
133.9
37.3
22.0
48.7
–2.5
10.7
17.8
1.2
45.6
166.4
496.8
419.2
402.0
30.2
48.6
–18.4
371.8
13.7
3.5
2.4
1.1
77.6

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

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

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

7.5
–3.6
11.2
17.1
32.8
30.8
2.0
25.5
25.0
7.8
5.5
5.1
–1.9
3.3
5.2
0.5
13.1
38.6
158.6
182.3
172.9
76.6
24.5
52.1
96.3
8.0
1.3
0.2
1.1
–23.7

23.1
8.3
14.8
9.5
24.5
21.6
2.9
24.3
23.8
5.1
7.1
11.4
–0.2
1.0
–0.6
0.5
12.5
22.3
168.5
131.7
130.6
45.9
13.3
32.7
84.7
0.1
1.0
0.6
0.4
36.8

12.8
2.1
10.6
7.0
–6.3
–15.5
9.2
28.7
28.2
7.5
9.0
10.6
–0.9
2.5
–0.6
0.6
10.7
25.8
111.3
72.6
70.0
–13.2
8.0
–21.2
83.2
2.4
0.3
0.9
–0.6
38.6

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

327.5
313.2

450.0
419.4

75.5
78.4

164.4
135.6

118.7
115.9

94.5
78.9

114.9
114.7

95.0
97.4

44
45

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
3. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

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

2015
May

June

July

Aug.

Line
Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

r

r

Dec.

p

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

0.6
0.7
0.8
0.4

0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.3
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3

1
2
3
4

0.6
1.1
0.4
1.4
–1.0
0.2
0.6
0.9
0.5

0.7
1.1
1.0
1.3
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.5

0.9
0.1
0.1
0.2
–0.1
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.0
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.3
–0.3
–0.7
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.7
0.3

