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(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 09-18

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2009
Personal income decreased $34.4 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $1.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $24.2 billion, or 0.2 percent. In February,
personal income decreased $24.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $0.2 billion, or less than 0.1
percent, and PCE increased $39.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased less than 0.1 percent in March, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3
percent in February. Real PCE decreased 0.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent.
2008
2009
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

Mar.

-0.5

-0.3

0.1

-0.2

-0.3

-0.4
0.7

-0.3
0.2

1.6
1.4

0.0
-0.3

0.0
0.0

-0.7
0.4

-1.1
-0.6

1.1
0.9

0.4
0.1

-0.2
-0.2

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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2000) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $32.9 billion in March, compared with a
decrease of $28.8 billion in February. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $15.3 billion,
compared with a decrease of $14.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $7.8 billion, compared
with a decrease of $7.4 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased $17.6 billion,
compared with a decrease of $14.6 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased
$2.9 billion compared with an increase of $1.9 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.1 billion in March, compared with an increase of
$2.5 billion in February.
Proprietors' income decreased $5.9 billion in March, in contrast to an increase of $1.9 billion in
February. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.2 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $1.2 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $5.9 billion, in contrast to an increase of $3.0 billion.
Rental income of persons decreased $3.3 billion in March, compared with a decrease of $2.6
billion in February. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) decreased $20.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $20.6 billion. Personal
current transfer receipts increased $18.8 billion, compared with an increase of $17.2 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $4.4 billion in March, compared with a decrease of $4.3 billion in February.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $32.7 billion in March, compared with a decrease of $24.6
billion in February. The Making Work Pay Credit provision of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 reduced personnel current taxes $11.2 billion at an annual rate. The act
provides for a refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals and up to $800 for married
taxpayers filing joint returns. (The credit is subject to income limitations.)
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes – decreased
$1.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent in March, in contrast to an increase of $0.2 billion, or less than
0.1 percent, in February.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -decreased $24.5 billion in March, in contrast to an increase of $38.7 billion in February. PCE
decreased $24.2 billion, in contrast to an increase of $39.1 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays – was $455.3 billion in March, compared with
$432.6 billion in February. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.2
percent in March, compared with 4.0 percent in February. For a comparison of personal saving in
BEA’s national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s
flow of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

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Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased less than 0.1 percent in March,
in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in February.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.2 percent in March, in
contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent in February. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.8 percent,
compared with a decrease of 0.6 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.6 percent, in
contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, compared to an
increase of less than 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent in March, in
contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in February. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy,
increased 0.2 percent, the same increase as in February.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for January and February. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2000) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2000) dollar PCE for January
and February -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

Change from preceding month
January
Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

February

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

20.5

13.7

0.2

0.1

-29.1

-24.3

-0.2

-0.2

164.6
113.6

169.1
119.5

1.6
1.3

1.6
1.4

-10.5
-39.7

0.2
-29.8

-0.1
-0.4

0.0
-0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
94.8
Chained (2000) dollars
57.5

107.0
69.7

1.0
0.7

1.1
0.9

17.2
-14.4

39.1
4.4

0.2
-0.2

0.4
0.1

Disposable personal income:
Current Dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

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Comprehensive Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the comprehensive (or benchmark) revision of the national income and product accounts
(NIPAs), revised estimates of personal income and outlays will be released along with preliminary
estimates for June 2009 on August 4, 2009. More information on the comprehensive revision is available
on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/national/an1.htm, including a link to an article in the March 2009
issue of the Survey of Current Business that discussed the changes in definitions and presentations that
will be implemented in the revision. An article in the May Survey will describe changes in statistical
methods, and the September Survey will contain an article that describes the results of the revision in
detail. The Web site also contains links to redesigned PCE table stubs; other revised NIPA table stubs and
press release stubs will be available in June.

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 – June 1, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for April.

