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Personal Income and Outlays, December 2020
Personal income increased $116.6 billion (0.6 percent) in December according to estimates released
today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5). Disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$111.6 billion (0.6 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $27.9 billion (0.2
percent).
Real DPI increased 0.2 percent in December and Real PCE decreased 0.6 percent (tables 5 and 7). The
PCE price index increased 0.4 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.3
percent (table 9).
2020
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Percent change from preceding month
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2012) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE):
Current dollars
Chained (2012) dollars
Price indexes:
PCE
PCE, excluding food and energy
Price indexes:
PCE
PCE, excluding food and energy

-2.6

0.8

-0.7

-1.3

0.6

-3.1
-3.3

0.8
0.6

-0.8
-0.8

-1.5
-1.5

0.6
0.2

1.2
0.9

1.3
1.1

0.3
0.2

-0.7
-0.7

-0.2
-0.6

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.2

0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

0.4
0.3

Percent change from month one year ago
1.2
1.4
1.2
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.5

COVID-19 Impact on December 2020 Personal Income and Outlays
The December estimate for personal income and outlays was impacted by the response to the
spread of COVID-19. Many provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act continued to wind down before the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental
Appropriations (CRRSA) Act was enacted on December 27, 2020. Additionally, new restrictions
and closures took effect in some areas of the United States. The full economic effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic cannot be quantified in the personal income and outlays estimate because
the impacts are generally embedded in source data and cannot be separately identified. For more
information, see “Effects of Selected Federal Pandemic Response Programs on Personal Income.”

The increase in personal income in December primarily reflected increases in government social
benefits, compensation, and personal dividend income that were partly offset by a decrease in
proprietors’ income (table 3).
•

Within government social benefits, unemployment insurance increased reflecting an increase in
pandemic unemployment compensation, the supplemental weekly payments to unemployment
beneficiaries re-introduced through the CRRSA Act. There was also an increase in “other” social
benefits, reflecting an increase in payments from the Provider Relief Fund to nonprofit
institutions.

•

Within compensation, the main contributor was an increase in wages and salaries in serviceproducing industries based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment
Statistics.

•

The increase in personal dividend income reflected data from company financial reports.

•

Within proprietors’ income, both farm and nonfarm decreased based on declines in Paycheck
Protection Program loans to businesses. Farm proprietors’ income was also impacted by a
decrease in payments under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.

The $79.8 billion decrease in real PCE in December reflected a decrease of $71.9 billion in spending for
goods and a $17.6 billion decrease in spending for services (table 7). Within goods, durable goods (led
by recreational goods and vehicles) and nondurable goods (led by food and beverages) both contributed
to the decrease and were partly offset by an increase in spending for motor vehicles and parts (led by
new light trucks). Within services, the largest contributors were decreases in spending for food services
and accommodations (led by food services) and spending for health care (led by hospitals). These were
partly offset by an increase in spending for household utilities (led by electricity). Detailed information
on monthly real PCE spending can be found on Table 2.3.6U.
Personal outlays decreased $39.2 billion in December (table 3). Personal saving was $2.38 trillion in
December and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income—was 13.7 percent (table 1).

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Updates to Personal Income and Outlays
Estimates have been updated for October and November. Revised and previously published changes
from the preceding month for current-dollar personal income, and for current-dollar and chained (2012)
dollar DPI and PCE, 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 (2012) dollars
Personal consumption
expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2012) dollars

-127.4

-134.6

-0.6

-0.7

-221.8

-255.9

-1.1

-1.3

-130.5
-121.1

-143.4
-132.5

-0.7
-0.8

-0.8
-0.8

-218.0
-197.3

-255.7
-229.6

-1.2
-1.3

-1.5
-1.5

47.4
38.9

37.9
30.6

0.3
0.3

0.3
0.2

-63.3
-58.5

-99.0
-89.2

-0.4
-0.4

-0.7
-0.7

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Next release: February 26, 2021 at 8:30 A.M. EST
Personal Income and Outlays, January 2021

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Personal Income and Outlays
Release Dates for 2021
Estimate

Release Date

December 2020

January 29, 2021

January 2021

February 26, 2021

February 2021

March 26, 2021

March 2021

April 30, 2021

April 2021

May 28, 2021

May 2021

June 25, 2021

June 2021

July 30, 2021

July 2021

August 27, 2021

August 2021

October 1, 2021

September 2021

October 29, 2021

October 2021

November 24, 2021

November 2021

December 23, 2021

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Additional Information
Resources

Real values are inflation-adjusted estimates—that is,
estimates that exclude the effects of price changes.

Additional Resources available at www.bea.gov:
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For more definitions, see the Glossary: National Income and
Product Accounts.

