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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012
BEA 12-12

James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: FEBRUARY 2012
Personal income increased $28.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $18.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $86.0 billion, or 0.8 percent. In January,
personal income increased $26.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1
percent, and PCE increased $40.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.1 percent in February, compared with a decrease of 0.2
percent in January. Real PCE increased 0.5 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
2011
2012
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

Feb.

0.4

0.1

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.3
0.3

0.0
-0.1

0.4
0.3

0.0
-0.2

0.2
-0.1

0.2
0.2

0.0
0.0

0.2
0.1

0.4
0.2

0.8
0.5

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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 (2005) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Compensation of employees
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $17.8 billion in February, compared with an
increase of $22.1 billion in January. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $1.3 billion,
compared with an increase of $9.6 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $1.5 billion, compared
with an increase of $7.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $16.5 billion,
compared with an increase of $12.4 billion.
Government wage and salary disbursements decreased $0.2 billion in February, in contrast to an
increase of $2.0 billion in January. Pay raises for military personnel added $1.8 billion to government
payrolls in January.
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds increased $1.5 billion in
February, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion in January.
Employer contributions for government social insurance increased $1.1 billion in February,
compared with an increase of $5.8 billion in January. The January change reflected an increase in the
social security taxable wage base (from $106,800 to $110,100) and in the tax rate paid by employers
to state unemployment insurance; together, these changes added $4.1 billion to January. (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 increased $2.2 billion in February, compared with an increase of $1.3 billion
in January. Farm proprietors' income decreased $0.2 billion, compared with a decrease of $0.1
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $2.4 billion, compared with an increase of $1.5
billion.
Rental income of persons increased $3.5 billion in February, compared with an increase of $3.2
billion in January. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $1.7 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $2.3 billion.

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Personal current transfer receipts increased $3.0 billion in February, compared with an increase
of $1.6 billion in January. Within current transfer receipts, there were large, offsetting changes to
government social benefit programs. “Other” government social benefits to persons increased $1.3
billion, in contrast to a decrease of $15.8 billion; the January change was reduced $13.6 billion
reflecting the expiration of the Making Work Pay refundable tax credit. Offsetting these changes,
government social benefits for social security increased $2.9 billion in February, compared to an
increase of $20.3 billion in January; the January change was boosted by a 3.6-percent cost-of-living
adjustment (COLAs) to social security benefits.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.4 billion in February, compared with an increase of $9.3 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 $4.1 billion in January by increases
in unemployment-insurance tax rates and in the social security taxable wage base. The January
increase in personal contributions for government social insurance reflected increases in the monthly
premiums paid by participants in the supplementary medical insurance program (Medicare B) and in
the social security taxable wage base; together, these changes added $1.6 billion to January.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $9.2 billion in February, compared with an increase of $21.6
billion in January. Federal net nonwithheld income taxes (payments of estimated taxes plus final
settlements less refunds) boosted January by $11.8 billion, based on the Office of Tax Analysis
projections of higher final settlements and higher refunds for 2012. Disposable personal income (DPI) -personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $18.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, in February,
compared with an increase of $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in January.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $89.8 billion in February, compared with an increase of $44.8 billion in January. PCE
increased $86.0 billion, compared with an increase of $40.9 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $438.7 billion in February, compared with
$509.5 billion in January. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
income -- was 3.7 percent in February, compared with 4.3 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, go to
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.1 percent in February,
compared with a decrease of 0.2 percent in January.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.5 percent in February,
compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in January. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.6
percent, compared with an increase of 1.4 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted
for most of the increase in February. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.1 percent in
February, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in January. Purchases of services increased 0.4
percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent in February, compared with an
increase of 0.2 percent in January. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

2011 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 5.1 percent in 2011 (that is, from the 2010 annual level to the 2011
annual level), compared with an increase of 3.7 percent in 2010. DPI increased 3.8 percent, compared
with an increase of 3.6 percent. PCE increased 4.7 percent, compared with an increase of 3.8 percent.
Real DPI increased 1.3 percent in 2011, compared with an increase of 1.8 percent in 2010. Real
PCE increased 2.2 percent, compared with an increase of 2.0 percent.

