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EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
James E. Rankin:
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(202) 606-5301
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(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 09-06

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JANUARY 2009

Personal income increased $44.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $183.0 billion, or 1.7 percent, in January, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $56.4 billion, or 0.6 percent. In December,
personal income decreased $24.0 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI decreased $17.8 billion, or 0.2 percent,
and PCE decreased $101.2 billion, or 1.0 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 1.5 percent in January, compared with an increase of 0.4
percent in December. Real PCE increased 0.4 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.5 percent.

Sept.

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

2008
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
(Percent change from preceding month)

2009
Jan.

0.1

0.0

-0.4

-0.2

0.4

0.2
0.1

0.1
0.5

-0.3
0.8

-0.2
0.4

1.7
1.5

-0.4
-0.5

-1.2
-0.8

-0.8
0.3

-1.0
-0.5

0.6
0.4

NOTE.--Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Month-tomonth dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month percent changes are
calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in chained (2000) dollars.

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The January change in personal income was boosted by several special factors. Pay raises for
federal civilian and military personnel boosted government wage and salary disbursements and costof-living adjustments to several federal transfer payment programs boosted personal current transfer
receipts. The January change was reduced by annual adjustments to personal contributions for
government social insurance (a subtraction in calculating personal income), by the adjustment to
private wages and salaries for bonus payments, and by lump-sum social security benefit payments
that had boosted December personal income. Excluding these special factors, personal income
increased $24.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, in January, after decreasing $31.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, in
December. These special factors are discussed more fully below.

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Compensation of employees
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $25.8 billion in January, compared with a
decrease of $27.0 billion in December. The January change in private wages and salaries was
reduced by an adjustment of $20.0 billion (at an annual rate) for smaller than usual bonus payments.
This type of irregular payment was not accounted for in the primary monthly source data for wages
and salaries. The adjustment to January wages was based on data from state governments and from
other sources. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $13.0 billion in January, compared
with a decrease of $15.3 billion in December; manufacturing payrolls decreased $9.1 billion,
compared with a decrease of $9.2 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased $12.8
billion, compared with a decrease of $11.7 billion.
Government wage and salary disbursements increased $12.9 billion in January, compared with
an increase of $1.4 billion in December. Pay raises for civilian and military personnel added $9.7
billion to government payrolls in January.
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds increased $7.0 billion in
January, compared with an increase of $1.7 billion in December.
Employer contributions for government social insurance increased $3.1 billion in January, in
contrast to a decrease of $1.8 billion in December. The January increase reflected an increase in the
tax rate paid by employers to state unemployment insurance funds and an increase in the social
security taxable wage base (from $102,000 to $106,800); together, these changes added $4.6 billion
to the January increase. (Changes in employer contributions for government social insurance do not
affect personal income, because employer contributions for government social insurance are also
included in total contributions for government social insurance, which is a subtraction in the
calculation of personal income.)

Other personal income
Proprietors' income decreased $6.9 billion in January, compared with a decrease of $7.0 billion
in December. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.2 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.5
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $7.1 billion, compared with a decrease of $6.4
billion.
Rental income of persons decreased $0.4 billion in January, in contrast to an increase of $4.0
billion in December. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) decreased $6.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $29.0 billion.