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For more on BEA’s statistics, see our monthly
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BEA's news release schedule
NIPA Handbook: Concepts and Methods of the
U.S. National Income and Product Accounts

Statistical conventions
Annual rates. Monthly and quarterly values are expressed
at seasonally-adjusted annual rates (SAAR). Dollar changes
are calculated as the difference between these SAAR
values. For detail, see the FAQ “Why does BEA publish
estimates at annual rates?”
Month-to-month percent changes are calculated from
unrounded data and are not annualized.
Quarter-to-quarter percent changes are calculated from
unrounded data and are displayed at annual rates. For
detail, see the FAQ “How is average annual growth
calculated?” and “Why does BEA publish percent changes
in quarterly series at annual rates?”

Definitions
Personal income is the income received by, or on behalf of,
all persons from all sources: from participation as laborers
in production, from owning a home or business, from the
ownership of financial assets, and from government and
business in the form of transfers. It includes income from
domestic sources as well as the rest of world. It does not
include realized or unrealized capital gains or losses.

Quantities and prices. Quantities, or “real” volume
measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with
a specified reference year equal to 100 (currently 2012).
Quantity and price indexes are calculated using a Fisherchained weighted formula that incorporates weights from
two adjacent periods (months for monthly data, quarters
for quarterly data and annuals for annual data). For details
on the calculation of quantity and price indexes, see
Chapter 4: Estimating Methods in the NIPA Handbook.

Disposable personal income is the income available to
persons for spending or saving. It is equal to personal
income less personal current taxes.

Chained-dollar values are calculated by multiplying the
quantity index by the current dollar value in the reference
year (2012) and then dividing by 100. Percent changes
calculated from real quantity indexes and chained-dollar
levels are conceptually the same; any differences are due
to rounding. Chained-dollar values are not additive
because the relative weights for a given period differ from
those of the reference year. In tables that display chaineddollar values, a "residual" line shows the difference
between the sum of detailed chained-dollar series and its
corresponding aggregate.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) is the value of
the goods and services purchased by, or on the behalf of,
“persons” who reside in the United States.
Personal outlays is the sum of PCE, personal interest
payments, and personal current transfer payments.
Personal saving is personal income less personal outlays
and personal current taxes.
The personal saving rate is personal saving as a percentage
of disposable personal income.
Current-dollar estimates are valued in the prices of the
period when the transactions occurred—that is, at “market
value.” Also referred to as “nominal estimates” or as
“current-price estimates.”

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List of Personal Income and Outlays News Release Tables
Table 1.
Table 2.
Table 3.
Table 4.
Table 5.
Table 6.
Table 7.
Table 8.
Table 9.
Table 10.
Table 11.

Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change from Month One
Year Ago
Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change from Month One Year Ago

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January 29, 2021

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]

May
20,246.1
10,962.1
8,925.4
7,514.0
1,443.7
863.8
6,070.3
1,362.8
4,707.5
1,411.5
2,036.6
1,393.3
643.4

June
20,032.7
11,225.8
9,139.1
7,722.0
1,487.6
896.0
6,234.4
1,401.7
4,832.7
1,417.0
2,086.8
1,431.4
655.4

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2020
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct. r
20,213.3
19,691.7
19,842.5
19,707.9
11,399.0
11,556.4
11,656.4
11,741.4
9,288.2
9,426.7
9,514.6
9,589.3
7,858.5
7,973.9
8,070.0
8,152.4
1,522.3
1,540.8
1,547.8
1,560.8
926.2
941.1
945.4
949.9
6,336.2
6,433.1
6,522.2
6,591.5
1,446.8
1,469.4
1,494.3
1,488.9
4,889.4
4,963.7
5,027.9
5,102.6
1,429.7
1,452.8
1,444.6
1,436.9
2,110.8
2,129.7
2,141.8
2,152.1
1,446.7
1,459.2
1,467.7
1,477.2
664.1
670.5
674.0
674.9

1,492.9
22.9
1,470.0
796.6
2,908.9
1,637.0
1,271.8
5,478.0
5,432.2
1,076.5
828.7
669.2
1,355.8
142.2
1,359.8
45.8
1,392.3
2,099.1
18,147.1
13,658.0
13,165.4
4,447.8
1,548.7
2,899.1
8,717.5
286.0
206.6
112.5
94.1
4,489.1
24.7

1,598.4
60.2
1,538.2
791.7
2,876.6
1,619.9
1,256.7
4,958.3
4,898.0
1,074.6
832.9
684.1
1,404.9
143.1
758.3
60.3
1,418.1
2,133.2
17,899.5
14,489.8
14,014.6
4,745.9
1,686.6
3,059.3
9,268.7
268.4
206.8
112.6
94.1
3,409.7
19.0

1,700.6
47.4
1,653.2
797.9
2,870.5
1,628.4
1,242.0
4,882.0
4,836.2
1,078.1
837.5
686.3
1,330.5
144.3
759.5
45.8
1,436.6
2,168.2
18,045.1
14,702.9
14,224.7
4,815.8
1,724.5
3,091.3
9,408.9
277.8
200.4
112.8
87.6
3,342.2
18.5

1,807.9
71.7
1,736.2
803.7
2,847.9
1,619.1
1,228.8
4,128.2
4,082.3
1,081.8
842.6
684.7
636.0
145.4
691.8
45.9
1,452.3
2,197.2
17,494.5
14,878.5
14,397.2
4,860.0
1,759.8
3,100.1
9,537.2
287.2
194.2
113.0
81.2
2,616.0
15.0

