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BEA 09-12

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: FEBRUARY 2009
Personal income decreased $29.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $10.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $17.2 billion, or 0.2 percent. In January, personal
income increased $20.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $164.6 billion, or 1.6 percent, and PCE
increased $94.8 billion, or 1.0 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.4 percent in February, in contrast to an increase of 1.3 percent
in January. Real PCE decreased 0.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.7 percent. The price index
for PCE increased 0.3 percent, the same increase as in January.

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

2008
2009
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)

-0.1

-0.5

-0.3

0.2

-0.2

0.0
0.4

-0.4
0.7

-0.3
0.2

1.6
1.3

-0.1
-0.4

-1.2
-0.8

-0.7
0.4

-1.1
-0.6

1.0
0.7

0.2
-0.2

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.
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Compensation of employees
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $29.9 billion in February, compared with a
decrease of $27.1 billion in January. The January change in private wages and salaries was reduced
by an adjustment of $20.0 billion (at an annual rate) for smaller-than-usual 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 derived from state government estimates based on
tax data and from other sources. (The negative $20.0 billion adjustment was also made to the
February estimate, and a similar adjustment will be made to March.) Goods-producing industries'
payrolls decreased $12.6 billion, compared with a decrease of $14.3 billion; manufacturing payrolls
decreased $5.1 billion, compared with a decrease of $10.9 billion. Services-producing industries'
payrolls decreased $17.2 billion, compared with a decrease of $12.8 billion.

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Government wage and salary disbursements increased $3.9 billion, compared with an increase
of $14.3 billion. Pay raises for federal civilian personnel added $0.6 billion to the change in
government payrolls in February; pay raises for federal civilian and military personnel had added
$9.7 billion to government payrolls in January.
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds increased $4.7 billion in
February, compared with an increase of $7.1 billion in January.
Employer contributions for government social insurance decreased $2.2 billion in February, in
contrast to an increase of $2.9 billion in January. The January change 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 $102,000 to $106,800); together, these changes added $4.6 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 $1.0 billion in February, compared with a decrease of $5.2
billion in January. Farm proprietors' income decreased $1.5 billion, compared with a decrease of
$0.1 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $0.5 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $5.1
billion.
Rental income of persons decreased $0.2 billion in February, compared with decrease of $0.7
billion in January. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) decreased $24.9 billion, compared with a decrease of $22.5 billion.

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Personal current transfer receipts increased $16.2 billion in February, compared with an
increase of $56.7 billion in January. The January change in current transfer receipts reflected 5.8percent cost-of-living adjustments to social security benefits and to several other federal transfer
payment programs; together, these changes added $41.1 billion to the January change. The January
change in current transfer receipts was reduced by lump-sum social security benefits payments,
which had added $7.4 billion to December benefit payments; these benefit payments resulted from a
recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits for recent retirees.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $4.2 billion in February, in contrast to an increase of $4.9 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 $4.6 billion in January by
increases in unemployment-insurance rates and in the social security taxable wage base. The
January change in personal contributions for government social insurance reflected increases in the
monthly premium paid by participants in the supplementary medical insurance program (Medicare
part B) and in the social security taxable wage base; these changes added $2.8 billion to January
personal contributions.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $18.6 billion in February, compared with a decrease of $144.1
billion in January. Federal net nonwithheld income taxes (payments of estimated taxes plus final
settlements less refunds) had been reduced in January by $114.0 billion, based on the Office of Tax
Analysis projections of lower final settlements and higher refunds for 2009. Indexation provisions
of current tax law reduced federal withheld income taxes by $4.0 billion in January.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- decreased
$10.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, in February, in contrast to an increase of $164.6 billion, or 1.6 percent,
in January.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments
increased $16.9 billion in February, compared with an increase of $94.7 billion in January. PCE
increased $17.2 billion, compared with an increase of $94.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $450.7 billion in February, compared with
$478.1 billion in January. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.2
percent in February, compared with 4.4 percent in January. For a comparison of personal saving in
BEA’s national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s
flow of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, which help finance consumption, go to
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.4 percent in February, in contrast
to an increase of 1.3 percent in January.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.2 percent in February, in
contrast to an increase of 0.7 percent in January. Purchases of durable goods decreased 1.5 percent,
in contrast to an increase of 3.2 percent. Purchases of motor vehicle and parts accounted for most of
the decrease in durable goods in February and about one-half the increase in January. Purchases of
nondurable goods decreased less than 0.1 percent in February, in contrast to an increase of 1.2
percent in January. Purchases of services decreased less than 0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase
of 0.1 percent.
PCE prices -- The price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent in February, the same increase as
in January. Prices, excluding food and energy, increased 0.2 percent, the same increase as in
January.