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Personal current transfer receipts increased $66.6 billion in January, compared with an increase
of $29.9 billion in December. The January change in current transfer receipts reflected 5.8-percent
cost-of-living adjustments to social security benefits and to several other federal transfer payment
programs; together, these changes added $41.1 billion to the January increase. The January change
in current transfer receipts was reduced by lump-sum social security benefits payments, which had
added $7.4 billion to December benefit payments; these benefit payments resulted from a
recalculation of the earnings base underlying the benefits for recent retirees.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $5.1 billion in January, in contrast to a decrease of $3.8 billion in December. The January
increase reflected increases in both employer and personal contributions for government social
insurance. As noted above, employer contributions were boosted $4.6 billion in January by
increases in unemployment-insurance rates and in the social security taxable wage base. The
January increase in personal contributions for government social insurance reflected an increase in
the monthly premiums paid by participants in the supplementary medical insurance program
(Medicare B) and the increase in the social security taxable wage base; together, these changes
added $2.8 billion to the January increase.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $138.3 billion in January, compared with a decrease of $6.2
billion in December. Federal net nonwithheld income taxes (payments of estimated taxes plus final
settlements less refunds) reduced the January change by $114.0 billion, based on the Office of Tax
Analysis projections of lower final settlements and higher refunds for 2009. Indexation provisions
of current tax law reduced federal withheld income taxes by $4.0 billion in January.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$183.0 billion, or 1.7 percent, in January, in contrast to a decrease of $17.8 billion, or 0.2 percent, in
December.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments
increased $54.5 billion in January, in contrast to a decrease of $103.5 billion in December. PCE
increased $56.4 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $101.2 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $545.5 billion in January, compared with
$416.8 billion in December. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.0
percent in January, compared with 3.9 percent in December. For a comparison of personal saving in
BEA’s national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s
flow of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, which help finance consumption, go to
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 1.5 percent in January,
compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in December.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in January, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.5 percent in December. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.2 percent,
in contrast to a decrease of 0.4 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.7 percent, in
contrast to a decrease of 1.9 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an
increase of 0.1 percent.
PCE index -- the price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in January, in contrast to a decrease
of 0.5 percent in December. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent,
in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.

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2008 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 3.8 percent in 2008 (that is, from the 2007 annual level to the 2008
annual level), compared with an increase of 6.1 percent in 2007. DPI increased 4.7 percent,
compared with an increase of 5.5 percent. PCE increased 3.6 percent, compared with an increase of
5.5 percent.
Real DPI increased 1.3 percent in 2008, compared with an increase of 2.8 percent in 2007.
Real PCE increased 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 2.8 percent.

Revisions
Estimates for personal income and DPI have been revised for July through December; estimates
for PCE have been revised for October through December. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2000) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar PCE for
November and December -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
For July through December, the revisions to wages and salaries reflected the incorporation of
the most recently available BLS tabulations of third-quarter private wages and salaries from the
quarterly census of employment and wages.

Change from preceding month
November
Previous

Revised

(Billions of dollars)

December

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

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

-44.0

-50.0

-0.4

-0.4

-25.3

-24.0

-0.2

-0.2

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

-33.9
70.7

-32.5
69.2

-0.3
0.8

-0.3
0.8

-25.1
23.7

-17.8
30.9

-0.2
0.3

-0.2
0.4

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars......................
-77.8
Chained (2000) dollars.........
28.5

-79.6
24.4

-0.8
0.3

-0.8
0.3

-102.4
-43.3

-101.2

-1.0
-0.5

-1.0
-0.5

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This news release also presents revised estimates of wages and salaries, personal taxes, and
contributions for government social insurance for July through September 2008 (third quarter). These
estimates reflect newly available third-quarter wage and salary tabulations from the quarterly census of
employment and wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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
announcements.

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Next release -- March 27, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for February.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

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

r

August

r

September

2009
r

October

r

November

r

December

r

January p

June

July

12,233.6
8,049.3
6,543.8
5,415.4
1,214.6
745.6
4,200.9
1,050.3
3,150.6
1,128.4
1,505.5
1,027.4
478.2

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

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

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

12,185.7
8,106.8
6,592.0
5,447.3
1,205.4
737.5
4,241.9
1,043.9
3,197.9
1,144.7
1,514.8
1,035.0
479.9

12,135.7
8,089.9
6,575.0
5,428.1
1,197.0
731.7
4,231.1
1,038.6
3,192.6
1,146.9
1,514.9
1,036.7
478.2

12,111.7
8,064.1
6,549.4
5,401.1
1,181.7
722.5
4,219.4
1,030.2
3,189.3
1,148.3
1,514.7
1,038.4
476.4

12,156.5
8,061.5
6,536.5
5,375.3
1,168.7
713.4
4,206.6
1,033.6
3,173.0
1,161.2
1,524.9
1,045.4
479.5

