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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2016
BEA 16-17
Technical: James Rankin
(202) 606-5301 (Personal Income)
piniwd@bea.gov
Harvey Davis
(202) 606-5302 (Personal Consumption Expenditures) pce@bea.gov
Media:
Jeannine Aversa (202) 606-2649
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: FEBRUARY 2016
Personal income increased $23.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $23.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $11.0 billion, or 0.1 percent. In January,
personal income increased $72.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $57.2 billion, or 0.4 percent,
and PCE increased $10.7 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.3 percent in February, the same increase as in January. Real PCE
increased 0.2 percent in February, in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent in January.

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

0.3

2015
2016
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.2

0.2
0.2

0.2
0.1

0.3
0.3

0.4
0.3

0.2
0.3

0.2
0.1

0.4
0.3

0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0

0.1
0.2

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

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Compensation
Wages and salaries decreased $9.4 billion in February, in contrast to an increase of $46.5 billion in
January. Private wages and salaries decreased $12.9 billion, in contrast to an increase of $41.9 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $3.5 billion, compared with an increase of $4.6 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.4 billion in February, compared with an increase of
$6.1 billion in January.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $0.6 billion in February, compared with an increase of $3.9 billion in
January. Farm proprietors' income increased $2.1 billion, the same increase as in January. Nonfarm
proprietors' income decreased $1.5 billion in February, in contrast to an increase of $1.8 billion in January.
Rental income of persons increased $6.7 billion in February, compared with an increase of $6.0
billion in January. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) increased $7.3 billion, compared with an increase of $8.8 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $14.1 billion in February, compared with an increase of
$10.7 billion in January.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $2.0 billion in February, in contrast to an increase of $9.4 billion in January.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased less than $0.1 billion in February, compared with an increase of
$15.6 billion in January. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -increased $23.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of $57.2 billion, or 0.4 percent.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $10.4 billion in February, compared with an increase of $14.7 billion in January. PCE increased
$11.0 billion, compared with an increase of $10.7 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $733.6 billion in February, compared with $720.3
billion in January. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income -- was 5.4 percent, compared with 5.3 percent. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA's
national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board's Financial
Accounts of the United States and data on changes in net worth, go to www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipafrb.asp.

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Real DPI, real PCE, and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in February, the same
increase as in January.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in February, in contrast to
a decrease of less than 0.1 percent in January. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.3 percent , in contrast
to a decrease of 0.8 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for about half of the increase.
Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.3 percent in February, compared with a decrease of 0.1 percent
in January. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
The price index for PCE decreased 0.1 percent in February, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent in
January. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase
of 0.3 percent.
The February PCE price index increased 1.0 percent from February a year ago. The February PCE
price index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.7 percent from February a year ago.

2015 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 4.4 percent in 2015 (that is, from the 2014 annual level to the 2015 annual
level), the same increase as in 2014. DPI increased 3.7 percent in 2015, compared with an increase of 4.2
percent in 2014. PCE increased 3.4 percent, compared with an increase of 4.2 percent.
Real DPI increased 3.4 percent in 2015, compared with an increase of 2.7 percent in 2014. Real PCE
increased 3.1 percent, compared with an increase of 2.7 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October 2015 through January 2016. Changes in personal income, in
current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar PCE for
December and for January -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
Change from preceding month
December
January
Previous Revised Previous Revised
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

45.6

40.2

0.3

0.3

79.6

72.7

0.5

0.5

39.2
44.1

34.4
41.6

0.3
0.4

0.3
0.3

63.5
45.0

57.2
38.2

0.5
0.4

0.4
0.3

11.6
18.3

18.4
26.2

0.1
0.2

0.1
0.2

63.0
45.6

10.7
-2.9

0.5
0.4

0.1
0.0

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

2015
July

1 Personal income ...................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ............................................................

Aug.

Sept.

Line

2016
Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

r

Jan.

r

Feb.

p

15,406.8 15,451.3 15,472.9 15,520.7 15,561.2 15,601.4 15,674.2 15,697.9
9,690.1 9,719.9 9,718.5 9,768.8 9,816.1 9,835.6 9,888.3 9,881.3

1
2

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Wages and salaries ........................................................................
Private industries...........................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Services-producing industries....................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...........................................
Other services-producing industries .......................................
Government...................................................................................

