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Friday, March 27, 2020
Contact: Jeannine Aversa, (301) 278-9003

Personal Income and Outlays, February 2020
Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Personal
Income

0.2%

0.6%

0.6%

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI),
after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in February after
increasing 0.6 percent in January.

CurrentDollar DPI

0.2%

0.6%

0.5%

Real disposable personal income (DPI), adjusted for taxes and
inflation, increased 0.4 percent in February after increasing 0.5
percent in January.

Real DPI

-0.1%

0.5%

0.4%

Real PCE

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

PCE Prices

0.3%

0.1%

0.1%

Personal
Saving
Rate

7.5%

7.9%

8.2%

Personal income increased 0.6 percent in February, the same
increase as in January. Wages and salaries, the largest
component of personal income, increased 0.5 percent in
February, also the same increase as in January.

Real consumer spending (PCE), adjusted for price changes,
increased 0.1 percent in February, the same increase as in
January. Spending on services increased 0.2 percent in February
after no change in January, while spending on goods decreased
0.2 percent after increasing 0.2 percent.
PCE prices increased 0.1 percent in February, the same as in
January. Excluding food and energy, PCE prices increased 0.2
percent in February, the same increase as in January.
Personal saving rate
Personal saving as a percent of DPI was 8.2 percent in February
and 7.9 percent in January.

Percent Change (Monthly Rate)

Real Disposable Personal Income and
Real Consumer Spending
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
-0.2

Nov.

Dec.

Real Disposable Personal Income
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

Jan.

Feb.

Real Consumer Spending

BEA statistics—including GDP, personal income, the balance of payments, foreign direct investment, the input-output accounts,
and economic data for states, local areas, and industries—are available at www.bea.gov. E-mail alerts are also available.
NOTE: On April 30, 2020, March 2020 estimates of Personal Income and Outlays will be released.