1,083.5
36.1
1,047.4
68.3
2,052.8
1,204.5
848.3
1,976.0
1,943.5
1,057.0
42.0
844.5
32.4
996.3

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

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

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

1,075.4
27.0
1,048.4
86.0
2,028.5
1,199.2
829.4
1,888.9
1,856.2
1,074.5
64.6
717.2
32.7
1,000.0

1,058.0
26.1
1,031.9
88.7
1,999.7
1,174.5
825.2
1,896.4
1,863.6
1,082.8
64.2
716.6
32.8
997.0

1,051.0
25.6
1,025.5
92.7
1,970.7
1,149.9
820.8
1,926.3
1,893.5
1,088.3
87.2
718.1
32.8
993.2

1,044.1
25.8
1,018.4
92.3
1,964.0
1,142.4
821.6
1,992.9
1,960.2
1,125.0
100.4
734.9
32.7
998.3

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

1,363.0

1,372.0

1,522.3

1,517.7

1,506.1

1,488.7

1,482.5

1,344.2

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

10,870.6

10,767.9

10,657.5

10,673.7

10,679.6

10,647.1

10,629.3

10,812.3

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

10,595.9
10,196.4
1,049.1
3,063.0
6,084.2
252.9
146.7
84.0
62.7

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

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

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

10,397.9
10,010.3
945.5
2,934.4
6,130.4
244.0
143.6
85.8
57.9

10,315.9
9,930.7
950.7
2,843.7
6,136.3
241.0
144.2
86.3
57.9

10,212.4
9,829.5
942.6
2,739.9
6,147.0
238.1
144.8
86.9
57.9

10,266.9
9,885.9
943.5
2,776.5
6,166.0
235.5
145.4
87.6
57.9

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

274.7
2.5

182.9
1.7

90.1
0.8

146.4
1.4

281.7
2.6

331.2
3.1

416.8
3.9

545.5
5.0

8,885.5

8,753.6

8,664.8

8,670.7

8,713.5

8,782.7

8,813.6

8,947.5

35,716
29,194
304,360

35,350
28,737
304,608

34,957
28,421
304,870

34,980
28,416
305,138

34,970
28,532
305,390

34,837
28,737
305,624

34,753
28,817
305,848

35,328
29,235
306,057

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

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and the
first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

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

2008 r

2007
III

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

2008
IV

I

III r

II

IV r

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

12,106.9
8,055.8
6,550.8
5,421.3
1,209.2
741.5
4,212.1
1,046.7
3,165.4
1,129.5
1,505.0
1,026.9
478.1

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

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

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

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

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

12,144.4
8,087.0
6,572.1
5,425.5
1,194.7
730.6
4,230.8
1,037.5
3,193.2
1,146.7
1,514.8
1,036.7
478.1

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

1,072.7
34.5
1,038.1
63.8
2,040.4
1,206.3
834.1
1,870.2
1,835.5
1,058.3
52.7
724.5
34.7
996.1

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

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

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

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

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

1,061.5
26.2
1,035.3
89.1
1,999.6
1,174.5
825.1
1,903.9
1,871.1
1,081.9
72.0
717.3
32.8
996.7

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

1,492.8

1,461.1

1,501.6

1,520.5

1,535.0

1,346.1

1,470.7

1,492.4

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

10,170.5

10,645.8

10,228.8

10,351.5

10,425.5

10,806.0

10,699.7

10,652.0

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

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

10,452.9
10,056.8
1,023.2
2,965.2
6,068.4
251.4
144.7
84.4
60.3

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

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

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

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

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

10,308.7
9,923.5
946.3
2,839.3
6,137.9
241.0
144.2
86.3
57.9

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

57.4
0.6

192.9
1.8

46.8
0.5

42.4
0.4

20.6
0.2

267.9
2.5

139.8
1.3

343.2
3.2

8,644.0

8,756.4

8,671.1

8,683.1

8,667.9

8,891.0

8,696.4

8,769.6

33,706
28,648
301,737

34,958
28,754
304,530

33,858
28,702
302,108

34,179
28,670
302,865

34,351
28,560
303,498

35,531
29,234
304,128

35,096
28,525
304,872

34,854
28,694
305,620

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

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and
the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008
June
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

