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PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: FEBRUARY 2008
Personal income increased $56.0 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $48.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $12.0 billion, or 0.1 percent. In January, personal
income increased $30.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $43.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE
increased $42.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.3 percent in February, compared with an increase of 0.1
percent in January. Real PCE was unchanged in February; and increased 0.1 percent in January.

Oct.
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

2007
2008
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.2
0.0

0.3
-0.3

0.4
0.2

0.4
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.1

1.0
0.3

0.2
-0.1

0.4
0.1

0.1
0.0

NOTE.--Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2000) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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-2Compensation of employees
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $14.8 billion in February, compared with an
increase of $21.9 billion in January. The January change in private wages and salaries reflected an
adjustment of $15.0 billion (at an annual rate) for large bonus payments. This type of irregular payment
is not accounted for in the primary monthly source data for wages and salaries. The adjustment to
January wages was based on data from state governments and from other sources. (The $15.0 billion
adjustment is also reflected in the February estimate and a similar adjustment will be made to March.)
Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $2.7 billion in February, compared with an increase of
$1.1 billion in January; manufacturing payrolls increased $2.2 billion, compared with an increase of
$1.7 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $12.0 billion, compared with an increase
of $20.9 billion.
Government wage and salary disbursements increased $5.8 billion in February, compared with an
increase of $10.7 billion in January. Pay raises for federal civilian personnel added $0.9 billion to the
change in government payrolls in February; pay raises for federal civilian and military personnel had
added $7.2 billion to government payrolls in January.

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Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds increased $4.7 billion in
February, compared with an increase of $5.8 billion in January.
Employer contributions for government social insurance increased $1.2 billion in February,
compared with an increase of $6.1 billion in January. The January increase reflected an increase in
the tax rate paid by employers to state unemployment insurance funds and an increase in the social
security taxable wage base (from $97,500 to $102,000); together, these changes added $4.0 billion
to the January change. (Changes in employer contributions for government social insurance do not
affect personal income, because employer contributions for government social insurance are also
included in total contributions for government social insurance, which is a subtraction in the
calculation of personal income.)

Other personal income
Proprietors' income decreased $5.8 billion in February, in contrast to an increase of $5.6 billion
in January. Farm proprietors' income decreased $3.2 billion, compared with a decrease of $3.4
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $2.7 billion, in contrast to an increase of $9.0 billion
in January.
Rental income of persons decreased $4.0 billion in February, compared with a decrease of $3.9
billion in January. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $4.0 billion, compared with an increase of $3.0 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $38.2 billion in February, in contrast to a decrease
of $4.7 billion in January. The changes in personal current transfer receipts primarily reflect the
pattern of federal Medicare part D prescription drug payments, which were $46.4 billion in
February, $17.2 billion in January, $39.1 billion in December, and $35.3 billion in November.
These payments were reduced in $27.1 billion in January, $8.5 billion in December, and $8.7 billion
in November to recover overpayments that were made in 2006. The January change in current
transfer receipts reflected 2.3-percent cost-of-living adjustments to social security benefits and to
several other federal transfer payment programs; together, these changes added $15.5 billion to the
January change. The January change in current transfer receipts was also reduced by lump-sum
social security benefits payments, which had added $6.9 billion to December benefit payments;
these benefit payments resulted from a recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits for
recent retirees.

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Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.6 billion in February, compared with an increase of $14.1 billion in January. The
January increase reflected increases in both employer and personal contributions for government
social insurance. As noted above, employer contributions were boosted $4.0 billion in January by
increases in unemployment-insurance rates and in the social security taxable wage base. The
January increase in personal contributions for government social insurance reflected an increase in
the monthly premium paid by participants in the supplementary medical insurance program
(Medicare part B) and in the increase in the social security taxable wage base; these changes added
$5.0 billion to January personal contributions.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $7.3 billion in February, in contrast to a decrease of $13.3
billion in January. Federal net nonwithheld income taxes (payments of estimated taxes plus final
settlements less refunds) reduced the January change by $23.2 billion, based on federal budget
projections of lower final settlements and higher refunds for 2008. Indexation provisions of current
tax law reduced federal withheld income taxes by $4.1 billion in January.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$48.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, in February, compared with an increase of $43.7 billion, or 0.4 percent,
in January.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments
increased $15.8 billion in February, compared with an increase of $45.8 billion in January. PCE
increased $12.0 billion, compared with an increase of $42.0 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was a positive $27.1 billion in February, in
contrast to a negative $5.7 billion in January. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income was a positive 0.3 percent in February, in contrast to a negative 0.1 percent in January.
Negative personal saving reflects personal outlays that exceed disposable personal income. Saving
from current income may be near zero or negative when outlays are financed by borrowing
(including borrowing financed through credit cards or home equity loans), by selling investments or
other assets, or by using savings from previous periods. For more information, see the FAQs on
“Personal Saving” on BEA’s Web site. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA’s national
income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s flow of funds
accounts and data on changes in net worth (which help finance consumption), go to
http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