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Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October 2008 through January 2009. 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. The upward revision to January personal consumption expenditures primarily reflected a
large upward revision to the retail sales source data used to derive these estimates.
Change from preceding month
December
Previous

Revised

January

Previous Revised

(Billions of dollars)

(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

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

-24.0

-40.5

-0.2

-0.3

44.8

20.5

0.4

0.2

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

-17.8
30.9

-32.9
17.1

-0.2
0.4

-0.3
0.2

183.0
133.9

164.6
113.6

1.7
1.5

1.6
1.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars......................
-101.2 -109.0
Chained (2000) dollars.........
-41.3 -48.9

-1.0
-0.5

-1.1
-0.6

56.4
30.4

94.8
57.5

0.6
0.4

1.0
0.7

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Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov.
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Next release -- April 30, 2009 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
2008
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

2009

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

12,139.9
8,072.3
6,563.5
5,429.2
1,213.0
745.3
4,216.2
1,049.2
3,167.0
1,134.3
1,508.8
1,029.8
479.1

12,179.8
8,104.2
6,592.2
5,453.6
1,214.0
742.6
4,239.6
1,052.6
3,186.9
1,138.6
1,511.9
1,031.3
480.6

12,191.4
8,102.3
6,589.8
5,447.7
1,208.0
738.9
4,239.7
1,049.2
3,190.4
1,142.1
1,512.5
1,032.6
479.9

12,178.9
8,106.6
6,591.7
5,447.0
1,205.4
737.5
4,241.6
1,043.9
3,197.7
1,144.7
1,514.9
1,035.0
479.9

12,122.1
8,089.7
6,574.8
5,427.8
1,197.0
731.7
4,230.9
1,038.6
3,192.3
1,146.9
1,514.9
1,036.7
478.2

12,081.6
8,056.0
6,541.8
5,393.5
1,179.4
721.3
4,214.1
1,029.9
3,184.2
1,148.3
1,514.2
1,038.4
475.8

12,102.1
8,053.2
6,529.0
5,366.4
1,165.1
710.4
4,201.3
1,033.5
3,167.8
1,162.6
1,524.2
1,045.5
478.7

12,073.0
8,029.7
6,503.0
5,336.5
1,152.5
705.3
4,184.1
1,028.0
3,156.1
1,166.5
1,526.7
1,050.2
476.5

1,090.0
35.0
1,055.0
72.8
2,054.1
1,210.9
843.2
1,849.0
1,816.5
1,067.4
47.6
701.5
32.5
998.2

1,079.8
32.5
1,047.3
77.3
2,055.6
1,217.4
838.2
1,864.3
1,831.7
1,067.5
62.4
701.9
32.6
1,001.4

1,071.8
29.6
1,042.2
55.5
2,057.3
1,223.8
833.4
1,904.8
1,845.3
1,072.0
67.5
705.8
59.5
1,000.3

1,075.0
27.0
1,048.0
87.1
2,023.0
1,203.6
819.4
1,887.2
1,854.5
1,074.5
64.6
715.4
32.7
1,000.1

1,057.4
26.1
1,031.3
90.9
1,988.6
1,183.4
805.2
1,892.5
1,859.8
1,082.8
64.2
712.7
32.8
997.0

1,049.3
25.9
1,023.4
96.1
1,954.0
1,163.2
790.8
1,918.3
1,885.5
1,088.3
82.4
714.8
32.8
992.1

1,044.1
25.8
1,018.3
95.4
1,931.5
1,149.9
781.6
1,975.0
1,942.3
1,124.9
89.1
728.2
32.7
997.0