July

r

August

r

2009

September

r

October

r

November

r

December

r

January p

13.8
16.2
12.9
8.1
2.2
0.7
6.0
3.2
2.8
4.8
3.4
3.0
0.5

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

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

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

–5.7
4.5
2.2
–0.4
–2.6
–1.4
2.2
–5.3
7.5
2.6
2.3
2.4
0.0

–50.0
–16.9
–17.0
–19.2
–8.4
–5.8
–10.8
–5.3
–5.3
2.2
0.1
1.7
–1.7

–24.0
–25.8
–25.6
–27.0
–15.3
–9.2
–11.7
–8.4
–3.3
1.4
–0.2
1.7
–1.8

44.8
–2.6
–12.9
–25.8
–13.0
–9.1
–12.8
3.4
–16.3
12.9
10.2
7.0
3.1

7.4
–2.3
9.7
10.0
0.5
–4.2
4.7
–19.3
–19.4
5.2
0.5
–25.1
0.0
0.9

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

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

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

3.6
–2.6
6.2
30.5
–28.8
–24.6
–4.0
–15.9
10.9
2.5
–2.9
11.4
–26.8
–0.3

–17.4
–0.9
–16.5
2.7
–28.8
–24.7
–4.2
7.5
7.4
8.3
–0.4
–0.6
0.1
–3.0

–7.0
–0.5
–6.4
4.0
–29.0
–24.6
–4.4
29.9
29.9
5.5
23.0
1.5
0.0
–3.8

–6.9
0.2
–7.1
–0.4
–6.7
–7.5
0.8
66.6
66.7
36.7
13.2
16.8
–0.1
5.1

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

215.1

9.0

150.3

–4.6

–11.6

–17.4

–6.2

–138.3

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

–201.3

–102.7

–110.4

16.2

5.9

–32.5

–17.8

183.0

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

51.6
52.2
–16.4
37.6
30.9
–0.9
0.3
0.3
0.0

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

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

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

–129.4
–122.1
–52.9
–88.5
19.2
–2.9
–4.4
0.5
–4.8

–82.0
–79.6
5.2
–90.7
5.9
–3.0
0.6
0.5
0.0

–103.5
–101.2
–8.1
–103.8
10.7
–2.9
0.6
0.6
0.0

54.5
56.4
0.9
36.6
19.0
–2.6
0.6
0.7
0.0

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

–252.8

–91.8

–92.8

56.3

135.3

49.5

85.6

128.7

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

–233.6

–131.9

–88.8

5.9

42.8

69.2

30.9

133.9

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

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

2008 r

2007
III

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

2008
IV

I

III r

II

IV r

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

443.7
237.2
188.8
134.6
3.8
–4.5
130.8
11.5
119.3
54.3
48.4
35.0
13.4

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

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

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

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

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

–26.0
–5.9
–9.7
–18.0
–17.0
–11.6
–1.0
–12.9
11.7
8.4
3.7
5.5
–1.8

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

16.5
–9.5
25.9
23.8
40.3
–8.0
48.3
156.9
154.1
58.9
20.4
74.9
2.8
31.0

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

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

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

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

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

–19.0
–6.2
–12.9
20.6
–56.1
–42.9
–13.2
31.2
39.9
13.0
12.8
14.2
–8.7
–3.3

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

139.6

–31.7

12.2

18.9

14.5

–188.9

124.6