1,900.6
69.3
1,831.3
811.6
2,838.6
1,611.8
1,226.8
4,097.5
4,051.6
1,082.1
848.1
680.1
358.9
146.4
936.0
46.0
1,462.3
2,216.4
17,626.1
15,080.1
14,582.7
4,929.3
1,774.6
3,154.6
9,653.5
296.6
200.7
113.1
87.6
2,546.0
14.4

1,919.7
151.0
1,768.7
808.7
2,855.4
1,619.0
1,236.4
3,851.4
3,805.3
1,091.0
854.0
675.9
304.6
147.3
732.5
46.1
1,468.7
2,225.2
17,482.7
15,110.4
14,620.6
4,920.6
1,789.5
3,131.1
9,700.0
285.0
204.8
113.3
91.4
2,372.3
13.6

1,719.8
80.2
1,639.6
807.0
2,889.5
1,618.4
1,271.1
3,716.8
3,670.5
1,088.1
860.4
673.1
281.2
148.3
619.4
46.2
1,472.5
2,225.0
17,227.0
15,000.0
14,521.6
4,851.0
1,743.3
3,107.7
9,670.6
273.5
205.0
113.6
91.4
2,226.9
12.9

1,641.8
72.2
1,569.6
805.2
2,947.3
1,617.9
1,329.4
3,801.9
3,755.5
1,091.7
867.3
671.9
321.4
149.1
654.1
46.4
1,479.1
2,229.9
17,338.6
14,960.8
14,493.7
4,810.2
1,725.1
3,085.0
9,683.6
261.9
205.2
113.8
91.4
2,377.7
13.7

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
44

13,389.9

13,600.8

13,794.6

13,961.2

14,101.1

14,197.3

14,088.2

14,056.6

45

16,453.5

16,149.8

16,236.5

15,693.3

15,785.9

15,653.4

15,423.8

15,458.1

46

55,009
49,875
329,894

54,234
48,933
330,038

54,649
49,172
330,199

52,954
47,502
330,368

53,326
47,758
330,535

52,867
47,335
330,692

52,072
46,622
330,829

52,385
46,704
330,983

47
48
49

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
Trade, transportation, and utilities
8
Other services-producing industries
9
10
Government
11
Supplements to wages and salaries
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds 1
Employer contributions for government social insurance
13
14
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments
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

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
Social security 2
Medicare 3
Medicaid
Unemployment insurance
Veterans' 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 4
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:
45
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts,

46
47
48
49

billions of chained (2012) dollars 5
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2012) dollars 5
Per capita:
Current dollars
Chained (2012) dollars
Population (midperiod, thousands) 6

Line
Nov. r
19,451.9
11,791.4
9,627.8
8,190.0
1,571.1
956.4
6,619.0
1,493.9
5,125.0
1,437.8
2,163.5
1,488.2
675.4

Dec. p
19,568.5
11,851.4
9,674.9
8,236.1
1,577.2
958.1
6,658.9
1,505.1
5,153.8
1,438.8
2,176.4
1,498.5
677.9

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

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. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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January 29, 2021

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Line
1 Personal income
Compensation of employees
2
Wages and salaries
3
4
Private industries
5
Goods-producing industries
6
Manufacturing
7
Services-producing industries
Trade, transportation, and utilities
8
Other services-producing industries
9
10
Government
Supplements to wages and salaries
11
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds 1
Employer contributions for government social insurance
13
14
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments
15
Farm
16
Nonfarm
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
17
Personal income receipts on assets
18
19
Personal interest income
20
Personal dividend income
Personal current transfer receipts
21
22
Government social benefits to persons
23
Social security 2
24
Medicare 3
25
Medicaid
26
Unemployment insurance
27
Veterans' benefits
28
Other
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)
29
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
30
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
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
44
Addenda:
45
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts,
billions of chained (2012) dollars 5
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2012) dollars 5
Per capita:
47
Current dollars
48
Chained (2012) dollars
49
Population (midperiod, thousands) 6

2019

2020

2019

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2020
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
18,760.8 18,951.0
20,457.3
19,915.8
11,564.8 11,674.4
10,949.5
11,537.3
9,422.5
9,526.1
8,908.8
9,409.9
7,953.0
8,044.5
7,487.2
7,967.5
1,541.3
1,543.1
1,431.0
1,537.0
917.5
913.8
857.8
937.5
6,411.6
6,501.4
6,056.2
6,430.5
1,427.2
1,444.2
1,362.1
1,470.1
4,984.5
5,057.2
4,694.1
4,960.4
1,469.5
1,481.6
1,421.6
1,442.4
2,142.4
2,148.3
2,040.7
2,127.4
1,486.1
1,482.3
1,400.1
1,457.9
656.3
666.0
640.5
669.5

