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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Contact: Jeannine Aversa, (301)278-9003

Personal Income Increases in July
Personal income increased 0.4% in July after showing no change
in June. Wages and salaries, the largest component of personal
income, increased 0.5 percent in July, the same increase as in
June.
Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI),
after-tax income, increased 0.3 percent in July after remaining
unchanged in June.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Personal
Income

0.3%

0.0%

0.4%

Currentdollar
DPI

0.4%

0.0%

0.3%

Real DPI

0.5%

0.0%

0.2%

Real PCE

0.3%

0.2%

0.2%

–0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

3.8%

3.6%

3.5%

Real DPI, income adjusted for taxes and inflation, increased 0.2
percent in July after showing no change in June.
Real consumer spending (PCE), spending adjusted for price
changes, increased 0.2 percent in July, the same increase as in
June. Spending on durable goods increased 0.8 percent in July,
the same increase as in June.
PCE prices increased 0.1 percent in July after showing no change
in June. Excluding food and energy, PCE prices increased 0.1
percent in July, the same increase as in June.

PCE
Prices

Personal saving rate
Personal saving as a percent of DPI was 3.5 percent in July and
3.6 percent in June.

Personal
Saving
Rate

Percent Change (Monthly Rate)

Real Disposable Personal Income and
Real Consumer Spending
0.6

0.4

0.2

0.0

-0.2

Apr.

May

Real Disposable Personal Income

Jun.

Jul.

Real Consumer Spending

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

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 September 29, 2017, the August estimates of Personal Income and Outlays will be released.