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

September

October

2009
November

December

January

r

February r

March p

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

12,178.9
8,106.6
6,591.7
5,447.0
1,205.4
737.5
4,241.6
1,043.9
3,197.7
1,144.7
1,514.9
1,035.0
479.9

12,122.1
8,089.7
6,574.8
5,427.8
1,197.0
731.7
4,230.9
1,038.6
3,192.3
1,146.9
1,514.9
1,036.7
478.2

12,081.6
8,056.0
6,541.8
5,393.5
1,179.4
721.3
4,214.1
1,029.9
3,184.2
1,148.3
1,514.2
1,038.4
475.8

12,095.3
8,050.7
6,523.7
5,362.7
1,162.7
710.2
4,200.0
1,032.2
3,167.8
1,161.0
1,526.9
1,047.8
479.2

12,071.0
8,026.2
6,496.8
5,333.9
1,148.5
702.8
4,185.4
1,027.7
3,157.7
1,162.9
1,529.4
1,052.5
476.9

12,036.6
7,998.3
6,466.9
5,301.0
1,133.2
695.0
4,167.8
1,020.0
3,147.8
1,165.8
1,531.5
1,056.8
474.7

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

1,075.0
27.0
1,048.0
87.1
2,023.0
1,203.6
819.4
1,887.2
1,854.5
1,074.5
64.6
715.4
32.7
1,000.1

1,057.4
26.1
1,031.3
90.9
1,988.6
1,183.4
805.2
1,892.5
1,859.8
1,082.8
64.2
712.7
32.8
997.0

1,049.3
25.9
1,023.4
96.1
1,954.0
1,163.2
790.8
1,918.3
1,885.5
1,088.3
82.4
714.8
32.8
992.1

1,041.4
25.8
1,015.6
92.6
1,933.4
1,156.5
776.9
1,975.6
1,942.9
1,124.9
89.1
728.8
32.7
998.3

1,043.3
24.6
1,018.6
90.0
1,912.8
1,149.8
762.9
1,992.8
1,960.1
1,133.7
97.6
728.8
32.7
994.0

1,037.4
24.8
1,012.7
86.7
1,892.1
1,143.1
749.0
2,011.6
1,978.8
1,139.1
104.5
735.3
32.8
989.6

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

1,522.3

1,517.7

1,504.6

1,487.1

1,479.5

1,324.2

1,299.6

1,266.9

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

10,657.5

10,673.7

10,674.2

10,635.0

10,602.1

10,771.2

10,771.4

10,769.6

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) .................................................................

10,567.4
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

10,393.8
10,013.3
945.3
2,934.5
6,133.5
237.7
142.9
85.8
57.1

10,311.5
9,939.7
950.8
2,843.6
6,145.2
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

10,193.9
9,830.7
942.8
2,739.1
6,148.8
219.2
144.0
86.9
57.1

10,300.1
9,937.7
968.3
2,794.5
6,174.8
218.5
143.9
87.4
56.5

10,338.8
9,976.8
964.9
2,829.6
6,182.3
217.7
144.4
87.9
56.5

10,314.3
9,952.6
958.1
2,808.2
6,186.3
217.0
144.8
88.3
56.5

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

90.1
0.8

146.4
1.4

280.4
2.6

323.5
3.0

408.2
3.8

471.1
4.4

432.6
4.0

455.3
4.2

8,664.8

8,670.7

8,706.8

8,769.7

8,786.8

8,906.3

8,876.5

8,877.2

34,957
28,421
304,870

34,980
28,416
305,138

34,953
28,510
305,390

34,798
28,695
305,624

34,665
28,730
305,845

35,194
29,101
306,049

35,173
28,985
306,243

35,144
28,968
306,444

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
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

2007
IV

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
I

II

2009
III

IV

I

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

12,102.6
8,055.1
6,550.1
5,420.6
1,209.0
741.4
4,211.6
1,046.7
3,164.9
1,129.5
1,504.9
1,026.9
478.0

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

12,127.5
8,084.1
6,569.4
5,422.8
1,193.9
730.2
4,228.8
1,037.5
3,191.4
1,146.7
1,514.7
1,036.7
478.0

12,067.6
8,025.1
6,495.8
5,332.5
1,148.1
702.7
4,184.4
1,026.6
3,157.8
1,163.3
1,529.3
1,052.3
476.9