Q4
19,576.1
11,794.7
9,630.7
8,192.8
1,569.7
954.8
6,623.1
1,496.0
5,127.1
1,437.9
2,164.0
1,488.0
676.1

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

Line

18,551.5
11,432.4
9,309.3
7,858.5
1,529.9
910.3
6,328.7
1,415.3
4,913.4
1,450.8
2,123.1
1,474.0
649.1

19,725.1
11,489.0
9,368.8
7,923.0
1,520.2
916.0
6,402.8
1,443.1
4,959.7
1,445.8
2,120.1
1,457.1
663.0

Q3
18,597.6
11,438.0
9,311.3
7,852.3
1,524.9
903.9
6,327.3
1,416.5
4,910.9
1,459.0
2,126.6
1,477.6
649.0

1,657.7
49.7
1,608.0
787.1
2,967.9
1,677.4
1,290.4
3,125.2
3,078.0
1,030.7
783.7
614.0
27.7
130.9
490.9
47.2
1,418.8
2,202.9
16,348.6
15,117.4
14,544.6
4,512.2
1,534.4
2,977.9
10,032.4
362.3
210.5
115.2
95.3
1,231.2
7.5

1,695.3
64.8
1,630.5
802.4
2,911.1
1,638.7
1,272.3
4,268.2
4,221.1
1,078.7
833.0
662.6
551.4
143.6
951.8
47.2
1,440.9
2,192.4
17,532.7
14,651.0
14,147.4
4,660.8
1,620.1
3,040.8
9,486.6
299.9
203.7
112.8
90.9
2,881.6
16.4

1,677.0
58.9
1,618.1
789.7
2,970.1
1,681.7
1,288.3
3,141.9
3,094.8
1,034.3
789.9
622.3
27.6
131.9
488.9
47.1
1,419.0
2,197.1
16,400.5
15,219.9
14,645.3
4,553.6
1,552.8
3,000.8
10,091.7
364.9
209.7
115.5
94.2
1,180.6
7.2

1,697.7
58.7
1,639.0
795.5
2,980.4
1,693.4
1,287.0
3,155.2
3,108.7
1,043.0
797.9
619.4
27.9
134.5
486.0
46.5
1,432.9
2,221.2
16,539.6
15,335.8
14,759.2
4,562.4
1,554.1
3,008.2
10,196.8
364.6
212.0
116.0
96.0
1,203.8
7.3

1,706.0
56.4
1,649.6
802.3
2,984.3
1,679.7
1,304.6
3,235.5
3,189.6
1,068.5
804.7
624.1
43.4
138.6
510.4
45.9
1,451.5
2,252.4
16,698.6
15,103.3
14,545.5
4,552.9
1,496.4
3,056.5
9,992.5
352.9
204.9
112.2
92.7
1,595.3
9.6

1,511.9
38.9
1,473.0
796.1
2,910.2
1,637.0
1,273.2
5,678.0
5,627.4
1,075.4
824.1
668.8
1,084.6
142.1
1,832.5
50.6
1,388.4
2,096.5
18,360.8
13,590.0
13,097.3
4,361.5
1,478.3
2,883.2
8,735.8
286.0
206.6
112.5
94.1
4,770.8
26.0

1,803.0
62.8
1,740.2
804.4
2,852.3
1,619.8
1,232.6
4,369.3
4,323.4
1,080.7
842.7
683.7
775.2
145.3
795.8
45.9
1,450.4
2,193.9
17,721.9
14,887.1
14,401.5
4,868.4
1,753.0
3,115.4
9,533.2
287.2
198.4
113.0
85.5
2,834.7
16.0

1,760.4
101.1
1,659.3
807.0
2,897.4
1,618.5
1,279.0
3,790.0
3,743.8
1,090.3
860.6
673.6
302.4
148.2
668.7
46.2
1,473.5
2,226.7
17,349.4
15,023.8
14,545.3
4,860.6
1,752.6
3,108.0
9,684.7
273.5
205.0
113.6
91.4
2,325.6
13.4

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

14,042.9

13,905.0

14,037.4

14,119.5

14,173.6

13,383.3

13,952.3

14,114.1

45

14,882.5

15,772.4

14,895.4

14,964.5

15,060.3

16,626.5

15,904.6

15,511.8

46

49,763
45,301
328,527

53,104
47,772
330,157

49,890
45,312
328,730

50,244
45,459
329,186

50,674
45,702
329,529

55,656
50,399
329,898

53,643
48,142
330,368

52,441
46,887
330,835

47
48
49

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. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]

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
1
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
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
2
23
Social security
3
24
Medicare
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
4
39
Personal interest payments
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 (2012) dollars
45

May
-847.0
301.5
263.6
288.3
81.9
50.2
206.4
40.8
165.6
-24.7
38.0
17.5
20.4

June
-213.5
263.8
213.6
208.1
44.0
32.1
164.1
39.0
125.1
5.5
50.1
38.1
12.0

48.5
-10.7
59.2
-3.3
-36.3
-17.0
-19.2
-1,119.8
-1,119.8
1.4
18.2
16.0
862.7
1.4
-2,019.5
0.0
37.7
41.8
-888.8
1,035.8
1,053.3
557.0
349.1
207.9
496.3
-17.6
0.1
0.1
0.0
-1,924.6