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Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October 2011 through January 2012. Changes in personal
income, current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) 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

60.2

55.6

0.5

0.4

37.4

26.5

0.3

0.2

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

48.3
35.5

45.8
33.0

0.4
0.3

0.4
0.3

14.1
-6.6

5.0
-18.8

0.1
-0.1

0.0
-0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

3.2
-3.4

19.2
10.2

0.0
0.0

0.2
0.1

23.2
2.7

40.9
14.3

0.2
0.0

0.4
0.2

BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov.
By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
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Next release – April 30, 2012 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income ..........................................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions
of chained (2005) dollars 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

August

September

2012
October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

13,032.5
8,304.3
6,694.4
5,505.3
1,110.8
707.8
4,394.6
1,058.1
3,336.5
1,189.0
1,609.9

13,049.1
8,328.9
6,715.3
5,525.5
1,114.4
707.2
4,411.2
1,060.0
3,351.2
1,189.8
1,613.5

13,088.8
8,381.7
6,763.3
5,574.2
1,124.8
712.1
4,449.4
1,068.3
3,381.1
1,189.1
1,618.4

13,138.6
8,429.1
6,804.5
5,615.7
1,133.7
717.6
4,482.0
1,077.9
3,404.0
1,188.9
1,624.6

13,146.1
8,430.5
6,804.3
5,615.2
1,129.4
713.9
4,485.8
1,080.2
3,405.6
1,189.0
1,626.3

13,201.7
8,461.2
6,831.5
5,642.3
1,140.7
721.3
4,501.7
1,083.4
3,418.2
1,189.2
1,629.7

13,228.2
8,493.3
6,855.6
5,664.4
1,150.3
728.9
4,514.1
1,087.1
3,426.9
1,191.2
1,637.6

13,256.4
8,513.3
6,873.2
5,682.2
1,151.6
730.4
4,530.6
1,089.6
3,441.0
1,191.0
1,640.2

1,110.8
499.2

1,112.6
500.9

1,114.5
503.9

1,117.8
506.8

1,119.6
506.7

1,121.4
508.3

1,123.5
514.1

1,125.0
515.2

1,109.1
67.0
1,042.1

1,116.2
67.5
1,048.7

1,115.9
68.1
1,047.8

1,118.8
65.4
1,053.4

1,118.6
62.7
1,055.9

1,121.7
60.0
1,061.6

1,123.0
59.9
1,063.1

1,125.2
59.7
1,065.5

400.8
1,806.0
1,007.7
798.3
2,340.3
2,300.7
715.2
555.8
425.4
104.7
64.0
435.6
39.6

406.2
1,794.7
994.8
799.9
2,334.4
2,295.0
716.1
558.1
413.8
102.1
65.4
439.5
39.3

412.0
1,781.8
981.8
799.9
2,335.1
2,295.8
717.7
559.5
409.9
102.3
65.7
440.7
39.3

419.4
1,785.2
979.3
805.8
2,329.3
2,289.7
718.3
557.0
410.2
100.3
65.1
438.9
39.6

427.3
1,785.1
976.8
808.3
2,327.9
2,288.3
719.5
555.0
411.7
97.9
64.2
440.0
39.6

434.9
1,788.8
974.3
814.5
2,342.0
2,302.4
729.1
553.9
412.6
102.2
63.5
441.0
39.5

438.1
1,786.5
974.1
812.3
2,343.6
2,304.2
749.4
552.5
413.1
97.4
66.6
425.2
39.3

441.6
1,788.2
973.9
814.2
2,346.6
2,307.3
752.3
553.4
414.5
94.0
66.7
426.5
39.3

928.1
1,407.8
11,624.6
11,077.0
10,749.4
3,643.3
1,154.6
2,488.6
7,106.2
156.2
171.4
97.5
73.8
547.6

931.4
1,406.0
11,643.1
11,093.5
10,763.4
3,640.1
1,143.5
2,496.6
7,123.4
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
549.6

937.7
1,413.4
11,675.4
11,173.1
10,840.6
3,700.4
1,176.7
2,523.7
7,140.2
160.7
171.9
98.1
73.8
502.2

943.3
1,424.1
11,714.4
11,192.6
10,861.7
3,714.3
1,191.0
2,523.3
7,147.4
158.7
172.2
98.7
73.6
521.8

943.3
1,428.4
11,717.7
11,196.4
10,867.0
3,709.2
1,191.9
2,517.3
7,157.8
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
521.3

946.8
1,438.2
11,763.5
11,214.1
10,886.2
3,706.8
1,201.8
2,505.0
7,179.4
154.7
173.3
99.7
73.6
549.4