21.7

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

529.8

475.3

140.8

122.7

74.0

380.5

–106.3

–47.7

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

543.1
503.0
30.7
147.8
324.5
30.0
10.1
5.0
5.2

339.8
346.6
–59.6
132.2
274.0
–14.0
7.2
3.2
4.0

125.1
108.1
0.9
28.9
78.4
15.6
1.2
1.0
0.3

127.2
127.1
–3.2
59.6
70.7
–1.5
1.7
0.7
1.0

95.7
109.6
–12.0
44.5
77.1
–15.0
1.0
0.4
0.6

133.3
135.7
–11.7
75.5
71.9
–7.9
5.6
0.8
4.8

21.7
25.5
–43.1
18.4
50.2
–4.9
1.1
1.1
0.0

–251.2
–240.0
–69.9
–205.3
35.2
–7.9
–3.3
1.5
–4.8

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

–13.3

135.5

15.7

–4.4

–21.8

247.3

–128.1

203.4

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

237.0

112.4

66.6

12.0

–15.2

223.1

–194.6

73.2

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2008
July r

June

August r

2009

September r

October r

November r December r

January p

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

0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2

–0.8
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.1
0.0
0.2

–0.4
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

–0.2
–0.3
–0.4
0.0

0.4
0.0
–0.2
0.7

0.7
17.0
0.0
–0.4
0.6
–1.0
0.1

0.6
6.6
0.1
0.5
–0.6
–6.4
0.2

–0.9
6.2
0.1
0.5
–0.6
0.8
0.3

–0.7
–28.1
0.1
0.5
–0.6
2.2
–0.1

0.3
54.8
–1.4
–2.0
–0.5
–0.8
0.0

–1.6
3.1
–1.4
–2.1
–0.5
0.4
–0.3

–0.7
4.6
–1.5
–2.1
–0.5
1.6
–0.4

–0.7
–0.4
–0.3
–0.6
0.1
3.5
0.5

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

18.7

0.7

11.0

–0.3

–0.8

–1.2

–0.4

–9.3

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

–1.8

–0.9

–1.0

0.2

0.1

–0.3

–0.2

1.7

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

0.5
–1.5
1.2
0.5

–0.1
–3.1
0.2
0.3

–0.2
1.7
–0.8
–0.1

–0.4
–3.4
–0.6
0.3

–1.2
–5.3
–2.9
0.3

–0.8
0.6
–3.1
0.1

–1.0
–0.9
–3.6
0.2

0.6
0.1
1.3
0.3

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

–2.6

–1.5

0.8

0.4

1.5

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
–1.0

0.1

0.5

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.

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

2008

r

2007
III

2008
IV

I

III r

II

IV r

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

6.1
5.2
5.6
3.7

3.8
3.0
3.0
3.3

5.4
4.1
4.3
3.4

4.9
5.3
5.6
3.9

3.0
3.5
3.3
4.5

6.6
1.2
0.8
2.8

0.6
3.0
3.1
2.4

–0.9
–0.3
–0.6
1.0

4.1
–9.6
9.6
7.9
12.4
6.9
4.3

1.6
59.4
2.0
–0.7
6.1
9.2
3.2

5.3
–22.7
10.1
10.4
9.8
5.1
2.9

3.8
–27.3
5.1
2.1
9.8
4.1
3.9

–0.8
5.3
–0.4
–5.7
8.1
9.6
7.1

2.0
401.3
–0.3
–5.1
7.0
37.8
1.3

1.3
87.6
0.7
2.9
–2.5
–10.7
1.9

–6.9
186.2
–10.5
–13.4
–6.1
6.8
–1.3

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

10.3

–2.1

3.3

5.1

3.9

–40.8

42.5

6.0

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

5.5

4.7

5.7

4.9

2.9

15.4

–3.9

–1.8

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

5.5
2.9
5.5
5.9

3.6
–5.5
4.7
4.7

4.6
0.3
4.2
5.6

5.3
–1.2
8.7
4.9

4.5
–4.3
6.3
5.3

5.5
–4.3
10.6
4.9

1.0
–15.3
2.4
3.4

–9.1
–24.8
–24.4
2.3

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

2.8

1.3

10.7

–8.5

3.4

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
3.1

0.6

r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.