105.5
37.2
68.2
-5.0
-32.2
-17.1
-15.1
-519.7
-534.2
-1.9
4.2
14.9
49.2
0.9
-601.5
14.5
25.8
34.1
-247.6
831.8
849.2
298.1
137.9
160.2
551.2
-17.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
-1,079.4

102.2
-12.8
115.0
6.2
-6.2
8.5
-14.7
-76.2
-61.8
3.5
4.6
2.2
-74.4
1.2
1.2
-14.5
18.5
35.0
145.6
213.1
210.1
69.9
38.0
32.0
140.2
9.4
-6.4
0.2
-6.5
-67.5

107.3
24.3
83.0
5.8
-22.6
-9.4
-13.2
-753.8
-753.9
3.7
5.1
-1.6
-694.5
1.1
-67.7
0.1
15.6
29.1
-550.6
175.6
172.5
44.1
35.3
8.8
128.3
9.4
-6.2
0.2
-6.4
-726.3

92.7
-2.4
95.1
8.0
-9.3
-7.3
-2.0
-30.7
-30.7
0.3
5.5
-4.6
-277.1
1.0
244.2
0.1
10.0
19.1
131.6
201.6
185.6
69.3
14.8
54.5
116.3
9.4
6.6
0.2
6.4
-69.9

226.2
-833.5

210.9
-303.7

193.8
86.7

166.5
-543.2

140.0
92.6

5

Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2012) dollars

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2020
r
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
180.6
-521.6
150.8
-134.6
173.2
157.4
100.0
85.0
149.2
138.5
87.9
74.7
136.5
115.4
96.1
82.4
34.7
18.5
7.0
13.0
30.2
14.8
4.3
4.5
101.8
97.0
89.0
69.3
45.0
22.7
24.8
-5.3
56.8
74.3
64.2
74.7
12.7
23.1
-8.2
-7.7
24.0
18.9
12.1
10.3
15.3
12.5
8.6
9.5
8.7
6.4
3.5
0.8

5

Line
r

p

Nov.
-255.9
50.0
38.6
37.6
10.2
6.5
27.4
5.0
22.4
0.9
11.4
10.9
0.5

Dec.
116.6
60.0
47.1
46.1
6.1
1.7
40.0
11.1
28.8
1.0
12.9
10.4
2.5

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

19.1
81.7
-62.6
-2.9
16.8
7.3
9.5
-246.2
-246.3
8.9
6.0
-4.2
-54.4
0.9
-203.5
0.1
6.4
8.8
-143.4
30.4
37.9
-8.7
14.9
-23.6
46.6
-11.6
4.0
0.2
3.8
-173.8

-199.9
-70.8
-129.0
-1.7
34.1
-0.6
34.7
-134.6
-134.7
-2.8
6.4
-2.8
-23.4
1.0
-113.1
0.1
3.8
-0.2
-255.7
-110.4
-99.0
-69.6
-46.3
-23.3
-29.5
-11.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
-145.3

-78.1
-8.0
-70.0
-1.7
57.8
-0.5
58.3
85.2
85.0
3.6
6.8
-1.2
40.2
0.9
34.6
0.2
6.6
5.0
111.6
-39.2
-27.9
-40.9
-18.2
-22.7
13.0
-11.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
150.8

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

96.2
-132.5

-109.2
-229.6

-31.6
34.3

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. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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January 29, 2021

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
2019

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
1
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
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
2
23
Social security
3
24
Medicare
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
4
39
Personal interest payments
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 (2012) dollars
45

5

Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2012) dollars

5

2020

2019

Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2020
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
163.1
190.2 1,506.3
-541.5
126.9
109.6
-724.9
587.8
111.2
103.6
-617.3
501.1
100.7
91.5
-557.3
480.3
16.4
1.8
-112.1
106.0
13.5
-3.6
-56.0
79.7
84.3
89.8
-445.2
374.3
10.7
17.0
-82.0
108.0
73.6
72.8
-363.2
266.3
10.5
12.1
-60.0
20.8
15.7
6.0
-107.7
86.7
8.4
-3.8
-82.2
57.7
7.3
9.8
-25.5
29.0

Q4
-339.7
257.5
220.8
225.3
32.7
17.2
192.6
25.8
166.8
-4.5
36.6
30.1
6.5

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

Line

699.7
482.3
415.1
366.8
61.1
26.7
305.7
54.6
251.1
48.3
67.2
43.3
23.9

1,173.5
56.5
59.5
64.5
-9.7
5.7
74.1
27.8
46.3
-5.0
-3.0
-16.9
13.9

Q3
116.7
46.3
36.4
19.7
-4.1
-7.0
23.9
5.4
18.5
16.7
9.9
7.8
2.1

71.7
6.6
65.1
27.8
21.2
35.8
-14.6
154.9
155.1
58.3
49.5
24.2
-0.1
11.2
12.1
-0.2
58.4
117.6
582.1
588.2
551.3
140.4
52.8
87.6
411.0
29.4
7.4
3.8
3.6
-6.1