956.1
1,459.8
11,768.5
11,258.9
10,927.1
3,740.6
1,219.0
2,521.6
7,186.6
157.9
173.9
100.4
73.6
509.5

958.5
1,469.0
11,787.4
11,348.7
11,013.1
3,783.8
1,238.3
2,545.5
7,229.3
161.1
174.5
100.9
73.6
438.7

4.7

4.7

4.3

4.5

4.4

4.7

4.3

3.7

9,374.9

9,369.2

9,387.7

9,435.4

9,434.9

9,464.7

9,465.1

9,457.6

10,192.5

10,181.0

10,192.3

10,225.6

10,219.4

10,252.4

10,233.6

10,218.3

37,244
32,656
312,117

37,278
32,597
312,330

37,356
32,611
312,542

37,457
32,696
312,747

37,445
32,657
312,932

37,570
32,744
313,109

37,566
32,666
313,278

37,606
32,600
313,441

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2010

2011

r

2010
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income ..........................................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions
of chained (2005) dollars 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

2011
IV

I

II

IV r

III

12,373.5
7,971.4
6,408.2
5,217.4
1,059.2
674.2
4,158.2
1,006.0
3,152.2
1,190.8
1,563.1

13,005.3
8,292.7
6,683.2
5,492.9
1,110.1
706.9
4,382.8
1,055.0
3,327.8
1,190.3
1,609.5

12,453.2
8,022.2
6,454.5
5,264.7
1,070.5
682.2
4,194.2
1,015.9
3,178.3
1,189.9
1,567.7

12,577.6
8,050.8
6,477.0
5,288.4
1,070.8
685.5
4,217.6
1,016.1
3,201.5
1,188.6
1,573.7

12,846.9
8,172.5
6,578.2
5,387.1
1,092.3
700.4
4,294.7
1,034.4
3,260.3
1,191.1
1,594.4

12,955.3
8,219.7
6,617.1
5,425.2
1,096.9
700.4
4,328.3
1,043.1
3,285.1
1,191.9
1,602.7

13,056.8
8,338.3
6,724.3
5,535.0
1,116.6
709.0
4,418.4
1,062.1
3,356.3
1,189.3
1,614.0

13,162.1
8,440.3
6,813.4
5,624.4
1,134.6
717.6
4,489.8
1,080.5
3,409.3
1,189.0
1,626.9

1,089.9
473.2

1,111.0
498.5

1,092.0
475.7

1,096.8
476.9

1,103.0
491.4

1,108.7
494.0

1,112.6
501.3

1,119.6
507.3

1,036.4
52.2
984.2

1,108.9
65.9
1,043.0

1,057.0
58.3
998.7

1,081.5
60.1
1,021.4

1,095.6
66.1
1,029.5

1,106.5
67.3
1,039.2

1,113.7
67.5
1,046.2

1,119.7
62.7
1,057.0

350.2
1,721.2
1,003.4
717.7
2,281.2
2,242.9
690.2
518.4
405.4
138.7
57.9
432.4
38.3

403.9
1,790.0
998.1
791.9
2,336.2
2,296.8
713.5
553.7
424.3
107.4
63.4
434.6
39.5

352.8
1,723.4
983.9
739.4
2,289.4
2,251.4
693.9
521.4
405.2
135.8
59.0
436.1
37.9

354.8
1,743.5
989.6
753.9
2,341.2
2,301.9
699.9
535.3
439.8
128.7
59.4
438.7
39.3

385.0
1,777.2
1,004.7
772.5
2,328.1
2,288.6
703.1
547.8
432.1
117.5
61.3
426.9
39.5

396.9
1,802.3
1,015.9
786.4
2,347.3
2,307.9
712.2
553.9
437.4
108.8
62.8
432.7
39.4

406.3
1,794.2
994.8
799.4
2,336.6
2,297.2
716.3
557.8
416.4
103.0
65.0
438.6
39.4

427.2
1,786.3
976.8
809.5
2,333.1
2,293.5
722.3
555.3
411.5
100.1
64.3
440.0
39.6

986.8
1,193.9
11,179.7
10,586.9
10,245.5
3,387.0
1,085.5
2,301.5
6,858.5
173.4
168.0
95.1
72.9
592.8

926.4
1,400.3
11,604.9
11,055.1
10,726.0
3,646.6
1,162.9
2,483.7
7,079.4
157.8
171.3
97.7
73.6
549.8