7,855.1
6,583.1
1,313.2
805.2
5,269.9
1,239.5
4,030.4
1,272.0

7,879.5
6,604.6
1,314.1
805.9
5,290.4
1,244.2
4,046.2
1,274.9

7,875.4
6,599.7
1,307.3
801.2
5,292.4
1,246.6
4,045.8
1,275.7

7,919.5
6,642.4
1,315.5
805.0
5,326.9
1,252.6
4,074.3
1,277.0

7,960.3
6,681.1
1,331.9
816.5
5,349.2
1,257.2
4,092.0
1,279.2

7,975.2
6,693.5
1,320.5
804.9
5,373.0
1,261.3
4,111.7
1,281.7

8,021.7
6,735.4
1,330.4
813.0
5,405.1
1,264.5
4,140.6
1,286.3

8,012.3
6,722.5
1,326.9
810.5
5,395.6
1,264.1
4,131.5
1,289.8

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

11
12

Supplements to wages and salaries.............................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 .........................................................................................
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 2..............................................................................
Medicare 3 ......................................................................................
Medicaid ........................................................................................
Unemployment insurance..............................................................
Veterans’ benefits..........................................................................
Other .............................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net).........................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.

1,835.0

1,840.4

1,843.1

1,849.4

1,855.8

1,860.4

1,866.6

1,869.0

11

1,266.4
568.6

1,270.4
569.9

1,273.9
569.2

1,277.6
571.7

1,281.5
574.3

1,285.7
574.8

1,289.4
577.2

1,293.1
575.8

12
13

1,398.0
62.4
1,335.5
661.6
2,196.7
1,333.0
863.8
2,666.8
2,623.5
872.3
619.8
536.5
33.0
95.1
466.9
43.3
1,206.3

1,398.1
65.2
1,332.9
663.4
2,202.5
1,335.0
867.5
2,676.7
2,633.2
875.9
622.4
540.1
33.2
94.6
467.0
43.4
1,209.2

1,404.2
68.0
1,336.2
665.8
2,209.1
1,337.0
872.1
2,683.6
2,639.9
875.4
625.2
544.6
32.6
95.5
466.7
43.6
1,208.2

1,407.0
62.5
1,344.5
668.4
2,202.3
1,327.7
874.6
2,687.8
2,644.0
877.6
628.4
544.4
31.7
96.2
465.6
43.8
1,213.6

1,401.0
57.1
1,343.9
671.6
2,196.5
1,318.3
878.2
2,694.8
2,650.8
878.2
631.5
545.3
32.2
98.4
465.4
44.0
1,218.8

1,412.3
51.6
1,360.6
675.3
2,187.0
1,309.0
878.0
2,711.5
2,667.3
889.3
634.5
549.2
32.6
98.7
463.0
44.2
1,220.3

1,416.2
53.7
1,362.5
681.3
2,195.8
1,316.5
879.3
2,722.3
2,677.9
884.8
637.3
552.6
33.0
98.0
472.3
44.3
1,229.7

1,416.8
55.7
1,361.0
688.0
2,203.2
1,324.0
879.2
2,736.4
2,691.9
887.1
640.0
556.2
33.0
98.5
477.1
44.5
1,227.7

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

1,954.3 1,958.7 1,958.8 1,975.4 1,987.9 1,993.8 2,009.4 2,009.4
13,452.5 13,492.6 13,514.1 13,545.3 13,573.3 13,607.6 13,664.8 13,688.5
12,775.9 12,810.8 12,831.9 12,854.1 12,907.5 12,929.8 12,944.5 12,954.9
12,326.6 12,363.6 12,386.7 12,405.5 12,455.0 12,473.4 12,484.2 12,495.2
4,026.3 4,033.2 4,012.7 4,005.3 4,027.5 4,001.7 3,979.5 3,952.3
1,334.5 1,339.1 1,345.3 1,339.0 1,353.9 1,347.8 1,338.7 1,339.6
2,691.8 2,694.1 2,667.4 2,666.3 2,673.6 2,653.9 2,640.8 2,612.7
8,300.3 8,330.4 8,374.0 8,400.2 8,427.5 8,471.7 8,504.7 8,542.9
271.7
269.4
267.1
270.6
274.1
277.6
277.0
276.3
177.5
177.7
178.0
178.0
178.3
178.7
183.3
183.5
97.5
97.7
98.0
98.3
98.6
99.0
103.7
103.8
80.0
80.0
80.0
79.7
79.7
79.7
79.7
79.7
676.6
681.8
682.2
691.2
665.8
677.9
720.3
733.6
5.0
5.1
5.0
5.1
4.9
5.0
5.3
5.4