1,043.1
24.3
1,018.8
95.2
1,906.6
1,136.5
770.1
1,991.2
1,958.5
1,133.8
98.0
726.6
32.7
992.8

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

1,372.0

1,522.3

1,517.7

1,504.6

1,487.1

1,479.5

1,335.4

1,316.8

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

10,767.9

10,657.5

10,673.7

10,674.2

10,635.0

10,602.1

10,766.7

10,756.2

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

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

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

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

10,393.8
10,013.3
945.3
2,934.5
6,133.5
237.7
142.9
85.8
57.1

10,311.5
9,939.7
950.8
2,843.6
6,145.2
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

10,193.9
9,830.7
942.8
2,739.1
6,148.8
219.2
144.0
86.9
57.1

10,288.6
9,925.5
971.8
2,789.5
6,164.2
218.4
144.7
87.6
57.1

10,305.5
9,942.7
959.4
2,813.0
6,170.3
217.5
145.3
88.1
57.1

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

182.9
1.7

90.1
0.8

146.4
1.4

280.4
2.6

323.5
3.0

408.2
3.8

478.1
4.4

450.7
4.2

8,753.6

8,664.8

8,670.7

8,706.8

8,769.7

8,786.8

8,900.4

8,860.7

35,350
28,737
304,608

34,957
28,421
304,870

34,980
28,416
305,138

34,953
28,510
305,390

34,798
28,695
305,624

34,665
28,730
305,845

35,180
29,081
306,049

35,123
28,934
306,244

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

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

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007
III

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

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV r

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

12,102.6
8,055.1
6,550.1
5,420.6
1,209.0
741.4
4,211.6
1,046.7
3,164.9
1,129.5
1,504.9
1,026.9
478.0

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

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

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

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

12,170.4
8,092.9
6,581.8
5,443.5
1,211.7
742.2
4,231.8
1,050.4
3,181.5
1,138.3
1,511.1
1,031.2
479.9

12,127.5
8,084.1
6,569.4
5,422.8
1,193.9
730.2
4,228.8
1,037.5
3,191.4
1,146.7
1,514.7
1,036.7
478.0

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

1,072.4
34.6
1,037.9
64.4
2,037.7
1,208.5
829.1
1,869.1
1,834.4
1,058.3
52.3
723.8
34.7
996.0

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

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

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

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

1,080.5
32.4
1,048.2
68.5
2,055.7
1,217.4
838.3
1,872.7
1,831.2
1,068.9
59.2
703.1
41.5
1,000.0

1,060.6
26.3
1,034.2
91.4
1,988.5
1,183.4
805.1
1,899.3
1,866.6
1,081.9
70.4
714.3
32.8
996.4

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

1,492.8

1,460.6

1,501.6

1,520.5

1,535.0

1,346.1

1,470.7

1,490.4

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

10,170.5

10,642.1

10,228.8

10,351.5

10,425.5

10,806.0

10,699.7

10,637.1

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

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

10,450.7
10,057.9
1,023.2
2,965.1
6,069.6
248.2
144.5
84.4
60.1

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

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

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

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

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

10,299.7
9,927.9
946.3
2,839.0
6,142.5
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

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

57.4
0.6

191.4
1.8

46.8
0.5

42.4
0.4

20.6
0.2

267.9
2.5

139.8
1.3

337.4
3.2

8,644.0

8,752.6

8,671.1

8,683.1

8,667.9

8,891.0

8,696.4

8,754.2

33,706
28,648
301,737

34,946
28,741
304,529

33,858
28,702
302,108

34,179
28,670
302,865

34,351
28,560
303,498

35,531
29,234
304,128

35,096
28,525
304,872

34,805
28,644
305,619

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
2008
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