37.7
15.2
22.5
15.3
-56.8
-38.7
-18.1
1,143.0
1,143.0
48.0
49.3
48.6
523.6
12.7
460.9
-0.1
22.1
-10.5
1,184.0
-466.4
-397.2
148.6
85.7
62.9
-545.8
-62.4
-6.7
-2.4
-4.4
1,650.4

48.5
22.0
26.5
3.0
-0.1
-0.8
0.7
23.3
23.8
7.6
10.2
7.3
0.1
2.1
-3.5
-0.4
4.2
-25.3
142.1
147.6
148.0
35.9
16.9
19.1
112.1
0.2
-0.6
0.6
-1.2
-5.5

20.7
-0.2
20.9
5.9
10.4
11.7
-1.3
13.3
13.9
8.8
8.0
-2.9
0.3
2.6
-2.9
-0.6
13.9
24.1
139.1
115.9
113.9
8.8
1.3
7.5
105.1
-0.3
2.3
0.5
1.8
23.2

8.3
-2.3
10.6
6.8
3.9
-13.7
17.6
80.3
80.9
25.4
6.7
4.7
15.5
4.1
24.4
-0.6
18.7
31.2
159.0
-232.5
-213.7
-9.5
-57.7
48.2
-204.3
-11.7
-7.1
-3.8
-3.4
391.5

-194.1
-17.5
-176.6
-6.3
-74.1
-42.7
-31.4
2,442.5
2,437.8
6.9
19.4
44.7
1,041.1
3.5
1,322.1
4.7
-63.2
-155.9
1,662.2
-1,513.3
-1,448.1
-191.4
-18.1
-173.3
-1,256.7
-66.9
1.7
0.3
1.5
3,175.5

291.1
23.8
267.2
8.3
-57.9
-17.3
-40.6
-1,308.8
-1,304.0
5.2
18.7
14.9
-309.4
3.3
-1,036.7
-4.7
62.1
97.4
-638.9
1,297.2
1,304.2
506.8
274.7
232.1
797.3
1.2
-8.2
0.5
-8.7
-1,936.1

-42.6
38.4
-80.9
2.6
45.1
-1.3
46.4
-579.2
-579.6
9.6
17.9
-10.1
-472.8
2.9
-127.1
0.3
23.1
32.8
-372.5
136.6
143.8
-7.8
-0.4
-7.4
151.5
-13.7
6.5
0.6
5.9
-509.1

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

294.1
316.1

-137.9
889.9

36.3
77.6

82.1
69.1

54.1
95.8

-790.3
1,566.3

569.0
-722.0

161.7
-392.8

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. Note that mortgage interest paid by households is an expense item in the calculation of rental income of persons.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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January 29, 2021

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

2020
May
June
July
Based on current-dollar measures

Aug.

1 Personal income
-4.0
-1.1
0.9
2
Compensation of employees
2.8
2.4
1.5
3
Wages and salaries
3.0
2.4
1.6
4
Supplements to wages and salaries
1.9
2.5
1.1
5
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments
3.4
7.1
6.4
-0.4
-0.6
0.8
6
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7
Personal income receipts on assets
-1.2
-1.1
-0.2
8
Personal interest income
-1.0
-1.0
0.5
9
Personal dividend income
-1.5
-1.2
-1.2
10
Personal current transfer receipts
-17.0
-9.5
-1.5
2.8
1.9
1.3
11
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes
2.0
1.6
1.6
13 Equals: Disposable personal income
-4.7
-1.4
0.8
Addenda:
14
Personal consumption expenditures
8.7
6.5
1.5
15
Goods
14.3
6.7
1.5
16
Durable goods
29.1
8.9
2.3
17
Nondurable goods
7.7
5.5
1.0
18
Services
6.0
6.3
1.5
Based on chained (2012) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding transfer receipts
Real disposable personal income

1.7
-4.8

1.6
-1.8

Line
Sept.

Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

p

-2.6
1.4
1.5
0.9

0.8
0.9
0.9
0.6

-0.7
0.7
0.8
0.5

-1.3
0.4
0.4
0.5

0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6

1
2
3
4

6.3
0.7
-0.8
-0.6
-1.1
-15.4
1.1
1.3
-3.1

5.1
1.0
-0.3
-0.4
-0.2
-0.7
0.7
0.9
0.8

1.0
-0.4
0.6
0.5
0.8
-6.0
0.4
0.4
-0.8

-10.4
-0.2
1.2
0.0
2.8
-3.5
0.3
0.0
-1.5

-4.5
-0.2
2.0
0.0
4.6
2.3
0.4
0.2
0.6

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

1.2
0.9
2.0
0.3
1.4

1.3
1.4
0.8
1.8
1.2

0.3
-0.2
0.8
-0.7
0.5

-0.7
-1.4
-2.6
-0.7
-0.3

-0.2
-0.8
-1.0
-0.7
0.1

14
15
16
17
18

1.2
-3.3

1.0
0.6

0.7
-0.8

-0.8
-1.5

-0.2
0.2

19
20

1.4
0.5

p Preliminary
r Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

January 29, 2021

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

2019

2020

2019
Q3

2020
Q4

Q1

Q2

Line
Q3

Q4

Based on current-dollar measures

1 Personal income
3.9
6.3
2.6
2
Compensation of employees
4.4
0.5
1.6
3
Wages and salaries
4.7
0.6
1.6
4
Supplements to wages and salaries
3.3
-0.1
1.9
5
Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments
4.5
2.3
12.4
6
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
3.7
1.9
1.5
7
Personal income receipts on assets
0.7
-1.9
0.0
8
Personal interest income
2.2
-2.3
-0.2
9
Personal dividend income
-1.1
-1.4
0.2
10
Personal current transfer receipts
5.2
36.6
3.0
4.3
1.6
1.2
11
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes
5.6
-0.5
-4.5
13 Equals: Disposable personal income
3.7
7.2
3.5
Addenda:
14
Personal consumption expenditures
3.9
-2.7
4.1
15
Goods
3.2
3.3
3.2
16
Durable goods
3.6
5.6
4.5
17
Nondurable goods
3.0
2.1
2.6
18
Services
4.3
-5.4
4.6
Based on chained (2012) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding transfer receipts
Real disposable personal income

2.1
2.2

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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-1.0
6.0

1.0
2.1

3.6
4.5
4.9
3.0

4.1
3.8
4.5
1.1

35.8
-22.6
-23.5
-18.6

-10.2
23.3
24.5
18.1

-6.7
9.2
9.7
7.1

1
2
3
4

5.0
3.0
1.4
2.8
-0.4
1.7
4.0
4.5
3.4

2.0
3.5
0.5
-3.2
5.6
10.6
5.3
5.7
3.9

-38.3
-3.1
-9.6
-9.8
-9.3
848.5
-16.3
-24.9
46.2

102.2
4.3
-7.7
-4.1
-12.2
-64.9
19.1
19.9
-13.2

-9.1
1.3
6.5
-0.3
15.9
-43.4
6.5
6.1
-8.1

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.1
0.8
0.3
1.0
4.2

-5.7
-0.8
-14.0
6.6
-7.8

-34.3
-15.8
-4.8
-20.8
-41.6

46.2
55.2
97.7
36.3
41.8

4.1
-0.6
-0.1
-0.9
6.5

14
15
16
17
18

2.4
1.9

1.5
2.6

-20.5
48.6

18.1
-16.3

4.7
-9.5

19
20

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

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

2020
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct. r
Billions of chained (2012) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
11,936.7
12,644.7
12,799.0
12,914.9
13,060.2
13,090.8
Goods
4,788.2
5,057.0
5,108.6
5,133.0
5,215.6
5,218.2
Durable goods
1,831.3
1,975.4
2,006.0
2,030.4
2,048.2
2,068.7
Nondurable goods
2,978.6
3,109.9
3,132.2
3,133.9
3,197.4
3,182.0
Services
7,291.3
7,735.6
7,837.7
7,925.7
7,995.3
8,021.6
Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2012) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
937.4
707.9
154.4
115.9
145.4
30.6
Goods
601.1
268.8
51.6
24.4
82.7
2.6
Durable goods
404.2
144.0
30.7
24.4
17.8
20.5
Nondurable goods
223.3
131.3
22.3
1.7
63.4
-15.4
Services
397.4
444.3
102.1
88.0
69.6
26.4
Percent change from preceding period in chained (2012) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
8.5
5.9
1.2
0.9
1.1
0.2
Goods
14.4
5.6
1.0
0.5
1.6
0.0
Durable goods
28.3
7.9
1.6
1.2
0.9
1.0
Nondurable goods
8.1
4.4
0.7
0.1
2.0
-0.5
Services
5.8
6.1
1.3
1.1
0.9
0.3

Line

Nov. r

Dec. p

13,001.6
5,146.8
2,021.1
3,155.5
7,995.0

12,921.8
5,074.9
1,994.3
3,110.2
7,977.4

1
2
3
4
5

-89.2
-71.4
-47.7
-26.5
-26.6

-79.8
-71.9
-26.8
-45.3
-17.6

6
7
8
9
10

-0.7
-1.4
-2.3
-0.8
-0.3

-0.6
-1.4
-1.3
-1.4
-0.2

11
12
13
14
15

p Preliminary
r Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

January 29, 2021

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

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

2019

2020

2019

Q3
Q4
Billions of chained (2012) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
13,240.2
12,727.0
13,301.3
13,353.7
Goods
4,760.5
4,947.3
4,805.2
4,811.8
Durable goods
1,774.6
1,888.2
1,797.8
1,811.7
Nondurable goods
3,001.5
3,080.6
3,023.9
3,018.2
Services
8,520.5
7,897.5
8,541.5
8,584.9
Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2012) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
312.1
-513.2
88.6
52.3
Goods
170.3
186.9
48.9
6.6
Durable goods
81.9
113.6
27.4
13.8
Nondurable goods
91.2
79.1
22.9
-5.7
Services
153.4
-623.1
43.2
43.4
Percent change from preceding period in chained (2012) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
2.4
-3.9
2.7
1.6
Goods
3.7
3.9
4.2
0.6
Durable goods
4.8
6.4
6.3
3.1
Nondurable goods
3.1
2.6
3.1
-0.7
Services
1.8
-7.3
2.0
2.0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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2020
Q1