991.5
1,212.8
11,240.4
10,614.8
10,276.6
3,386.5
1,087.5
2,299.0
6,890.1
168.1
170.1
95.8
74.3
625.6

994.1
1,240.9
11,336.7
10,748.6
10,417.1
3,483.4
1,124.7
2,358.7
6,933.7
162.7
168.9
96.5
72.5
588.1

911.5
1,365.9
11,481.0
10,902.1
10,571.7
3,592.2
1,154.5
2,437.8
6,979.4
160.3
170.1
96.6
73.5
578.9

917.4
1,396.2
11,559.2
11,002.6
10,676.0
3,622.7
1,143.8
2,478.9
7,053.3
155.9
170.7
97.1
73.5
556.5

932.4
1,409.1
11,647.7
11,114.6
10,784.5
3,661.2
1,158.3
2,503.0
7,123.2
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
533.1

944.5
1,430.2
11,731.9
11,201.0
10,871.6
3,710.1
1,194.9
2,515.2
7,161.5
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
530.8

5.3

4.7

5.6

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.5

9,083.0

9,371.3

9,145.7

9,166.7

9,329.8

9,332.9

9,377.3

9,445.0

10,061.6

10,193.4

10,114.4

10,152.0

10,183.2

10,169.7

10,188.6

10,232.4

36,090
32,481
309,774

37,191
32,667
312,040

36,251
32,620
310,070

36,491
32,678
310,670

36,895
32,724
311,184

37,082
32,625
311,717

37,293
32,621
312,330

37,491
32,699
312,929

r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

August

September

2012
October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

62.4
85.0
79.3
81.3
16.1
10.3
65.2
15.8
49.4
–2.1
5.7

16.6
24.6
20.9
20.2
3.6
–0.6
16.6
1.9
14.7
0.8
3.6

39.7
52.8
48.0
48.7
10.4
4.9
38.2
8.3
29.9
–0.7
4.9

49.8
47.4
41.2
41.5
8.9
5.5
32.6
9.6
22.9
–0.2
6.2

7.5
1.4
–0.2
–0.5
–4.3
–3.7
3.8
2.3
1.6
0.1
1.7

55.6
30.7
27.2
27.1
11.3
7.4
15.9
3.2
12.6
0.2
3.4

26.5
32.1
24.1
22.1
9.6
7.6
12.4
3.7
8.7
2.0
7.9

28.2
20.0
17.6
17.8
1.3
1.5
16.5
2.5
14.1
–0.2
2.6

0.4
5.5

1.8
1.7

1.9
3.0

3.3
2.9

1.8
–0.1

1.8
1.6

2.1
5.8

1.5
1.1

1.9
0.6
1.4

7.1
0.5
6.6

–0.3
0.6
–0.9

2.9
–2.7
5.6

–0.2
–2.7
2.5

3.1
–2.7
5.7

1.3
–0.1
1.5

2.2
–0.2
2.4

5.1
–6.6
–13.0
6.4
–12.4
–12.6
3.1
1.1
–15.1
–4.6
0.4
2.3
0.3

5.4
–11.3
–12.9
1.6
–5.9
–5.7
0.9
2.3
–11.6
–2.6
1.4
3.9
–0.3

5.8
–12.9
–13.0
0.0
0.7
0.8
1.6
1.4
–3.9
0.2
0.3
1.2
0.0

7.4
3.4
–2.5
5.9
–5.8
–6.1
0.6
–2.5
0.3
–2.0
–0.6
–1.8
0.3

7.9
–0.1
–2.5
2.5
–1.4
–1.4
1.2
–2.0
1.5
–2.4
–0.9
1.1
0.0

7.6
3.7
–2.5
6.2
14.1
14.1
9.6
–1.1
0.9
4.3
–0.7
1.0
–0.1

3.2
–2.3
–0.2
–2.2
1.6
1.8
20.3
–1.4
0.5
–4.8
3.1
–15.8
–0.2

3.5
1.7
–0.2
1.9
3.0
3.1
2.9
0.9
1.4
–3.4
0.1
1.3
0.0

10.8
4.6
57.7
83.8
81.0
47.7
25.3
22.3
33.4
2.2
0.5
0.2
0.3
–26.1

3.3
–1.8
18.5
16.5
14.0
–3.2
–11.1
8.0
17.2
2.2
0.2
0.3
0.0
2.0

6.3
7.4
32.3
79.6
77.2
60.3
33.2
27.1
16.8
2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
–47.4