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Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in February, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent in January.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- was unchanged in February; real PCE
increased 0.1 percent in January. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.2 percent in February, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.8 percent in January. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.1
percent in February, the same decrease as in January. Purchases of services increased less than 0.1
percent in February, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in January.
PCE prices -- The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in February, compared with an
increase of 0.3 percent in January. Prices, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October 2007 through January 2008. Changes in personal
income, current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar
PCE for December and January -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown
below.
Change from preceding month
December
Previous

Revised

(Billions of dollars)

January

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

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

54.0

52.5

0.5

0.4

32.2

30.4

0.3

0.3

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

46.0
11.4

46.0
14.5

0.4
0.1

0.4
0.2

46.6
7.1

43.7
10.6

0.4
0.1

0.4
0.1

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

32.0
0.7

22.5
-4.3

0.3
0.0

0.2
-0.1

39.9
2.6

42.0
10.2

0.4
0.0

0.4
0.1

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Next release -- May 1, 2008 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for March.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007
July
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements.......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

August

September

2008

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

11,683.7
7,853.7
6,358.6
5,290.8
1,215.8
755.1
4,075.0
1,031.9
3,043.2
1,067.7
1,495.1
1,019.2
476.0

11,735.9
7,876.4
6,376.8
5,303.1
1,217.1
754.9
4,086.0
1,031.3
3,054.7
1,073.7
1,499.6
1,022.8
476.8

11,785.5
7,918.1
6,412.9
5,335.7
1,219.6
754.2
4,116.0
1,036.9
3,079.1
1,077.2
1,505.2
1,026.2
479.0

11,814.7
7,927.1
6,417.3
5,336.4
1,216.9
752.2
4,119.5
1,036.1
3,083.4
1,080.9
1,509.8
1,030.7
479.1

11,851.3
7,958.7
6,443.8
5,359.5
1,221.1
755.3
4,138.5
1,038.0
3,100.5
1,084.3
1,514.9
1,034.3
480.6

11,903.8
7,985.7
6,466.1
5,377.2
1,219.0
753.3
4,158.2
1,042.9
3,115.3
1,088.9
1,519.6
1,037.7
481.9

11,934.2
8,030.3
6,498.7
5,399.1
1,220.1
755.0
4,179.1
1,044.5
3,134.6
1,099.6
1,531.5
1,043.5
488.0

11,990.2
8,056.7
6,519.3
5,413.9
1,222.8
757.2
4,191.1
1,045.8
3,145.3
1,105.4
1,537.4
1,048.2
489.2

1,051.3
36.2
1,015.1
66.9
1,959.0
1,161.5
797.5
1,733.2
1,705.4
1,027.6
31.5
646.2
27.9
980.4

1,050.7
38.7
1,012.0
68.3
1,976.3
1,171.1
805.1
1,746.6
1,718.6
1,038.7
32.1
647.7
28.0
982.3

1,043.9
41.0
1,002.9
70.1
1,993.2
1,180.8
812.4
1,747.1
1,719.0
1,037.4
31.5
650.2
28.0
986.9

1,050.6
42.1
1,008.5
74.0
1,996.5
1,177.0
819.5
1,754.0
1,725.9
1,035.8
31.5
658.5
28.1
987.4

1,059.8
43.7
1,016.1
77.8
1,999.9
1,173.2
826.6
1,746.0
1,717.9
1,027.1
32.3
658.5
28.1
990.8