2009

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

–93.7
23.0
19.7
13.8
–1.6
–0.3
15.3
–1.1
16.4
5.9
3.3
2.4
0.9

39.9
31.9
28.7
24.4
1.0
–2.7
23.4
3.4
19.9
4.3
3.1
1.5
1.5

11.6
–1.9
–2.4
–5.9
–6.0
–3.7
0.1
–3.4
3.5
3.5
0.6
1.3
–0.7

–12.5
4.3
1.9
–0.7
–2.6
–1.4
1.9
–5.3
7.3
2.6
2.4
2.4
0.0

–56.8
–16.9
–16.9
–19.2
–8.4
–5.8
–10.7
–5.3
–5.4
2.2
0.0
1.7
–1.7

–40.5
–33.7
–33.0
–34.3
–17.6
–10.4
–16.8
–8.7
–8.1
1.4
–0.7
1.7
–2.4

20.5
–2.8
–12.8
–27.1
–14.3
–10.9
–12.8
3.6
–16.4
14.3
10.0
7.1
2.9

–29.1
–23.5
–26.0
–29.9
–12.6
–5.1
–17.2
–5.5
–11.7
3.9
2.5
4.7
–2.2

6.5
–1.1
7.6
4.5
1.3
6.4
–5.1
–127.0
–127.0
10.4
5.6
–143.0
0.1
1.9

–10.2
–2.5
–7.7
4.5
1.5
6.5
–5.0
15.3
15.2
0.1
14.8
0.4
0.1
3.2

–8.0
–2.9
–5.1
–21.8
1.7
6.4
–4.8
40.5
13.6
4.5
5.1
3.9
26.9
–1.1

3.2
–2.6
5.8
31.6
–34.3
–20.2
–14.0
–17.6
9.2
2.5
–2.9
9.6
–26.8
–0.2

–17.6
–0.9
–16.7
3.8
–34.4
–20.2
–14.2
5.3
5.3
8.3
–0.4
–2.7
0.1
–3.1

–8.1
–0.2
–7.9
5.2
–34.6
–20.2
–14.4
25.8
25.7
5.5
18.2
2.1
0.0
–4.9

–5.2
–0.1
–5.1
–0.7
–22.5
–13.3
–9.2
56.7
56.8
36.6
6.7
13.4
–0.1
4.9

–1.0
–1.5
0.5
–0.2
–24.9
–13.4
–11.5
16.2
16.2
8.9
8.9
–1.6
0.0
–4.2

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

9.0

150.3

–4.6

–13.1

–17.5

–7.6

–144.1

–18.6

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

–102.7

–110.4

16.2

0.5

–39.2

–32.9

164.6

–10.5

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

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

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

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

–133.5
–119.1
–53.1
–88.4
22.3
–9.2
–5.1
0.5
–5.6

–82.3
–73.6
5.5
–90.9
11.7
–9.3
0.5
0.5
0.0

–117.6
–109.0
–8.0
–104.5
3.6
–9.2
0.6
0.6
0.0

94.7
94.8
29.0
50.4
15.4
–0.8
0.7
0.7
0.0

16.9
17.2
–12.4
23.5
6.1
–0.9
0.6
0.5
0.0

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

–91.8

–92.8

56.3

134.0

43.1

84.7

69.9

–27.4

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

–131.9

–88.8

5.9

36.1

62.9

17.1

113.6

–39.7

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

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007
III

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

2008
IV

I

II

IV r

III

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

439.4
236.5
188.1
133.9
3.6
–4.6
130.3
11.5
118.8
54.3
48.3
35.0
13.3

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

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

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

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

18.2
59.4
50.5
35.6
–1.0
–2.8
36.6
2.0
34.8
14.9
8.9
6.8
2.1

–42.9
–8.8
–12.4
–20.7
–17.8
–12.0
–3.0
–12.9
9.9
8.4
3.6
5.5
–1.9

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

16.2
–9.4
25.7
24.4
37.6
–5.8
43.3
155.8
153.0
58.9
20.0
74.2
2.8
30.9

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

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

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

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

3.6
–5.6
9.2
9.9
3.4
8.7
–5.3
–53.6
–62.7
18.9
17.8
–99.4
9.1
4.6

–19.9
–6.1
–14.0
22.9
–67.2
–34.0
–33.2
26.6
35.4
13.0
11.2
11.2
–8.7
–3.6

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

139.6

–32.2

12.2

18.9

14.5

–188.9

124.6

19.7

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

529.8

471.6

140.8

122.7

74.0

380.5

–106.3

–62.6

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

543.1
503.0
30.7
147.8
324.5
30.0
10.1
5.0
5.2

337.6
347.7
–59.6