–0.1
0.4
–0.2
–0.7
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.2

1.0
0.5
–0.4
–0.7
0.0
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.3

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.9
1.8
1.3
2.1
0.4

0.3
0.0
–1.2
0.6
0.5

0.3
0.6
1.0
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4

0.2
–0.5
0.5
–1.0
0.5

0.0
–0.2
–0.5
–0.1
0.1

0.5
0.7
1.5
0.3
0.4

0.0
–0.9
–0.9
–0.9
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.4
0.4

0.2
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.2

0.3
0.4

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.4
0.2

0.3
0.2

0.3
0.4

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2014

2015

2014
III

2015
IV

I

II

Line
III

IV

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

4.4
4.6
5.1
2.7

4.5
4.6
4.8
3.4

4.5
5.0
5.5
3.0

5.0
5.9
6.5
3.7

3.4
2.7
2.6
3.0

5.3
5.5
5.8
4.0

5.1
5.2
5.4
4.0

3.6
4.4
4.6
3.6

1
2
3
4

4.8
8.4
2.8
2.4
3.4
4.2
4.7
6.4
4.2

3.2
7.4
3.0
0.8
6.5
5.3
3.9
9.3
3.8

3.5
8.8
–1.3
–6.5
7.6
7.1
4.1
9.0
3.9

6.1
6.6
3.0
0.5
6.9
2.3
5.0
10.9
4.2

–2.4
5.5
2.8
–2.2
11.0
8.8
3.0
14.0
1.9

2.2
11.2
6.3
10.0
0.9
3.9
4.5
8.4
4.9

6.9
5.9
4.6
6.7
1.3
3.7
4.2
4.7
5.1

3.7
4.3
–1.1
–4.6
4.3
4.4
3.6
5.4
3.3

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

4.2
2.9
3.4
2.7
4.8

3.4
0.8
3.8
–0.7
4.7

4.7
3.7
5.1
3.0
5.2

3.8
–0.7
2.6
–2.3
6.1

–0.2
–7.7
–0.5
–11.0
3.6

5.9
8.1
7.8
8.3
4.8

4.3
4.7
4.1
5.0
4.2

2.3
–1.3
2.4
–3.1
4.1

14
15
16
17
18

6.0
4.7

4.3
3.9

3.3
2.6

4.0
3.8

3.3
3.2

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

3.0
2.7

4.0
3.5

2.8
2.7

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

Line

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. r

Line

Nov. r

Dec. p

11,334.6
3,943.2
1,510.1
2,463.1
7,396.0

11,344.7
3,929.5
1,499.2
2,459.4
7,417.9

1
2
3
4
5

46.3
39.7
26.8
15.1
8.9

10.1
–13.7
–10.9
–3.8
22.0

6
7
8
9
10

0.4
1.0
1.8
0.6
0.1

0.1
–0.3
–0.7
–0.2
0.3

11
12
13
14
15

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

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

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

11,229.3
3,887.7
1,473.9
2,440.9
7,344.3

11,265.2
3,909.0
1,484.1
2,452.5
7,359.7

11,292.7
3,909.1
1,487.0
2,450.2
7,386.2

11,288.3
3,903.5
1,483.2
2,448.0
7,387.0

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

61.4
44.4
20.8
24.6
18.9

8.6
–7.4
–14.8
5.3
15.1

24.2
22.9
18.6
6.2
2.5

35.9
21.3
10.1
11.6
15.4

27.4
0.1
3.0
–2.3
26.5

–4.4
–5.6
–3.8
–2.2
0.9

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

0.6
1.2
1.4
1.0
0.3

0.1
–0.2
–1.0
0.2
0.2

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.3
0.0

0.3
0.5
0.7
0.5
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2
–0.1
0.4

0.0
–0.1
–0.3
–0.1
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2014

2015

2014
III

2015
IV

I

II

Line
III

IV

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1
2
3
4
5

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

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

11,211.3
3,871.5
1,467.0
2,431.4
7,341.6

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

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

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

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

11,262.4
3,902.0
1,481.7
2,447.9
7,363.4

11,322.5
3,925.4
1,497.5
2,456.8
7,400.3

1
2
3
4
5

48.0
10.5
7.0
4.1
37.0

97.7
51.3
27.8
25.2
47.9

83.5
47.0
23.4
24.9
38.1

60.1
23.4
15.8
9.0
36.9

6
7
8
9
10

1.8
1.1
2.0
0.7
2.1

3.6
5.5
8.0
4.3
2.7

3.0
5.0
6.6
4.2
2.1

2.2
2.4
4.3
1.5
2.0

11
12
13
14
15

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

285.3
118.4
76.5
48.0
167.6

335.5
140.3
82.9
63.6
197.0

92.3
37.2
25.2
14.2
55.3

114.7
38.0
21.0
18.5
76.5

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

2.7
3.3
5.9
2.1
2.4

3.1
3.8
6.0
2.7
2.8

3.5
4.1
7.5
2.4
3.1

4.3
4.1
6.1
3.1
4.3

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

Line

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2009=100), seasonally adjusted
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods ..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods...........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
5 Services.......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy ...............................................
7 Food 1 ........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

109.418
103.339
90.955
109.667
112.595

109.670
103.545
90.755
110.116
112.872

109.775
103.559
90.522
110.279
113.024

109.753
103.172
90.216
109.848
113.196

109.691
102.643
90.452
108.862
113.381

109.759
102.574
90.212
108.897
113.521

109.835
102.236
89.913
108.538
113.818

109.731
101.709
89.792
107.769
113.939

1
2
3
4
5

109.254
110.451
108.423
108.281
107.904

109.416
110.769
110.321
108.494
108.007

109.512
111.006
110.391
108.595
108.097

109.603
111.176
107.856
108.547
108.174

109.794
111.371
102.512
108.480
108.395

109.843
111.577
102.684
108.574
108.471

110.019
111.316
101.277
108.571
108.570

110.066
110.888
98.654
108.436
108.602

6
7
8
9
10

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

0.3
0.6
–0.2
1.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.3
0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

–0.1
–0.5
0.3
–0.9
0.2

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.0
0.1

0.1
–0.3
–0.3
–0.3
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
–0.1
–0.7
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.0
4.7
0.3
0.1

0.1
0.3
1.8
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2
–2.3
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
–5.0
–0.1
0.2

0.0
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1

0.2
–0.2
–1.4
0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–2.6
–0.1
0.0

16
17
18
19
20

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2015

Line

May

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

June
3.5
3.5
4.4
6.9
3.2
3.1

3.4
3.2
3.5
4.8
2.9
3.0

July

Aug.
3.7
3.3
4.0
6.0
3.1
3.0

Sept.

3.7
3.0
3.6
5.0
2.9
2.7

3.9
3.1
4.1
6.0
3.2
2.7

Oct. r
3.7
2.7
3.5
5.2
2.6
2.3

Nov. r
3.3
2.6
3.6
5.4
2.7
2.2

Dec. p
3.1
2.6
3.4
5.0
2.5
2.2

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2015
May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

Line

0.3
–2.8
–2.0
–3.1
1.8

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–3.0
1.9

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–2.9
1.8

0.3
–2.7
–2.3
–3.0
1.8

0.2
–3.2
–1.9
–3.9
1.9

0.2
–3.1
–2.0
–3.6
1.9

0.4
–2.6
–1.8
–3.0
1.9

0.6
–2.2
–1.4
–2.5
1.9

1
2
3
4
5

1.3
0.7
–16.9
0.0
1.1

1.3
1.0
–15.9
0.0
1.1

1.3
0.9
–15.7
0.0
1.0

1.3
0.7
–16.2
0.0
1.1

1.3
0.7
–19.7
–0.1
1.2

1.3
0.8
–18.4
0.0
1.2

1.4
0.3
–15.9
0.2
1.2

1.4
–0.3
–13.6
0.3
1.2

6
7
8
9
10

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