1,057.4
45.7
1,011.7
81.6
2,003.1
1,169.4
833.7
1,769.5
1,741.4
1,045.3
33.3
662.7
28.2
993.6

1,063.0
42.3
1,020.7
77.7
2,006.1
1,168.0
838.1
1,764.8
1,736.7
1,031.0
33.4
672.3
28.1
1,007.7

1,057.2
39.1
1,018.0
73.7
2,010.1
1,166.6
843.4
1,803.0
1,774.9
1,064.5
34.6
675.7
28.1
1,010.3

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

1,484.3

1,488.7

1,496.3

1,501.1

1,508.3

1,514.7

1,501.4

1,508.7

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

10,199.4

10,247.2

10,289.2

10,313.6

10,343.1

10,389.1

10,432.8

10,481.5

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).................................................................

10,153.7
9,742.0
1,063.4
2,854.3
5,824.3
272.9
138.7
86.5
52.2

10,198.3
9,783.1
1,085.8
2,830.6
5,866.7
275.8
139.3
87.1
52.2

10,250.6
9,832.0
1,095.7
2,854.0
5,882.3
278.7
140.0
87.8
52.2

10,280.9
9,865.9
1,092.8
2,868.4
5,904.7
275.6
139.4
88.1
51.2

10,373.0
9,960.7
1,083.0
2,920.2
5,957.5
272.5
139.7
88.5
51.2

10,392.8
9,983.2
1,071.7
2,924.8
5,986.7
269.5
140.1
88.9
51.2

10,438.6
10,025.2
1,064.3
2,941.1
6,019.8
272.9
140.5
89.3
51.2

10,454.4
10,037.2
1,067.3
2,934.0
6,035.9
276.3
140.9
89.7
51.2

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

45.7
0.4

48.9
0.5

38.5
0.4

32.7
0.3

–29.9
–0.3

–3.7
0.0

–5.7
–0.1

27.1
0.3

8,660.3

8,702.5

8,713.5

8,710.3

8,680.5

8,695.0

8,705.6

8,735.8

33,753
28,660
302,178

33,880
28,773
302,450

33,988
28,783
302,728

34,039
28,748
302,989

34,110
28,627
303,228

34,236
28,653
303,457

34,356
28,668
303,670

34,494
28,749
303,867

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

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and the
first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

r

2006
III

2007
IV

I

II

IV r

III

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements.......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

10,983.4
7,440.8
6,018.2
4,997.6
1,166.8
731.0
3,830.8
985.1
2,845.7
1,020.6
1,422.6
970.7
451.8

11,659.5
7,851.7
6,359.6
5,291.8
1,214.5
754.5
4,077.3
1,031.5
3,045.8
1,067.8
1,492.1
1,016.8
475.3

11,030.9
7,442.5
6,015.8
4,988.8
1,158.5
724.3
3,830.3
985.8
2,844.5
1,027.0
1,426.7
975.4
451.3

11,200.2
7,599.9
6,153.0
5,115.7
1,191.4
743.3
3,924.4
1,002.2
2,922.2
1,037.2
1,446.9
986.7
460.2

11,469.2
7,764.9
6,294.4
5,242.7
1,208.9
755.4
4,033.9
1,020.0
3,013.8
1,051.7
1,470.5
999.2
471.3

11,577.3
7,801.9
6,318.9
5,256.9
1,212.6
754.1
4,044.3
1,033.7
3,010.6
1,061.9
1,483.0
1,010.9
472.1

11,735.0
7,882.7
6,382.7
5,309.8
1,217.5
754.7
4,092.3
1,033.3
3,059.0
1,072.9
1,500.0
1,022.7
477.3

11,856.6
7,957.2
6,442.4
5,357.7
1,219.0
753.6
4,138.7
1,039.0
3,099.7
1,084.7
1,514.8
1,034.3
480.5

1,006.7
19.4
987.4
54.5
1,796.5
1,100.2
696.3
1,612.5
1,585.3
946.4
29.9
609.0
27.2
927.6

1,042.6
36.2
1,006.4
65.4
1,947.2
1,154.7
792.5
1,731.7
1,703.8
1,022.5
31.9
649.4
27.9
979.0