132.1
275.2
–17.2
7.0
3.2
3.8

125.1
108.1
0.9
28.9
78.4
15.6
1.2
1.0
0.3

127.2
127.1
–3.2
59.6
70.7
–1.5
1.7
0.7
1.0

95.7
109.6
–12.0
44.5
77.1
–15.0
1.0
0.4
0.6

133.3
135.7
–11.7
75.5
71.9
–7.9
5.6
0.8
4.8

21.7
25.5
–43.1
18.4
50.2
–4.9
1.1
1.1
0.0

–260.2
–235.6
–69.9
–205.6
39.8
–20.5
–4.1
1.5
–5.6

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

–13.3

134.0

15.7

–4.4

–21.8

247.3

–128.1

197.6

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

237.0

108.6

66.6

12.0

–15.2

223.1

–194.6

57.8

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
2008
July

August

September

2009

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

–0.8
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

–0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2

–0.5
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

–0.3
–0.4
–0.5
0.0

0.2
0.0
–0.2
0.7

–0.2
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

0.6
6.6
0.1
0.5
–0.6
–6.4
0.2

–0.9
6.2
0.1
0.5
–0.6
0.8
0.3

–0.7
–28.1
0.1
0.5
–0.6
2.2
–0.1

0.3
56.8
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
–0.9
0.0

–1.6
4.3
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
0.3
–0.3

–0.8
5.7
–1.7
–1.7
–1.8
1.4
–0.5

–0.5
–0.8
–1.2
–1.1
–1.2
3.0
0.5

–0.1
–0.2
–1.3
–1.2
–1.5
0.8
–0.4

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

0.7

11.0

–0.3

–0.9

–1.2

–0.5

–9.7

–1.4

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

–0.9

–1.0

0.2

0.0

–0.4

–0.3

1.6

–0.1

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

–0.1
–3.1
0.2
0.3

–0.2
1.7
–0.8
–0.1

–0.4
–3.4
–0.6
0.3

–1.2
–5.3
–2.9
0.4

–0.7
0.6
–3.1
0.2

–1.1
–0.8
–3.7
0.1

1.0
3.1
1.8
0.3

0.2
–1.3
0.8
0.1

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

–1.5

–1.0

0.2

1.3

–0.4

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.1

0.4

0.7

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2008

r

2007
III

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

6.1
5.2
5.6
3.7

3.8
3.0
3.0
3.3

5.4
4.1
4.3
3.4

4.9
5.3
5.6
3.9

3.0
3.5
3.3
4.5

6.6
1.2
0.8
2.8

0.6
3.0
3.1
2.4

–1.4
–0.4
–0.8
0.9

4.1
–9.6
9.6
7.9
12.4
6.9
4.3

1.5
60.8
1.9
–0.5
5.5
9.1
3.2

5.3
–22.7
10.1
10.4
9.8
5.1
2.9

3.8
–27.3
5.1
2.1
9.8
4.1
3.9

–0.8
5.3
–0.4
–5.7
8.1
9.6
7.1

2.0
401.3
–0.3
–5.1
7.0
37.8
1.3

1.3
87.6
0.7
2.9
–2.5
–10.7
1.9

–7.2
216.2
–12.4
–10.7
–14.9
5.8
–1.4

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

10.3

–2.2

3.3

5.1

3.9

–40.8

42.5

5.5

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

5.5

4.6

5.7

4.9

2.9

15.4

–3.9

–2.3

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

5.5
2.9
5.5
5.9

3.6
–5.5
4.7
4.7

4.6
0.3
4.2
5.6

5.3
–1.2
8.7
4.9

4.5
–4.3
6.3
5.3

5.5
–4.3
10.6
4.9

1.0
–15.3
2.4
3.4

–9.0
–24.8
–24.4
2.6

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

2.8

1.3

10.7

–8.5

2.7

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures

r Revised

3.1

0.6

–0.7

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

August

September

2009

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

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

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

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

8,167.7
1,101.9
2,325.4
4,724.9

8,196.4
1,114.2
2,337.5
4,732.2

8,147.5
1,109.8
2,292.8
4,731.1

8,205.0
1,145.2
2,320.6
4,735.8

8,190.6
1,128.2
2,320.1
4,733.9

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

–53.0
–38.5
–23.9
–1.3

–12.1
21.9
–13.5
–12.7

–38.3