5.6
10.7
39.0
19.5
21.1
13.9
14.3
–0.4
7.2
–2.0
0.3
0.6
–0.2
19.6

0.0
4.3
3.3
3.8
5.3
–5.1
0.9
–6.0
10.4
–2.0
0.6
0.5
0.0
–0.5

3.5
9.8
45.8
17.7
19.2
–2.4
9.9
–12.3
21.6
–2.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
28.1

9.3
21.6
5.0
44.8
40.9
33.8
17.2
16.6
7.2
3.2
0.6
0.7
0.0
–39.9

2.4
9.2
18.9
89.8
86.0
43.2
19.3
23.9
42.7
3.2
0.6
0.5
0.0
–70.8

31.4
13.4

–5.7
–11.5

18.5
11.3

47.7
33.3

–0.5
–6.2

29.8
33.0

0.4
–18.8

–7.5
–15.3

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

r

2010
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

2011
IV

I

II

IV r

III

443.3
170.0
137.9
122.4
–4.2
13.3
126.5
16.4
110.2
15.5
32.0

631.8
321.3
275.0
275.5
50.9
32.7
224.6
49.0
175.6
–0.5
46.4

127.6
62.2
54.7
61.2
11.9
8.6
49.3
11.4
37.9
–6.4
7.5

124.4
28.6
22.5
23.7
0.3
3.3
23.4
0.2
23.2
–1.3
6.0

269.3
121.7
101.2
98.7
21.5
14.9
77.1
18.3
58.8
2.5
20.7

108.4
47.2
38.9
38.1
4.6
0.0
33.6
8.7
24.8
0.8
8.3

101.5
118.6
107.2
109.8
19.7
8.6
90.1
19.0
71.2
–2.6
11.3

105.3
102.0
89.1
89.4
18.0
8.6
71.4
18.4
53.0
–0.3
12.9

16.8
15.2

21.1
25.3

4.4
3.1

4.8
1.2

6.2
14.5

5.7
2.6

3.9
7.3

7.0
6.0

95.2
13.0
82.2

72.5
13.7
58.8

31.4
12.5
19.0

24.5
1.8
22.7

14.1
6.0
8.1

10.9
1.2
9.7

7.2
0.2
7.0

6.0
–4.8
10.8

44.3
13.5
–105.5
118.9
143.1
143.0
25.7
24.6
31.3
8.1
6.4
47.0
0.1

53.7
68.8
–5.3
74.2
55.0
53.9
23.3
35.3
18.9
–31.3
5.5
2.2
1.2

3.7
–1.1
–30.2
29.0
37.3
37.3
5.6
9.9
15.4
–1.6
1.7
6.2
–0.1

2.0
20.1
5.7
14.5
51.8
50.5
6.0
13.9
34.6
–7.1
0.4
2.6
1.4

30.2
33.7
15.1
18.6
–13.1
–13.3
3.2
12.5
–7.7
–11.2
1.9
–11.8
0.2

11.9
25.1
11.2
13.9
19.2
19.3
9.1
6.1
5.3
–8.7
1.5
5.8
–0.1

9.4
–8.1
–21.1
13.0
–10.7
–10.7
4.1
3.9
–21.0
–5.8
2.2
5.9
0.0

20.9
–7.9
–18.0
10.1
–3.5
–3.7
6.0
–2.5
–4.9
–2.9
–0.7
1.4
0.2

22.7
52.5
390.9
350.6
379.4
189.5
55.9
133.7
189.8
–40.3
11.5
6.0
5.5
40.2

–60.4
206.4
425.2
468.2
480.5
259.6
77.4
182.2
220.9
–15.6
3.3
2.6
0.7
–43.0

5.8
37.4
90.2
87.8
91.8
46.4
15.8
30.7
45.4
–6.3
2.3
1.0
1.4
2.3

2.6
28.1
96.3
133.8
140.5
96.9
37.2
59.7
43.6
–5.4
–1.2
0.7
–1.8
–37.5

–82.6
125.0
144.3
153.5
154.6
108.8
29.8
79.1
45.7
–2.4
1.2
0.1
1.0
–9.2

5.9
30.3
78.2
100.5
104.3
30.5
–10.7
41.1
73.9
–4.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
–22.4