–0.7

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

July

August

2009

September

October

r

November

r

December

r

January p

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

8,334.4
1,217.0
2,415.9
4,717.9

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

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

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

8,167.4
1,102.1
2,325.9
4,724.1

8,191.8
1,114.1
2,338.0
4,727.5

8,150.5
1,109.5
2,294.3
4,732.6

8,180.9
1,111.8
2,310.4
4,744.5

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

–20.7
–20.1
–11.4
5.1

–53.0
–38.5
–23.9
–1.3

–12.1
21.9
–13.5
–12.7

–38.3
–39.0
–20.2
9.5

–63.6
–59.3
–32.4
10.7

24.4
12.0
12.1
3.4

–41.3
–4.6
–43.7
5.1

30.4
2.3
16.1
11.9

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

–0.2
–1.6
–0.5
0.1

–0.6
–3.2
–1.0
0.0

–0.1
1.9
–0.6
–0.3

–0.5
–3.2
–0.8
0.2

–0.8
–5.1
–1.4
0.2

0.3
1.1
0.5
0.1

–0.5
–0.4
–1.9
0.1

0.4
0.2
0.7
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

r

2007
III

2008
IV

I

II

III

IV r

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

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

8,169.9
1,108.6
2,319.4
4,728.1

–80.7
–48.2
–44.4
–0.8

–90.7
–71.5
–56.9
16.8

–3.8
–14.8
–7.1
–0.1

–4.3
–22.1
–9.2
1.4

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

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

8,272.0
1,188.5
2,378.6
4,714.0

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

223.8
57.3
57.3
116.3

19.2
–53.9
–14.0
67.8

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

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

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

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

19.7
1.2
1.6
16.3

17.9
–13.6
–2.3
28.2

25.2
–8.7
22.8
7.8

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

2.8
4.8
2.5
2.6

0.2
–4.3
–0.6
1.5

2.0
2.3
1.2
2.4

1.0
0.4
0.3
1.4

0.9
–4.3
–0.4
2.4

1.2
–2.8
3.9
0.7

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

2009

September

October

r

November

r

December

r

January p

June

July

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

122.346
86.205
126.793
128.967

123.017
86.264
128.282
129.379

123.002
86.110
127.920
129.574

123.106
85.957
128.186
129.661

122.570
85.785
126.184
129.776

121.234
85.333
121.649
129.805

120.606
84.952
119.442
129.891

120.847
84.855
120.191
129.966

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

117.072
120.574
113.775

117.286
121.348
114.025

117.493
121.292
114.230

117.664
121.406
114.427

117.710
120.803
114.510

117.712
119.240
114.512

117.689
118.515
114.495

117.830
118.781
114.648

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted

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

0.8
0.1
1.7
0.4

0.5
0.1
1.2
0.3

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

–0.4
–0.2
–1.6
0.1

–1.1
–0.5
–3.6
0.0

–0.5
–0.4
–1.8
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.6
0.1

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

0.3
0.8
0.3

0.2
0.6
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.5
0.1

0.0
–1.3
0.0

0.0
–0.6
0.0

0.1
0.2
0.1

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

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

June

August r

2009

September r

October r

November r December r

January p

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

3.2

1.3

–0.2

–0.2

0.3

1.3

1.4

3.3

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

1.1
–1.6
0.7
1.7

0.2
–4.4
–0.6
1.4

–0.2
–4.4
–0.5
0.7

–0.6
–7.8
–1.7
1.2

–1.3
–12.3
–2.9
1.5

–1.4
–11.0
–2.8
1.0

–1.9
–10.7
–4.4
0.9

–1.6
–10.3
–3.5
0.8

p Preliminary
r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the third quarter of 2008.

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

July

August

2009

September

October

r

November

r

December

r

January p

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

4.1
–1.3
7.2
3.5

4.5
–1.1
8.2
3.7

4.4
–0.9
8.0
3.5

4.1
–0.9
7.7
3.2

3.3
–1.2
5.6
3.0

1.6
–1.5
0.1
2.8

0.8
–1.7
–2.3
2.7

0.7
–1.9
–2.3
2.5

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

2.3
4.1
2.0

2.4
4.6
2.1

2.4
4.6
2.2

2.3
4.3
2.1

2.1
3.5
2.0

1.9
1.5
1.9

1.7
0.6
1.7

1.6
0.4
1.5

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