31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

11,605.9 11,639.8 11,659.7 11,690.7 11,706.6 11,737.8 11,781.1 11,802.3

45

12,255.0 12,293.9 12,320.4 12,339.6 12,349.8 12,391.3 12,429.5 12,464.3

46

41,807
38,086
321,774

47
48
49

13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49

Less: Personal current taxes ...............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income .................................................
Less: Personal outlays .........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures....................................................
Goods ...............................................................................................
Durable goods ...............................................................................
Nondurable goods .........................................................................
Services............................................................................................
Personal interest payments 4 ................................................................
Personal current transfer payments.....................................................
To government..................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).............................................................
Equals: Personal saving.......................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 ..................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ...........................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...............................................................................
Chained (2009) dollars ..................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 6.....................................................

41,900
38,178
322,016

41,936
38,232
322,255

42,003
38,264
322,484

42,062
38,270
322,697

42,142
38,375
322,897

42,296
38,472
323,076

42,348
38,561
323,238

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

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

2014

2015 r

2014
III

Line

2015
IV

I

II

1 Personal income.................................................................................... 14,694.2 15,340.4 14,774.8 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,277.0
2 Compensation of employees ............................................................ 9,248.9 9,654.9 9,289.9 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,615.2
3
Wages and salaries......................................................................... 7,477.8 7,824.0 7,513.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,791.8
4
Private industries ........................................................................... 6,240.5 6,555.2 6,270.7 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,526.7
5
Goods-producing industries ....................................................... 1,260.9 1,306.4 1,266.6 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,303.2
6
Manufacturing .........................................................................
780.9
801.7
781.4
796.5
792.1
801.7
7
Services-producing industries .................................................... 4,979.7 5,248.8 5,004.1 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,223.5
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities........................................... 1,175.5 1,235.1 1,179.2 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,229.1
9
Other services-producing industries ....................................... 3,804.2 4,013.7 3,825.0 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,994.4
10
Government................................................................................... 1,237.2 1,268.8 1,243.2 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ............................................. 1,771.2 1,830.9 1,776.0 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,823.4
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
12
funds 1 ......................................................................................... 1,224.0 1,264.3 1,227.1 1,236.3 1,246.8 1,258.3
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..............
547.2
566.6
548.9
556.0
558.7
565.0
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ............................................................. 1,346.7 1,388.3 1,357.8 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0
15
Farm .................................................................................................
78.1
59.9
77.2
74.8
60.5
56.9
16
Nonfarm ............................................................................................ 1,268.6 1,328.4 1,280.6 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.
610.8
656.6
618.4
628.4
637.0
654.1
18 Personal income receipts on assets................................................
2,117.5 2,180.5 2,115.0 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3
19
Personal interest income .................................................................. 1,302.0 1,312.3 1,288.1 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4
20
Personal dividend income.................................................................
815.5
868.2
826.8
840.8
863.0
864.9
21 Personal current transfer receipts ................................................... 2,529.2 2,662.7 2,556.5 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3
22
Government social benefits to persons ............................................ 2,487.2 2,619.5 2,514.4 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
834.6
871.8
837.2
843.8
861.6
869.4
24
Medicare 3 ......................................................................................
597.8
619.8
600.8
605.3
609.8
615.3
25
Medicaid ........................................................................................
487.4
534.9
505.9
507.1
523.9
529.0
26
Unemployment insurance..............................................................
35.8
33.3
34.6
32.9
35.0
33.1
27
Veterans’ benefits ..........................................................................
83.7
94.4
83.8
86.7
90.7
94.1
28
Other..............................................................................................
447.9
465.3
452.2
453.3
462.2
467.5
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .........................
42.0
43.2
42.1
42.1
42.4
42.9
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic. 1,159.0 1,202.5 1,162.9 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,198.9
31 Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................... 1,780.2 1,945.4 1,792.0 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,938.7
32 Equals: Disposable personal income.................................................. 12,913.9 13,395.0 12,982.7 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,338.3
33 Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................... 12,293.7 12,717.5 12,377.0 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5
34 Personal consumption expenditures .................................................... 11,865.9 12,271.9 11,949.1 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4
35
Goods ............................................................................................... 3,948.4 3,978.8 3,987.4 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1
36
Durable goods ............................................................................... 1,280.2 1,328.7 1,295.1 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4
37
Nondurable goods ......................................................................... 2,668.2 2,650.1 2,692.2 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8
38
Services ............................................................................................ 7,917.5 8,293.1 7,961.7 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2
39 Personal interest payments 4 ................................................................
254.2
268.5
254.3
263.1
261.3
269.3
40 Personal current transfer payments .....................................................
173.6
177.1
173.6
178.0
175.5
176.8
41
To government ..................................................................................
95.3
97.7
95.7
95.9
97.0
97.2
42
To the rest of the world (net) .............................................................
78.3
79.4
77.9
82.2
78.5
79.6
43 Equals: Personal saving.......................................................................
620.2
677.5
605.7
614.3
687.6
663.9
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
4.8
5.1
4.7
4.7
5.2
5.0
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 .................................................................. 11,149.8 11,584.1 11,164.6 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,542.2
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ........................................... 11,836.3 12,239.5 11,863.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,193.6
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ...............................................................................
40,453
41,638
40,629
40,962
41,088
41,509
48
Chained (2009) dollars ..................................................................
37,077
38,046
37,125
37,470
37,767
37,947
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ..................................................... 319,233 321,704 319,544 320,222 320,771 321,337