1,003.6
18.1
985.5
52.9
1,828.1
1,119.7
708.4
1,630.6
1,603.2
956.1
30.0
617.1
27.4
926.8

1,009.8
23.9
985.8
50.9
1,836.6
1,102.8
733.8
1,647.7
1,618.0
972.0
30.3
615.7
29.7
944.6

1,027.4
29.1
998.3
53.2
1,882.9
1,126.1
756.8
1,710.7
1,683.1
999.4
31.8
651.8
27.6
969.8

1,038.4
33.1
1,005.3
62.1
1,930.0
1,148.4
781.6
1,717.1
1,689.4
1,020.1
31.7
637.6
27.8
972.2

1,048.7
38.6
1,010.0
68.4
1,976.2
1,171.1
805.0
1,742.3
1,714.4
1,034.6
31.7
648.1
28.0
983.2

1,055.9
43.8
1,012.1
77.8
1,999.8
1,173.2
826.6
1,756.5
1,728.4
1,036.1
32.4
659.9
28.1
990.6

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

1,354.3

1,482.5

1,355.2

1,401.0

1,454.7

1,477.6

1,489.8

1,508.0

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

9,629.1

10,177.0

9,675.8

9,799.2

10,014.5

10,099.7

10,245.2

10,348.6

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).................................................................

9,590.3
9,224.5
1,048.9
2,688.0
5,487.6
238.0
127.8
78.9
48.9

10,134.1
9,734.2
1,078.2
2,833.2
5,822.8
262.8
137.1
86.1
51.1

9,677.1
9,305.7
1,053.8
2,732.4
5,519.5
242.3
129.1
79.6
49.5

9,757.2
9,373.7
1,056.5
2,705.4
5,611.8
251.6
131.8
81.2
50.6

9,917.5
9,540.5
1,074.0
2,759.4
5,707.1
243.3
133.7
83.4
50.4

10,069.2
9,674.0
1,074.7
2,822.7
5,776.5
259.5
135.7
85.3
50.5

10,200.9
9,785.7
1,081.6
2,846.3
5,857.8
275.8
139.3
87.1
52.2

10,348.9
9,936.6
1,082.5
2,904.5
5,949.7
272.5
139.7
88.5
51.2

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

38.8
0.4

42.9
0.4

–1.4
0.0

42.0
0.4

97.0
1.0

30.5
0.3

44.4
0.4

–0.3
0.0

8,396.9

8,654.4

8,384.5

8,510.7

8,623.9

8,607.1

8,692.1

8,695.2

32,183
28,064
299,199

33,689
28,649
302,087

32,299
27,989
299,568

32,626
28,336
300,351

33,270
28,650
301,004

33,480
28,532
301,667

33,874
28,739
302,452

34,128
28,676
303,225

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

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and
the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007
July
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements.......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

August

September

2008

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

57.2
21.4
14.4
11.4
–0.3
–0.9
11.7
–11.0
22.8
3.0
7.0
4.7
2.4

52.2
22.7
18.2
12.3
1.3
–0.2
11.0
–0.6
11.5
6.0
4.5
3.6
0.8

49.6
41.7
36.1
32.6
2.5
–0.7
30.0
5.6
24.4
3.5
5.6
3.4
2.2

29.2
9.0
4.4
0.7
–2.7
–2.0
3.5
–0.8
4.3
3.7
4.6
4.5
0.1

36.6
31.6
26.5
23.1
4.2
3.1
19.0
1.9
17.1
3.4
5.1
3.6
1.5

52.5
27.0
22.3
17.7
–2.1
–2.0
19.7
4.9
14.8
4.6
4.7
3.4
1.3

30.4
44.6
32.6
21.9
1.1
1.7
20.9
1.6
19.3
10.7
11.9
5.8
6.1

56.0
26.4
20.6
14.8
2.7
2.2
12.0
1.3
10.7
5.8
5.9
4.7
1.2

10.2
1.8
8.4
0.4
17.5
9.7
7.8
12.8
12.9
0.3
0.0
12.5
0.0
5.2

–0.6
2.5
–3.1
1.4
17.3
9.6
7.6
13.4
13.2
11.1
0.6
1.5
0.1
1.9

–6.8
2.3
–9.1
1.8
16.9
9.7
7.3
0.5
0.4
–1.3
–0.6
2.5
0.0
4.6

6.7
1.1
5.6
3.9
3.3
–3.8
7.1
6.9
6.9
–1.6
0.0
8.3
0.1
0.5

9.2
1.6
7.6
3.8
3.4
–3.8
7.1
–8.0
–8.0
–8.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
3.4