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

1,072.4
34.6
1,037.9
64.4
2,037.7
1,208.5
829.1
1,869.1
1,834.4
1,058.3
52.3
723.8
34.7
996.0

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

1,060.6
26.3
1,034.2
91.4
1,988.5
1,183.4
805.1
1,899.3
1,866.6
1,081.9
70.4
714.3
32.8
996.4

1,040.7
25.1
1,015.6
89.8
1,912.8
1,149.8
762.9
1,993.3
1,960.6
1,132.6
97.1
731.0
32.7
994.0

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

1,492.8

1,460.6

1,520.5

1,535.0

1,346.1

1,470.7

1,490.4

1,296.9

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

10,170.5

10,642.1

10,351.5

10,425.5

10,806.0

10,699.7

10,637.1

10,770.7

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) .................................................................

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

10,450.7
10,057.9
1,023.2
2,965.1
6,069.6
248.2
144.5
84.4
60.1

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

10,299.7
9,927.9
946.3
2,839.0
6,142.5
228.4
143.4
86.3
57.1

10,317.8
9,955.7
963.8
2,810.8
6,181.1
217.7
144.3
87.9
56.5

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

57.4
0.6

191.4
1.8

42.4
0.4

20.6
0.2

267.9
2.5

139.8
1.3

337.4
3.2

453.0
4.2

8,644.0

8,752.6

8,683.1

8,667.9

8,891.0

8,696.4

8,754.2

8,886.6

33,706
28,648
301,737

34,946
28,741
304,529

34,179
28,670
302,865

34,351
28,560
303,498

35,531
29,234
304,128

35,096
28,525
304,872

34,805
28,644
305,619

35,170
29,018
306,245

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

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
August
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.......................

September

2009

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

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

–12.5
4.3
1.9
–0.7
–2.6
–1.4
1.9
–5.3
7.3
2.6
2.4
2.4
0.0

–56.8
–16.9
–16.9
–19.2
–8.4
–5.8
–10.7
–5.3
–5.4
2.2
0.0
1.7
–1.7

–40.5
–33.7
–33.0
–34.3
–17.6
–10.4
–16.8
–8.7
–8.1
1.4
–0.7
1.7
–2.4

13.7
–5.3
–18.1
–30.8
–16.7
–11.1
–14.1
2.3
–16.4
12.7
12.7
9.4
3.4

–24.3
–24.5
–26.9
–28.8
–14.2
–7.4
–14.6
–4.5
–10.1
1.9
2.5
4.7
–2.3

–34.4
–27.9
–29.9
–32.9
–15.3
–7.8
–17.6
–7.7
–9.9
2.9
2.1
4.3
–2.2

–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

3.2
–2.6
5.8
31.6
–34.3
–20.2
–14.0
–17.6
9.2
2.5
–2.9
9.6
–26.8
–0.2

–17.6
–0.9
–16.7
3.8
–34.4
–20.2
–14.2
5.3
5.3
8.3
–0.4
–2.7
0.1
–3.1

–8.1
–0.2
–7.9
5.2
–34.6
–20.2
–14.4
25.8
25.7
5.5
18.2
2.1
0.0
–4.9

–7.9
–0.1
–7.8
–3.5
–20.6
–6.7
–13.9
57.3
57.4
36.6
6.7
14.0
–0.1
6.2

1.9
–1.2
3.0
–2.6
–20.6
–6.7
–14.0
17.2
17.2
8.8
8.5
0.0
0.0
–4.3

–5.9
0.2
–5.9
–3.3
–20.7
–6.7
–13.9
18.8
18.7
5.4
6.9
6.5
0.1
–4.4

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

150.3

–4.6

–13.1

–17.5

–7.6

–155.3

–24.6

–32.7

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

–110.4

16.2

0.5

–39.2

–32.9

169.1

0.2

–1.8

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) .................................................................