III

IV

r

15,443.7 15,561.1
9,709.5 9,806.9
7,870.0 7,951.7
6,595.8 6,672.3
1,311.5 1,322.6
804.1
808.8
5,284.2 5,349.7
1,243.5 1,257.0
4,040.8 4,092.7
1,274.2 1,279.3
1,839.5 1,855.2
1,270.3
569.2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

1,281.6
573.6

12
13

1,400.1 1,406.7
65.2
57.1
1,334.9 1,349.7
663.6
671.7
2,202.8 2,195.3
1,335.0 1,318.3
867.8
876.9
2,675.7 2,698.0
2,632.2 2,654.0
874.5
881.7
622.5
631.4
540.4
546.3
32.9
32.2
95.1
97.8
466.9
464.7
43.4
44.0
1,207.9 1,217.6
1,957.3 1,985.7
13,486.4 13,575.4
12,806.2 12,897.1
12,359.0 12,444.7
4,024.1 4,011.5
1,339.6 1,346.9
2,684.4 2,664.6
8,334.9 8,433.1
269.4
274.1
177.8
178.3
97.8
98.7
80.0
79.7
680.2
678.3
5.0
5.0

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

11,635.1 11,711.7

45

12,289.8 12,360.2

46

41,881
38,165
322,015

47
48
49

42,069
38,303
322,693

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

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

2015
July

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

Aug.

Sept.

Line

2016
Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

r

Jan.

r

Feb.

p

50.8
29.1
23.9
20.8
5.0
0.3
15.8
4.8
11.0
3.2
5.2

44.5
29.8
24.4
21.4
0.9
0.8
20.5
4.7
15.8
3.0
5.3

21.5
–1.4
–4.1
–4.9
–6.9
–4.7
2.0
2.4
–0.4
0.8
2.8

47.8
50.4
44.1
42.8
8.3
3.8
34.5
5.9
28.6
1.3
6.2

40.5
47.2
40.8
38.6
16.4
11.4
22.3
4.6
17.7
2.2
6.4

40.2
19.6
14.9
12.5
–11.3
–11.5
23.8
4.1
19.7
2.4
4.7

72.7
52.7
46.5
41.9
9.8
8.1
32.1
3.2
28.9
4.6
6.1

23.7
–7.0
–9.4
–12.9
–3.5
–2.6
–9.5
–0.4
–9.0
3.5
2.4

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

4.0
1.1

4.0
1.3

3.5
–0.7

3.7
2.6

3.9
2.5

4.1
0.5

3.7
2.4

3.8
–1.4

12
13

12.0
2.8
9.2
0.4
1.4
2.0
–0.6
10.5
10.3
3.6
2.4
5.6
–0.4
–0.3
–0.6
0.2
2.6
3.0
47.8
36.7
38.4
24.3
13.4
10.9
14.1
–2.3
0.6
0.2
0.4
11.2