–2.4
2.0
–4.4
3.8
3.2
–3.8
7.1
23.5
23.5
18.2
1.0
4.2
0.1
2.8

5.6
–3.4
9.0
–3.9
3.0
–1.4
4.4
–4.7
–4.7
–14.3
0.1
9.6
–0.1
14.1

–5.8
–3.2
–2.7
–4.0
4.0
–1.4
5.3
38.2
38.2
33.5
1.2
3.4
0.0
2.6

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

–1.8

4.4

7.6

4.8

7.2

6.4

–13.3

7.3

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

59.0

47.8

42.0

24.4

29.5

46.0

43.7

48.7

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).................................................................

41.7
36.4
–5.2
18.9
22.8
2.8
2.3
0.6
1.7

44.6
41.1
22.4
–23.7
42.4
2.9
0.6
0.6
0.0

52.3
48.9
9.9
23.4
15.6
2.9
0.7
0.7
0.0

30.3
33.9
–2.9
14.4
22.4
–3.1
–0.6
0.3
–1.0

92.1
94.8
–9.8
51.8
52.8
–3.1
0.3
0.4
0.0

19.8
22.5
–11.3
4.6
29.2
–3.0
0.4
0.4
0.0

45.8
42.0
–7.4
16.3
33.1
3.4
0.4
0.4
0.0

15.8
12.0
3.0
–7.1
16.1
3.4
0.4
0.4
0.0

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

17.3

3.2

–10.4

–5.8

–62.6

26.2

–2.0

32.8

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

40.4

42.2

11.0

–3.2

–29.8

14.5

10.6

30.2

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

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

r

2006
III

2007
IV

I

II

IV r

III

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements.......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

682.3
416.2
350.3
310.7
68.1
26.9
242.5
48.1
194.5
39.7
65.8
43.0
22.7

676.1
410.9
341.4
294.2
47.7
23.5
246.5
46.4
200.1
47.2
69.5
46.1
23.5

115.4
70.6
57.4
44.2
2.6
1.0
41.7
4.9
36.7
13.2
13.2
9.9
3.3

169.3
157.4
137.2
126.9
32.9
19.0
94.1
16.4
77.7
10.2
20.2
11.3
8.9

269.0
165.0
141.4
127.0
17.5
12.1
109.5
17.8
91.6
14.5
23.6
12.5
11.1

108.1
37.0
24.5
14.2
3.7
–1.3
10.4
13.7
–3.2
10.2
12.5
11.7
0.8

157.7
80.8
63.8
52.9
4.9
0.6
48.0
–0.4
48.4
11.0
17.0
11.8
5.2

121.6
74.5
59.7
47.9
1.5
–1.1
46.4
5.7
40.7
11.8
14.8
11.6
3.2

36.8
–11.4
48.3
11.6
178.7
81.3
97.4
91.8
102.2
101.1
–1.4
2.6
–10.4
52.8

35.9
16.8
19.0
10.9
150.7
54.5
96.2
119.2
118.5
76.1
2.0
40.4
0.7
51.4

–9.9
3.5
–13.4
–2.5
32.4
7.0
25.5
31.5
29.9
16.0
0.8
13.2
1.5
6.7

6.2
5.8
0.3
–2.0
8.5
–16.9
25.4
17.1
14.8
15.9
0.3
–1.4
2.3
17.8

17.6
5.2
12.5
2.3
46.3
23.3
23.0
63.0
65.1
27.4
1.5
36.1
–2.1
25.2

11.0
4.0
7.0
8.9
47.1
22.3
24.8
6.4
6.3
20.7
–0.1
–14.2
0.2
2.4

10.3
5.5
4.7
6.3
46.2
22.7
23.4
25.2
25.0
14.5
0.0
10.5
0.2
11.0

7.2
5.2
2.1
9.4
23.6
2.1
21.6
14.2
14.0
1.5
0.7
11.8
0.1
7.4

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

145.2

128.2

12.6

45.8

53.7

22.9

12.2

18.2

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

537.1

547.9

102.9

123.4

215.3

85.2

145.5

103.4

Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).................................................................