Q2

Line
Q3

Q4

13,118.4
4,812.9
1,752.0
3,070.6
8,365.3

11,860.3
4,677.4
1,744.6
2,947.9
7,306.9

12,924.7
5,152.4
2,028.2
3,154.5
7,919.6

13,004.7
5,146.7
2,028.0
3,149.2
7,998.0

1
2
3
4
5

-235.3
1.1
-59.7
52.4
-219.5

-1,258.2
-135.5
-7.4
-122.7
-1,058.4

1,064.5
475.0
283.6
206.6
612.6

80.0
-5.7
-0.2
-5.3
78.5

6
7
8
9
10

-6.9
0.1
-12.5
7.1
-9.8

-33.2
-10.8
-1.7
-15.0
-41.8

41.0
47.2
82.7
31.1
38.0

2.5
-0.4
0.0
-0.7
4.0

11
12
13
14
15

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Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
2020
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Chain-type price indexes (2012=100), seasonally adjusted
110.314
110.859
111.152
111.482
111.658
92.920
93.885
94.283
94.681
94.502
84.628
85.455
85.989
86.660
86.611
97.349
98.400
98.706
98.922
98.659
119.577
119.838
120.057
120.338
120.743

Line

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
1
2 Goods
Durable goods
3
Nondurable goods
4
5 Services
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy
6
112.755
113.145
113.466
113.818
114.019
7
109.335
109.901
108.908
108.795
108.477
Food 1
8
71.529
74.846
76.706
77.357
77.894
Energy goods and services 2
9
108.043
108.453
108.700
108.982
109.102
Market-based PCE 3
10
110.466
110.671
110.944
111.242
111.381
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3
Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.2
11
0.0
1.0
0.4
0.4
-0.2
12 Goods
Durable goods
13
0.6
1.0
0.6
0.8
-0.1
Nondurable goods
14
-0.3
1.1
0.3
0.2
-0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
15 Services
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy
16
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
17
0.8
0.5
-0.9
-0.1
-0.3
Food 1
-2.1
4.6
2.5
0.8
0.7
18
Energy goods and services 2
19
0.1
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.1
Market-based PCE 3
20
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3

Line

Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. p

111.689
94.294
86.487
98.400
120.927

111.694
94.253
86.248
98.488
120.961

112.169
94.784
86.501
99.193
121.391

1
2
3
4
5

114.038
108.605
77.962
109.099
111.360

114.041
108.445
78.305
109.124
111.385

114.389
108.624
81.586
109.496
111.592

6
7
8
9
10

0.0
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
0.2

0.0
0.0
-0.3
0.1
0.0

0.4
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.4

11
12
13
14
15

0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0

0.0
-0.1
0.4
0.0
0.0

0.3
0.2
4.2
0.3
0.2

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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

January 29, 2021

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change from Month One Year Ago
2020

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

May
11.1
-9.6
0.6
3.1
-0.6
-14.2

June
8.9
-4.6
5.8
11.0
3.2
-9.2

July
9.4
-3.6
6.5
12.2
3.6
-8.1

Aug.

Sept.

5.2
-2.9
6.7
13.0
3.4
-7.2

5.7
-1.9
8.5
13.3
6.0
-6.6

Oct. r

4.8
-1.9
8.4
14.8
5.1
-6.4

Nov. r
2.8
-2.7
7.0
11.5
4.6
-6.9

Dec. p
3.3
-3.3
5.5
9.5
3.4
-7.2

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

January 29, 2021

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

2020
0.5
-2.2
-2.3
-2.1
1.8

0.9
-1.1
-1.8
-0.7
1.9

1.0
-0.7
-0.6
-0.7
1.8

1.2
-0.1
0.4
-0.3
1.8

1.4
-0.1
0.3
-0.4
2.0

1.2
-0.5
0.4
-1.0
2.0

Nov. r
1.1
-0.5
0.5
-1.1
1.9

1.0
4.6
-18.1
0.6
1.2

1.1
5.2
-12.8
0.9
1.2

1.3
4.3
-11.4
1.0
1.3

1.4
4.3
-9.4
1.2
1.5

1.5
3.9
-8.1
1.3
1.5

1.4
3.8
-9.6
1.1
1.3

1.4
3.6
-9.9
1.0
1.3

May

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct. r

Dec. p
1.3
-0.1
1.3
-0.9
1.9
1.5
3.9
-7.6
1.2
1.3

Line
1
2
3
4
5
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.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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