0.1
2.8
–2.6
1.8
5.8
2.0
3.8
9.9
9.7
3.7
2.6
3.6
0.2
–0.4
0.1
0.2
2.9
4.5
40.0
34.9
37.0
6.9
4.6
2.3
30.1
–2.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
5.1

6.1
2.8
3.3
2.4
6.6
2.0
4.6
6.9
6.7
–0.6
2.8
4.5
–0.6
0.8
–0.3
0.2
–1.0
0.1
21.5
21.1
23.1
–20.5
6.2
–26.7
43.6
–2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.4

2.8
–5.5
8.3
2.6
–6.8
–9.3
2.6
4.2
4.0
2.2
3.2
–0.2
–0.9
0.7
–1.1
0.2
5.4
16.5
31.2
22.2
18.8
–7.4
–6.3
–1.1
26.2
3.5
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
9.0

–6.0
–5.5
–0.6
3.2
–5.8
–9.3
3.5
7.1
6.9
0.6
3.1
0.8
0.5
2.2
–0.3
0.2
5.1
12.6
28.0
53.4
49.5
22.2
14.9
7.3
27.3
3.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
–25.4

11.3
–5.5
16.7
3.7
–9.5
–9.3
–0.2
16.7
16.5
11.1
3.0
3.9
0.5
0.4
–2.4
0.2
1.5
5.9
34.4
22.3
18.4
–25.8
–6.1
–19.7
44.2
3.5
0.4
0.4
0.0
12.1

3.9
2.1
1.8
6.0
8.8
7.5
1.3
10.7
10.6
–4.5
2.8
3.4
0.3
–0.7
9.3
0.1
9.4
15.6
57.2
14.7
10.7
–22.2
–9.1
–13.2
33.0
–0.7
4.7
4.7
0.0
42.4

0.6
2.1
–1.5
6.7
7.3
7.5
–0.1
14.1
13.9
2.3
2.7
3.7
0.0
0.5
4.8
0.2
–2.0
0.0
23.7
10.4
11.0
–27.2
0.9
–28.1
38.2
–0.7
0.1
0.1
0.0
13.2

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

25.6
31.8

33.8
38.9

19.9
26.5

31.0
19.2

15.9
10.1

31.2
41.6

43.3
38.2

21.2
34.8

44
45

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

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

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

2014

2015

2014

r

Line

2015

III

IV

I

II

III

IV

r

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

646.2
405.9
346.2
314.7
45.5
20.8
269.2
59.6
209.5
31.5
59.7
40.3
19.5

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

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

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

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

166.7
94.3
78.2
69.1
8.3
2.4
60.8
14.3
46.4
9.2
16.1
11.9
4.2

117.4
97.4
81.7
76.6
11.1
4.7
65.5
13.5
51.9
5.1
15.7
11.3
4.4

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

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

41.6
–18.2
59.9
45.8
62.9
10.3
52.7
133.5
132.3
37.2
22.0
47.5
–2.5
10.7
17.4
1.2
43.6
165.2
481.0
423.7
405.9
30.4
48.5
–18.1
375.5
14.3
3.5
2.4
1.2
57.3

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

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

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

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

23.1
8.3
14.8
9.5
24.5
21.6
2.9
24.3
23.8
5.1
7.1
11.4
–0.2
1.0
–0.6
0.5
9.0
18.6
148.1
131.7
130.6
45.9
13.3
32.7
84.7
0.1
1.0
0.6
0.4
16.4

6.7
–8.1
14.8
8.2
–7.5
–16.6
9.1
22.4
21.8
7.2
9.0
5.9
–0.8
2.7
–2.2
0.6
9.6
28.4
89.0
90.9
85.7
–12.5
7.3
–19.9
98.2
4.7
0.5
0.9
–0.3
–1.9

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

327.5
313.2

434.3
403.3

75.5
78.4

164.4
135.6

118.7
115.9

94.5
78.9

93.0
96.1

76.5
70.5

44
45

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

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

2015
July

Aug.

Sept.

Line

2016
Oct.

r

Nov.

r

Dec.