542.9
516.7
25.0
171.8
319.8
20.3
6.0
4.4
1.6

543.8
509.7
29.3
145.2
335.2
24.8
9.3
7.2
2.2

134.2
121.8
11.0
40.2
70.6
11.3
1.1
1.5
–0.4

80.1
68.0
2.7
–27.0
92.3
9.3
2.7
1.6
1.1

160.3
166.8
17.5
54.0
95.3
–8.3
1.9
2.2
–0.2

151.7
133.5
0.7
63.3
69.4
16.2
2.0
1.9
0.1

131.7
111.7
6.9
23.6
81.3
16.3
3.6
1.8
1.7

148.0
150.9
0.9
58.2
91.9
–3.3
0.4
1.4
–1.0

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

–5.8

4.1

–31.4

43.4

55.0

–66.5

13.9

–44.7

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

249.0

257.5

35.9

126.2

113.2

–16.8

85.0

3.1

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

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2007
July

August

September

2008

October r

November r December r

January r

February p

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

0.5
0.3
0.2
0.5

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
0.5
0.6
0.4

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.3
0.6
0.5
0.8

0.5
0.3
0.3
0.4

1.0
0.6
0.9
0.8
1.0
0.7
0.5

–0.1
2.1
0.9
0.8
1.0
0.8
0.2

–0.6
2.7
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.0
0.5

0.6
5.5
0.2
–0.3
0.9
0.4
0.0

0.9
5.2
0.2
–0.3
0.9
–0.5
0.3

–0.2
5.0
0.2
–0.3
0.8
1.3
0.3

0.5
–4.8
0.2
–0.1
0.5
–0.3
1.4

–0.5
–5.3
0.2
–0.1
0.6
2.2
0.3

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

–0.1

0.3

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.4

–0.9

0.5

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

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.5

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

0.4
–0.5
0.7
0.4

0.4
2.1
–0.8
0.7

0.5
0.9
0.8
0.3

0.3
–0.3
0.5
0.4

1.0
–0.9
1.8
0.9

0.2
–1.0
0.2
0.5

0.4
–0.7
0.6
0.6

0.1
0.3
–0.2
0.3

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

0.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.3

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.1

0.0

–0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

r

2006
III

2007
IV

I

II

IV r

III

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

6.6
5.9
6.2
4.8

6.2
5.5
5.7
4.9

4.3
3.9
3.9
3.8

6.3
8.7
9.4
5.8

10.0
9.0
9.5
6.7

3.8
1.9
1.6
3.4

5.6
4.2
4.1
4.7

4.2
3.8
3.8
4.0

3.8
27.2
11.0
8.0
16.3
6.0
6.0

3.6
19.9
8.4
5.0
13.8
7.4
5.5

–3.9
–16.7
7.4
2.5
15.8
8.1
3.0

2.5
–14.0
1.9
–5.9
15.1
4.3
7.9

7.2
19.2
10.5
8.7
13.1
16.2
11.1

4.4
85.9
10.4
8.2
13.8
1.5
1.0

4.0
47.1
9.9
8.2
12.5
6.0
4.6

2.8
67.1
4.9
0.7
11.2
3.3
3.0

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

12.0

9.5

3.8

14.2

16.2

6.5

3.3

5.0

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

5.9

5.7

4.4

5.2

9.1

3.4

5.9

4.1

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

5.9
2.4
6.8
6.2

5.5
2.8
5.4
6.1

5.4
4.3
6.1
5.3

3.0
1.0
–3.9
6.9

7.3
6.8
8.2
7.0

5.7
0.3
9.5
5.0

4.7
2.6
3.4
5.7

6.3
0.3
8.4
6.4

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

3.1

3.1

–0.8

4.0

0.1

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures

r Revised

1.7

6.2

5.4

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2007
July

August

September

2008

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

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

8,272.0
1,217.2
2,398.8
4,676.3

8,308.4
1,247.3
2,389.7
4,698.3

8,326.4
1,261.2
2,402.0
4,693.8

8,332.2
1,257.2
2,406.0
4,698.5

8,359.6
1,248.6
2,407.6
4,728.7

8,355.3
1,238.7
2,398.8
4,739.9

8,365.5
1,228.8
2,396.6
4,758.5