–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

–133.5
–119.1
–53.1
–88.4
22.3
–9.2
–5.1
0.5
–5.6

–82.3
–73.6
5.5
–90.9
11.7
–9.3
0.5
0.5
0.0

–117.6
–109.0
–8.0
–104.5
3.6
–9.2
0.6
0.6
0.0

106.2
107.0
25.5
55.4
26.0
–0.7
–0.1
0.5
–0.6

38.7
39.1
–3.4
35.1
7.5
–0.8
0.5
0.5
0.0

–24.5
–24.2
–6.8
–21.4
4.0
–0.7
0.4
0.4
0.0

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

–92.8

56.3

134.0

43.1

84.7

62.9

–38.5

22.7

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

–88.8

5.9

36.1

62.9

17.1

119.5

–29.8

0.7

p Preliminary
r Revised
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

2007
IV

2008
I

II

2009
III

IV

I

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.......................

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

439.4
236.5
188.1
133.9
3.6
–4.6
130.3
11.5
118.8
54.3
48.3
35.0
13.3

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

–42.9
–8.8
–12.4
–20.7
–17.8
–12.0
–3.0
–12.9
9.9
8.4
3.6
5.5
–1.9

–59.9
–59.0
–73.6
–90.3
–45.8
–27.5
–44.4
–10.9
–33.6
16.6
14.6
15.6
–1.1

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

16.2
–9.4
25.7
24.4
37.6
–5.8
43.3
155.8
153.0
58.9
20.0
74.2
2.8
30.9

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

–19.9
–6.1
–14.0
22.9
–67.2
–34.0
–33.2
26.6
35.4
13.0
11.2
11.2
–8.7
–3.6

–19.9
–1.2
–18.6
–1.6
–75.7
–33.6
–42.2
94.0
94.0
50.7
26.7
16.7
–0.1
–2.4

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

139.6

–32.2

18.9

14.5

–188.9

124.6

19.7

–193.5

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

529.8

471.6

122.7

74.0

380.5

–106.3

–62.6

133.6

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

337.6
347.7
–59.6
132.1
275.2
–17.2
7.0
3.2
3.8

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

–260.2
–235.6
–69.9
–205.6
39.8
–20.5
–4.1
1.5
–5.6

18.1
27.8
17.5
–28.2
38.6
–10.7
0.9
1.6
–0.6

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

–13.3

134.0

–4.4

–21.8

247.3

–128.1

197.6

115.6

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

237.0

108.6

12.0

–15.2

223.1

–194.6

57.8

132.4

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
August

September

2009

October

November

December

January r

February r

March 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 ..............................

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

–0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2

–0.5
–0.2
–0.3
0.0

–0.3
–0.4
–0.5
0.0

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.8

–0.2
–0.3
–0.4
0.2

–0.3
–0.3
–0.5
0.1

–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
56.8
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
–0.9
0.0