–39.0
–20.2
9.5

–63.3
–59.5
–32.9
11.5

28.7
12.3
12.1
7.3

–48.9
–4.4
–44.7
–1.1

57.5
35.4
27.8
4.7

–14.4
–17.0
–0.5
–1.9

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

–0.6
–3.2
–1.0
0.0

–0.1
1.9
–0.6
–0.3

–0.5
–3.2
–0.8
0.2

–0.8
–5.1
–1.4
0.2

0.4
1.1
0.5
0.2

–0.6
–0.4
–1.9
0.0

0.7
3.2
1.2
0.1

–0.2
–1.5
0.0
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
2007

2008

r

2007
III

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV r

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

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

8,170.5
1,108.6
2,318.6
4,729.4

–80.7
–48.2
–44.4
–0.8

–90.1
–71.5
–57.7
18.1

–3.8
–14.8
–7.1
–0.1

–4.3
–22.1
–9.4
1.5

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

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

8,272.1
1,188.5
2,378.4
4,714.3

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

223.8
57.3
57.3
116.3

19.3
–53.9
–14.2
68.1

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

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

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

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

19.7
1.2
1.6
16.3

17.9
–13.6
–2.3
28.2

25.2
–8.7
22.8
7.8

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

2.8
4.8
2.5
2.6

0.2
–4.3
–0.6
1.5

2.0
2.3
1.2
2.4

1.0
0.4
0.3
1.4

0.9
–4.3
–0.4
2.4

1.2
–2.8
3.9
0.7

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

August

September

2009

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

123.017
86.264
128.282
129.379

123.002
86.110
127.920
129.574

123.106
85.957
128.186
129.661

122.602
85.785
126.209
129.819

121.275
85.333
121.673
129.865

120.665
84.952
119.482
129.972

120.974
84.854
120.226
130.167

121.397
85.033
121.265
130.348

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

117.286
121.348
114.025

117.493
121.292
114.230

117.664
121.406
114.427

117.742
120.814
114.516

117.757
119.240
114.506

117.749
118.515
114.484

117.976
118.826
114.696

118.262
119.263
114.971

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

0.5
0.1
1.2
0.3

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

–0.4
–0.2
–1.5
0.1

–1.1
–0.5
–3.6
0.0

–0.5
–0.4
–1.8
0.1

0.3
–0.1
0.6
0.2

0.3
0.2
0.9
0.1

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

0.2
0.6
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.5
0.1

0.0
–1.3
0.0

0.0
–0.6
0.0

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.4
0.2

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

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

August

September

2009

October r

November r December r

January r

February p

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

1.3

–0.2

–0.2

0.2

1.1

1.1

2.7

2.2

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

0.2
–4.4
–0.6
1.4

–0.2
–4.4
–0.5
0.7

–0.6
–7.8
–1.7
1.2

–1.3
–12.3
–2.9
1.5

–1.4
–11.0
–2.8
1.1

–1.9
–10.7
–4.5
0.9

–1.3
–7.6
–3.1
0.6

–1.4
–9.1
–2.9
0.7

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

August

September

2009

October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

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

4.5
–1.1
8.2
3.7

4.4
–0.9
8.0
3.5

4.1
–0.9
7.7
3.2

3.3
–1.2
5.6
3.0

1.6
–1.5
0.1
2.9

0.8
–1.7
–2.2
2.7

0.8
–1.9
–2.3
2.7

1.0
–1.8
–1.3
2.6

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

2.4
4.6
2.1

2.4
4.6
2.2

2.3
4.3
2.1

2.1
3.5
2.0

2.0
1.5
1.9

1.8
0.6
1.7

1.7
0.5
1.6

1.8
0.7
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.