8,365.5
1,231.3
2,393.1
4,760.2

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

21.8
–4.2
13.7
10.4

36.4
30.1
–9.1
22.0

18.0
13.9
12.3
–4.5

5.8
–4.0
4.0
4.7

27.4
–8.6
1.6
30.2

–4.3
–9.9
–8.8
11.2

10.2
–9.9
–2.2
18.6

0.0
2.5
–3.5
1.7

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

0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.2

0.4
2.5
–0.4
0.5

0.2
1.1
0.5
–0.1

0.1
–0.3
0.2
0.1

0.3
–0.7
0.1
0.6

–0.1
–0.8
–0.4
0.2

0.1
–0.8
–0.1
0.4

0.0
0.2
–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
2006

2007

r

2006
III

2007
IV

I

II

III

IV r

8,244.3
1,228.4
2,383.8
4,656.7

8,302.2
1,241.9
2,396.8
4,689.5

8,349.1
1,248.1
2,404.2
4,722.4

57.9
13.5
13.0
32.8

46.9
6.2
7.4
32.9

2.8
4.5
2.2
2.8

2.3
2.0
1.2
2.8

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

8,044.1
1,180.5
2,337.7
4,545.5

8,277.8
1,235.4
2,392.8
4,674.8

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

240.5
43.1
82.3
118.2

233.7
54.9
55.1
129.3

8,063.8
1,186.3
2,343.9
4,554.0

8,141.2
1,197.6
2,368.8
4,595.5

8,215.7
1,223.2
2,386.6
4,630.7

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
54.5
16.1
18.3
22.4

77.4
11.3
24.9
41.5

74.5
25.6
17.8
35.2

28.6
5.2
–2.8
26.0

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

3.1
3.8
3.6
2.7

2.9
4.7
2.4
2.8

2.8
5.6
3.2
2.0

3.9
3.9
4.3
3.7

3.7
8.8
3.0
3.1

1.4
1.7
–0.5
2.3

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2007
July

August

September

2008

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

117.776
87.363
118.989
124.557

117.755
87.044
118.451
124.877

118.087
86.865
118.813
125.329

118.412
86.927
119.219
125.680

119.158
86.736
121.286
125.995

119.488
86.514
121.923
126.312

119.844
86.613
122.715
126.515

119.988
86.680
122.601
126.808

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

114.457
116.173
111.768

114.645
116.053
111.876

114.946
116.333
112.105

115.188
116.665
112.338

115.403
117.498
112.554

115.618
117.853
112.778

115.871
118.203
113.000

116.000
118.322
113.096

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

0.1
–0.1
0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.4
–0.5
0.3

0.3
–0.2
0.3
0.4

0.3
0.1
0.3
0.3

0.6
–0.2
1.7
0.3

0.3
–0.3
0.5
0.3

0.3
0.1
0.6
0.2

0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.2

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

0.2
0.1
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.1

0.3
0.2
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2007
July

August

September

2008

October r

November r December r

January r

February p

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

3.6

4.0

3.4

2.7

2.0

1.8

1.4

1.3

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

2.5
1.9
2.2
2.7

3.2
6.2
2.0
3.2

3.2
6.0
2.6
3.0

2.7
5.8
2.1
2.4

2.8
4.6
1.9
2.9

2.2
2.3
0.4
3.1

1.9
0.3
0.4
3.0

1.7
0.9
0.3
2.4

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2007
July

August

September

2008

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

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

2.1
–1.8
1.8
3.1

1.8
–2.2
1.0
3.0

2.5
–1.9
2.8
3.1

3.0
–1.8
4.4
3.2

3.6
–1.7
6.6
3.2

3.5
–1.6
6.3
3.2

3.5
–1.3
6.8
2.9

3.4
–1.3
6.3
2.9

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

2.0
2.0
1.8

1.9
1.7
1.6

1.9
2.3
1.6

2.0
3.0
1.7

2.1
3.7
1.9

2.2
3.6
2.0

2.0
3.7
1.8

2.0
3.4
1.7

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