Jan.

r

r

Feb.

p

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

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.1
0.0
–0.1
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.3
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.2
–0.1
–0.1
0.1

1
2
3
4

0.9
0.1
0.1
0.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.4

0.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.3
–0.1
0.0
0.2

0.2
0.4
–0.3
–0.7
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.2

–0.4
0.5
–0.3
–0.7
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.6
0.2

0.8
0.5
–0.4
–0.7
0.0
0.6
0.1
0.3
0.3

0.3
0.9
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.8
0.4

0.0
1.0
0.3
0.6
0.0
0.5
–0.2
0.0
0.2

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.3
0.6
1.0
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4

0.2
–0.5
0.5
–1.0
0.5

0.2
–0.2
–0.5
0.0
0.3

0.4
0.6
1.1
0.3
0.3

0.1
–0.6
–0.4
–0.7
0.5

0.1
–0.6
–0.7
–0.5
0.4

0.1
–0.7
0.1
–1.1
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1

0.3
0.3

0.4
0.3

0.2
0.3

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.2
0.3

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2014

2015 r

2014
III

Line

2015
IV

I

II

III

IV

r

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

4.4
4.6
5.1
2.7

4.4
4.4
4.6
3.4

4.5
5.0
5.5
3.0

5.0
5.9
6.5
3.7

3.4
2.7
2.6
3.0

5.3
5.5
5.8
4.0

4.4
4.0
4.1
3.6

3.1
4.1
4.2
3.5

1
2
3
4

4.8
8.4
2.8
2.4
3.4
4.2
4.7
6.4
4.2

3.1
7.5
3.0
0.8
6.5
5.3
3.8
9.3
3.7

3.5
8.8
–1.3
–6.5
7.6
7.1
4.1
9.0
3.9

6.1
6.6
3.0
0.5
6.9
2.3
5.0
10.9
4.2

–2.4
5.5
2.8
–2.2
11.0
8.8
3.0
14.0
1.9

2.2
11.2
6.3
10.0
0.9
3.9
4.5
8.4
4.9

6.9
5.9
4.6
6.7
1.3
3.7
3.0
3.9
4.5

1.9
5.0
–1.4
–4.9
4.3
3.4
3.2
5.9
2.7

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

4.2
2.9
3.4
2.7
4.8

3.4
0.8
3.8
–0.7
4.7

4.7
3.7
5.1
3.0
5.2

3.8
–0.7
2.6
–2.3
6.1

–0.2
–7.7
–0.5
–11.0
3.6

5.9
8.1
7.8
8.3
4.8

4.3
4.7
4.1
5.0
4.2

2.8
–1.2
2.2
–2.9
4.8

14
15
16
17
18

6.0
4.7

4.3
3.9

3.3
2.6

3.3
3.2

2.7
2.3

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

r Revised

3.0
2.7

3.9
3.4

2.8
2.7

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

Line

July

Aug.

Sept.

2016
Nov. r

Oct. r

Dec. r

Jan. r

Feb. p

Line

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

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

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

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

11,301.3
3,902.6
1,483.2
2,447.2
7,400.4

11,332.3
3,927.6
1,503.8
2,453.7
7,407.9

11,358.5
3,923.6
1,499.4
2,453.5
7,436.8

11,355.6
3,911.8
1,487.8
2,452.1
7,444.5

11,377.7
3,909.2
1,492.6
2,445.6
7,468.0

1
2
3
4
5

–2.9
–11.8
–11.7
–1.4
7.7

22.1
–2.6
4.9
–6.6
23.5

6
7
8
9
10

0.0
–0.3
–0.8
–0.1
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.3

11
12
13
14

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

24.2
22.9
18.6
6.2
2.5

35.9
21.3
10.1
11.6
15.4

27.4
0.1
3.0
–2.3
26.5

8.6
–6.5
–3.8
–3.0
14.3

31.0
25.0
20.5
6.5
7.4

26.2
–4.0
–4.3
–0.2
28.9

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

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.3
0.0

0.3
0.5
0.7
0.5
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2
–0.1
0.4

0.1
–0.2
–0.3
–0.1
0.2

0.3
0.6
1.4
0.3
0.1

0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.0
0.4

15

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2014

2015

2014

r

III

Line

2015
IV

I

II

III

IV

r

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods ..........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