15.0
12.9
88.5
112.0
108.5
38.5
14.5
24.1
69.9
2.5
0.9
0.7
0.3
–23.4

12.1
21.1
84.2
86.4
87.1
48.9
36.6
12.2
38.3
–1.7
1.2
1.4
–0.2
–2.3

113.3
178.9

288.3
131.8

59.2
56.6

21.0
37.6

163.1
31.2

3.1
–13.5

44.4
18.9

67.7
43.8

r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2011
July

August

2012
October r

September

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

0.5
1.0
1.2
0.4

0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.7
0.3

0.4
0.6
0.6
0.4

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.5

0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
1.3
–0.4
–1.3
0.8
–0.5
1.2
0.3
0.5

0.6
1.4
–0.6
–1.3
0.2
–0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.2

0.0
1.4
–0.7
–1.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.3

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.7
–0.2
0.6
0.8
0.3

0.0
1.9
0.0
–0.3
0.3
–0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.7
0.4

0.1
0.7
–0.1
0.0
–0.3
0.1
1.0
1.5
0.0

0.2
0.8
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.6
0.2

0.8
1.3
2.2
0.9
0.5

0.1
–0.1
–1.0
0.3
0.2

0.7
1.7
2.9
1.1
0.2

0.2
0.4
1.2
0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.1
0.1
–0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.8
–0.5
0.3

0.4
0.9
1.4
0.7
0.1

0.8
1.2
1.6
0.9
0.6

0.3
0.3

0.0
–0.2

–0.1
–0.1

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

0.3
0.1

–0.1
–0.1

0.2
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.0
–0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

r

2010
III

2011
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes .....................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income........................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..........................................
Goods .....................................................................................
Durable goods .....................................................................
Nondurable goods ...............................................................
Services..................................................................................

3.7
2.2
2.2
2.1

5.1
4.0
4.3
3.0

4.2
3.2
3.5
1.9

4.1
1.4
1.4
1.6

8.8
6.2
6.4
5.4

3.4
2.3
2.4
2.1

3.2
5.9
6.6
2.8

3.3
5.0
5.4
3.2

10.1
14.5
0.8
–9.5
19.9
6.7
2.4
4.6
3.6

7.0
15.3
4.0
–0.5
10.3
2.4
–6.1
17.3
3.8

12.8
4.3
–0.3
–11.4
17.4
6.8
2.4
13.4
3.3

9.6
2.4
4.7
2.3
8.1
9.4
1.1
9.6
3.5

5.3
38.6
8.0
6.3
10.2
–2.2
–29.3
46.8
5.2

4.0
13.0
5.8
4.5
7.4
3.3
2.6
9.2
2.8

2.6
9.8
–1.8
–8.1
6.8
–1.8
6.7
3.7
3.1

2.2
22.2
–1.7
–7.0
5.2
–0.6
5.3
6.1
2.9

3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
2.8

4.7
7.7
7.1
7.9
3.2

3.7
5.7
6.0
5.5
2.7

5.6
11.9
14.4
10.8
2.6

6.1
13.1
11.0
14.1
2.7

4.0
3.4
–3.7
6.9
4.3

4.1
4.3
5.2
3.9
4.0

3.3
5.4
13.3
2.0
2.2

0.1
–0.5

1.9
0.7

2.9
1.7

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

1.3
1.8

3.2
1.3

2.6
2.3

0.9
1.5

7.3
1.2

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2011
July

August

September

2012
October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

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

9,425.1
3,338.6
1,270.8
2,075.1
6,091.8

9,411.8
3,321.9
1,260.4
2,067.8
6,094.5

9,463.5
3,367.8
1,302.2
2,078.1
6,102.0

9,481.2
3,387.3
1,318.8
2,083.4
6,101.1

9,477.5
3,384.3
1,323.3
2,077.3
6,100.2

9,487.7
3,390.1
1,337.4
2,072.1
6,104.9

9,502.0
3,410.8
1,355.7
2,077.2
6,099.5

9,547.1
3,430.9
1,377.9
2,079.0
6,124.8

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

36.7
21.3
28.7
–2.6
16.1

–13.3
–16.7
–10.4
–7.3
2.7

51.7
45.9
41.8
10.3
7.5

17.7
19.5
16.6
5.3
–0.9

–3.7
–3.0
4.5
–6.1
–0.9

10.2
5.8
14.1
–5.2
4.7

14.3
20.7
18.3
5.1
–5.4

45.1
20.1
22.2
1.8
25.3

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

0.4
0.6
2.3
–0.1
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
–0.8
–0.4
0.0