–1.6
4.3
–1.7
–1.7
–1.7
0.3
–0.3

–0.8
5.7
–1.7
–1.7
–1.8
1.4
–0.5

–0.8
–3.6
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
3.0
0.6

0.2
–2.8
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
0.9
–0.4

–0.6
–3.6
–1.1
–0.6
–1.8
0.9
–0.4

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

11.0

–0.3

–0.9

–1.2

–0.5

–10.5

–1.9

–2.5

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

–1.0

0.2

0.0

–0.4

–0.3

1.6

0.0

0.0

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

–0.2
1.7
–0.8
–0.1

–0.4
–3.4
–0.6
0.3

–1.2
–5.3
–2.9
0.4

–0.7
0.6
–3.1
0.2

–1.1
–0.8
–3.7
0.1

1.1
2.7
2.0
0.4

0.4
–0.4
1.3
0.1

–0.2
–0.7
–0.8
0.1

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

–1.0

0.1

1.4

–0.3

0.0

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.4

0.7

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
2007

2008

2007

2008

IV

I

II

2009
III

IV

I

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

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

–1.4
–0.4
–0.8
0.9

–2.0
–2.9
–4.4
3.9

4.1
–9.6
9.6
7.9
12.4
6.9
4.3

1.5
60.8
1.9
–0.5
5.5
9.1
3.2

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

–7.2
216.2
–12.4
–10.7
–14.9
5.8
–1.4

–7.3
–6.8
–14.4
–10.9
–19.4
21.3
–1.0

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

10.3

–2.2

5.1

3.9

–40.8

42.5

5.5

–42.7

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

5.5

4.6

4.9

2.9

15.4

–3.9

–2.3

5.1

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

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

–9.0
–24.8
–24.4
2.6

1.1
7.6
–3.9
2.5

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

2.8

1.3

–8.5

2.7

6.2

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.6

–0.7

10.7

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

September

2009

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

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

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

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

8,167.7
1,101.9
2,325.4
4,724.9

8,196.4
1,114.2
2,337.5
4,732.2

8,147.5
1,109.8
2,292.8
4,731.1

8,217.2
1,141.1
2,325.2
4,745.4

8,221.6
1,134.6
2,334.2
4,745.5

8,203.7
1,125.9
2,319.2
4,748.5

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

–12.1
21.9
–13.5
–12.7

–38.3
–39.0
–20.2
9.5

–63.3
–59.5
–32.9
11.5

28.7
12.3
12.1
7.3

–48.9
–4.4
–44.7
–1.1

69.7
31.3
32.4
14.3

4.4
–6.5
9.0
0.1

–17.9
–8.7
–15.0
3.0

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

–0.1
1.9
–0.6
–0.3

–0.5
–3.2
–0.8
0.2

–0.8
–5.1
–1.4
0.2

0.4
1.1
0.5
0.2

–0.6
–0.4
–1.9
0.0

0.9
2.8
1.4
0.3

0.1
–0.6
0.4
0.0

–0.2
–0.8
–0.6
0.1

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

2007

2008

IV

I

II

2009
III

IV

I

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

8,170.5
1,108.6
2,318.6
4,729.4

8,214.2
1,133.9
2,326.2
4,746.5

–90.1
–71.5
–57.7
18.1

43.7
25.3
7.6
17.1

–4.3
–22.1
–9.4
1.5

2.2
9.4
1.3
1.5

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

8,272.1
1,188.5
2,378.4
4,714.3

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

223.8
57.3
57.3
116.3

19.3
–53.9
–14.2
68.1

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

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

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

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
19.7
1.2
1.6
16.3

17.9
–13.6
–2.3
28.2

25.2
–8.7
22.8
7.8

–80.7
–48.2
–44.4
–0.8

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

2.8
4.8
2.5
2.6

0.2
–4.3
–0.6
1.5

1.0
0.4
0.3
1.4

0.9
–4.3
–0.4
2.4

1.2
–2.8
3.9
0.7

–3.8
–14.8
–7.1
–0.1

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

September

2009

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

Chain-type price indexes (2000=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Durable goods..........................................................................................
Nondurable goods....................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

123.002
86.110
127.920
129.574

123.106
85.957
128.186
129.661

122.602
85.785
126.209
129.819

121.275
85.333
121.673
129.865

120.665
84.952
119.482
129.972

120.944
84.855
120.192
130.127

121.353
85.034
121.232
130.282

121.323
85.095
121.090
130.285

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

117.493
121.292
114.230

117.664
121.406
114.427

117.742
120.814
114.516

117.757
119.240
114.506

117.749
118.515
114.484

117.944
118.817
114.692

118.213
119.254
114.964

118.427
119.205
115.208

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

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
0.1

–0.4
–0.2
–1.5
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

0.3
0.2
0.9
0.1

0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.0

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

0.2
0.0
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.5
0.1

0.0
–1.3
0.0

0.0
–0.6
0.0

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.2

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
August

September

2009

October

November

December

January r

February r

March p

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

–0.2

–0.2

0.2

1.1

1.1

2.8

2.4

2.3

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

–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
1.1

–1.9
–10.7
–4.5
0.9

–1.2
–7.9
–2.9
0.8

–1.0
–8.6
–2.3
1.0

–1.5
–8.4
–3.8
0.9

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

September

2009

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

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

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
2.9

0.8
–1.7
–2.2
2.7

0.7
–1.9
–2.3
2.7

0.9
–1.8
–1.4
2.5

0.6
–1.8
–1.7
2.1

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

2.4
4.6
2.2

2.3
4.3
2.1

2.1
3.5
2.0

2.0
1.5
1.9

1.8
0.6
1.7

1.7
0.5
1.6

1.8
0.7
1.7

1.8
0.4
1.8

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.