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

11,213.3
3,869.6
1,466.5
2,430.0
7,345.3

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

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

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

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

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

11,330.7
3,917.9
1,495.5
2,451.5
7,415.0

1
2
3
4
5

48.0
10.5
7.0
4.1
37.0

97.7
51.3
27.8
25.2
47.9

83.5
47.0
23.4
24.9
38.1

68.3
16.0
13.8
3.6
51.6

6
7
8
9
10

1.8
1.1
2.0
0.7
2.1

3.6
5.5
8.0
4.3
2.7

3.0
5.0
6.6
4.2
2.1

2.4
1.6
3.8
0.6
2.8

11
12
13
14

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

285.3
118.4
76.5
48.0
167.6

337.6
138.5
82.4
62.2
200.7

92.3
37.2
25.2
14.2
55.3

114.7
38.0
21.0
18.5
76.5

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

2.7
3.3
5.9
2.1
2.4

3.1
3.7
6.0
2.6
2.8

3.5
4.1
7.5
2.4
3.1

4.3
4.1
6.1
3.1
4.3

15

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

Line

July

Aug.

Sept.

2016
Oct.

Nov.

r

Dec.

r

r

Jan.

Feb. p

r

Line

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

109.775
103.559
90.522
110.279
113.024

109.753
103.172
90.216
109.848
113.196

109.691
102.643
90.452
108.862
113.381

109.774
102.626
90.262
108.949
113.516

109.911
102.540
90.019
108.959
113.771

109.819
101.988
89.872
108.166
113.923

109.942
101.726
89.966
107.691
114.248

109.825
101.097
89.729
106.831
114.400

1
2
3
4
5

109.512
111.006
110.391
108.595
108.097

109.603
111.176
107.856
108.547
108.174

109.794
111.371
102.512
108.480
108.395

109.860
111.461
102.840
108.565
108.461

110.020
111.197
103.133
108.658
108.574

110.095
110.867
100.033
108.542
108.644

110.390
110.706
97.110
108.605
108.895

110.555
110.915
90.876
108.516
109.133

6
7
8
9
10

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

0.1
0.0
–0.3
0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

–0.1
–0.5
0.3
–0.9
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.0
0.2

–0.1
–0.5
–0.2
–0.7
0.1

0.1
–0.3
0.1
–0.4
0.3

–0.1
–0.6
–0.3
–0.8
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2
–2.3
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
–5.0
–0.1
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.3
–3.0
–0.1
0.1

0.3
–0.1
–2.9
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.2
–6.4
–0.1
0.2

16
17
18
19
20

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

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

Line

July

Aug.

Sept.

2016
Nov. r

Oct. r

Dec. r

Jan. r

Feb. p

Line

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

3.6

3.5

3.7

3.4

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.7

1

2 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
3 Goods........................................................................................
4
Durable goods........................................................................
5
Nondurable goods..................................................................
6 Services ....................................................................................

3.3
4.0
6.0
3.1
3.0

3.0
3.6
5.0
2.9
2.7

3.1
4.1
6.0
3.2
2.7

2.8
3.4
5.2
2.6
2.5

2.6
3.2
5.0
2.4
2.3

2.7
3.2
5.0
2.3
2.4

2.6
3.0
4.2
2.4
2.4

2.8
3.3
5.2
2.4
2.5

2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2015

Line
1

July

Aug.

Sept.

2016
Oct. r

Nov. r

Dec. r

Jan. r

Feb. p

Line

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2

0.5

0.7

1.2

1.0

1

2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods ..........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods ....................................................................

–2.7
–2.1
–2.9

–2.7
–2.3
–3.0

–3.2
–1.9
–3.9

–3.1
–2.0
–3.6

–2.3
–1.7
–2.6

–1.9
–1.3
–2.2

–0.5
–1.1
–0.3

–1.5
–1.5
–1.4

2
3
4

5 Services ......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy ...............................................
7 Food 1 ........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.1

5

1.3
0.9
–15.7
0.0
1.0

1.3
0.7
–16.2
0.0
1.1

1.3
0.7
–19.7
–0.1
1.2

1.3
0.7
–18.3
0.0
1.2

1.4
0.2
–14.3
0.3
1.2

1.4
–0.3
–12.4
0.4
1.3

1.7
–0.2
–5.3
1.1
1.5

1.7
–0.1
–12.3
0.8
1.6

6
7
8
9
10

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