0.5
1.4
3.3
0.5
0.1

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.3
0.0

0.0
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.0

0.1
0.2
1.1
–0.3
0.1

0.2
0.6
1.4
0.3
–0.1

0.5
0.6
1.6
0.1
0.4

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

r

2010
III

2011
IV

I

IV r

II

III

9,392.7
3,331.2
1,260.2
2,076.6
6,067.0

9,433.5
3,342.7
1,277.8
2,073.7
6,096.1

9,482.1
3,387.2
1,326.5
2,077.6
6,102.1

40.8
11.5
17.6
–2.9
29.1

48.6
44.5
48.7
3.9
6.0

1.7
1.4
5.7
–0.5
1.9

2.1
5.4
16.1
0.8
0.4

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

9,220.9
3,230.7
1,188.3
2,041.3
5,991.8

9,421.3
3,351.4
1,285.4
2,075.8
6,076.1

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

183.4
132.7
80.0
57.9
56.3

200.4
120.7
97.1
34.5
84.3

9,247.1
3,240.8
1,194.1
2,045.8
6,008.1

9,328.4
3,306.0
1,242.4
2,067.4
6,027.5

9,376.7
3,344.4
1,277.4
2,075.4
6,039.1

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
60.2
37.9
24.8
15.0
23.8

81.3
65.2
48.3
21.6
19.4

48.3
38.4
35.0
8.0
11.6

16.0
–13.2
–17.2
1.2
27.9

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

2.0
4.3
7.2
2.9
0.9

2.2
3.7
8.2
1.7
1.4

2.6
4.8
8.8
3.0
1.6

3.6
8.3
17.2
4.3
1.3

2.1
4.7
11.7
1.6
0.8

0.7
–1.6
–5.3
0.2
1.9

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2011
July

August

September

2012
October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

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

114.054
109.130
90.838
119.932
116.654

114.364
109.582
90.705
120.741
116.886

114.554
109.879
90.340
121.447
117.017

114.563
109.658
90.288
121.123
117.152

114.664
109.602
90.053
121.184
117.340

114.742
109.345
89.843
120.899
117.604

115.001
109.669
89.895
121.398
117.826

115.359
110.288
89.853
122.444
118.036

112.024
118.603
141.639
113.885
111.507

112.222
119.315
143.359
114.230
111.729

112.222
119.942
146.341
114.485
111.774

112.353
120.208
143.784
114.462
111.886

112.514
120.153
143.034
114.554
112.046

112.685
120.439
141.058
114.627
112.225

112.938
120.609
141.547
114.839
112.424

113.086
120.587
146.578
115.204
112.547

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

0.4
0.7
–0.1
1.0
0.2

0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.0
0.9
0.2

0.2
0.4
2.8
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.6
1.2
0.3
0.2

0.0
0.5
2.1
0.2
0.0

0.1
0.2
–1.7
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.5
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
–1.4
0.1
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.0
3.6
0.3
0.1

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
July
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

August
0.9
2.3
3.9
7.1
2.3
1.5

September
0.5
1.7
2.4
6.1
0.7
1.4

2012
October r

0.8
2.1
3.2
7.8
1.1
1.5

0.8
1.9
2.7
6.6
1.0
1.5

November r
0.7
1.5
2.2
6.7
0.2
1.2

December r

January r

0.8
1.5
2.4
7.0
0.3
1.1

February p

0.6
1.6
2.5
7.4
0.3
1.2

0.3
1.8
2.3
7.2
0.0
1.5

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
July
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

August

September

2012
October

r

November

r

December

r

January

r

February p

2.8
4.7
–0.2
7.2
1.8

2.9
4.8
–0.5
7.4
1.9

2.9
4.9
–0.7
7.6
2.0

2.7
4.3
–0.5
6.6
1.9

2.7
4.2
–0.6
6.5
2.0

2.5
3.4
–0.4
5.2
2.1

2.4
2.9
–0.4
4.5
2.2

2.3
2.7
–0.6
4.3
2.1

1.6
4.3
20.2
2.9
1.5

1.7
4.8
19.6
3.0
1.6

1.6
5.1
20.7
3.1
1.6

1.7
5.2
15.4
2.9
1.7

1.8
5.1
14.6
2.9
1.8

1.9
5.3
8.6
2.7
2.0

1.9
4.7
6.5
2.5
2.0

1.9
3.9
6.6
2.4
1.9

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