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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2012
BEA 12-18

James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2012
Personal income increased $50.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $42.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $29.6 billion, or 0.3 percent. In February,
personal income increased $39.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $29.4 billion, or 0.2 percent,
and PCE increased $93.7 billion, or 0.9 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.2 percent in March, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent
in February. Real PCE increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5 percent.
2011
2012
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

Mar.

0.1

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.0
-0.1

0.4
0.3

0.1
-0.1

0.2
-0.1

0.4
0.2

0.0
0.0

0.2
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.9
0.5

0.3
0.1

________________________

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 (2005) 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 increased $17.3 billion in March, compared with an
increase of $24.1 billion in February. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $1.3 billion, in
contrast to an increase of $1.8 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $0.1 billion, compared with
an increase of $1.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $18.6 billion, compared
with an increase of $22.3 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.4 billion,
compared with an increase of $0.7 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.7 billion in March, compared with an increase of
$3.0 billion in February.
Proprietors' income increased $7.1 billion in March, compared with an increase of $5.2 billion in
February. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.9 billion, compared with an increase of $1.0 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $6.1 billion, compared with an increase of $4.3 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $3.9 billion in March, compared with an increase of $4.5
billion in February. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $8.8 billion, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $11.6 billion in March, compared with an increase of
$0.3 billion in February. Within current transfer receipts, government social benefits to persons for
social security increased $6.8 billion, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.5 billion in March, compared with an increase of $3.3 billion in February.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $7.8 billion in March, compared with an increase of $10.2 billion
in February. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -increased $42.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, in March, compared with an increase of $29.4 billion, or 0.2
percent, in February.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $32.3 billion in March, compared with an increase of $96.6 billion in February. PCE
increased $29.6 billion, compared with an increase of $93.7 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $450.4 billion in March, compared with
$440.3 billion in February. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
income -- was 3.8 percent in March, compared with 3.7 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
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in March, in contrast
to a decrease of 0.1 percent in February.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in March, compared
with an increase of 0.5 percent in February. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.2 percent, in
contrast to an increase of 2.1 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts more than accounted for
the decrease in March, and accounted for most of the increase in February. Purchases of nondurable
goods increased 0.4 percent in March, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in February.
Purchases of services decreased less than 0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in March, compared with an
increase of 0.3 percent in February. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.2
percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.

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Revisions
Estimates have been revised for January and February. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) 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)

26.5

36.8

0.2

0.3

28.2

39.6

0.2

0.3

5.0
-18.8

15.6
-10.1

0.0
-0.2

0.1
-0.1

18.9
-15.3

29.4
-7.5

0.2
-0.1

0.2
-0.1

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
40.9
Chained (2005) dollars
14.3

56.0
26.9

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3

86.0
45.1

93.7
50.5

0.8
0.5

0.9
0.5

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), revised
estimates of personal income and outlays covering January 2009 through May 2012 will be released
along with estimates for June 2012 on July 31. The August Survey of Current Business will contain
an article that describes the annual revision in detail.

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, 2012 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income ..........................................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions
of chained (2005) dollars 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

September

2012

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

13,049.1
8,328.9
6,715.3
5,525.5
1,114.4
707.2
4,411.2
1,060.0
3,351.2
1,189.8
1,613.5

13,088.8
8,381.7
6,763.3
5,574.2
1,124.8
712.1
4,449.4
1,068.3
3,381.1
1,189.1
1,618.4

13,138.6
8,429.1
6,804.5
5,615.7
1,133.7
717.6
4,482.0
1,077.9
3,404.0
1,188.9
1,624.6

13,146.1
8,430.5
6,804.3
5,615.2
1,129.4
713.9
4,485.8
1,080.2
3,405.6
1,189.0
1,626.3

13,201.7
8,461.2
6,831.5
5,642.3
1,140.7
721.3
4,501.7
1,083.4
3,418.2
1,189.2
1,629.7

13,238.5
8,500.0
6,861.9
5,670.1
1,150.2
728.9
4,519.9
1,086.8
3,433.2
1,191.8
1,638.1

13,278.1
8,527.8
6,886.7
5,694.2
1,152.0
730.5
4,542.2
1,090.7
3,451.5
1,192.5
1,641.1

13,328.4
8,549.3
6,905.4
5,711.5
1,150.7
730.6
4,560.8
1,088.9
3,471.9
1,193.9
1,643.8

1,112.6
500.9

1,114.5
503.9

1,117.8
506.8

1,119.6
506.7

1,121.4
508.3

1,123.5
514.6

1,125.0
516.1

1,126.7
517.2

1,116.2
67.5
1,048.7

1,115.9
68.1
1,047.8

1,118.8
65.4
1,053.4

1,118.6
62.7
1,055.9

1,121.7
60.0
1,061.6

1,126.7
61.0
1,065.7

1,131.9
62.0
1,070.0

1,139.0
62.9
1,076.1

406.2
1,794.7
994.8
799.9
2,334.4
2,295.0
716.1
558.1
413.8
102.1
65.4
439.5
39.3

412.0
1,781.8
981.8
799.9
2,335.1
2,295.8
717.7
559.5
409.9
102.3
65.7
440.7
39.3

419.4
1,785.2
979.3
805.8
2,329.3
2,289.7
718.3
557.0
410.2
100.3
65.1
438.9
39.6

427.3
1,785.1
976.8
808.3
2,327.9
2,288.3
719.5
555.0
411.7
97.9
64.2
440.0
39.6

434.9
1,788.8
974.3
814.5
2,342.0
2,302.4
729.1
553.9
412.6
102.2
63.5
441.0
39.5

439.0
1,790.1
977.4
812.7
2,339.5
2,300.2
749.4
552.5
409.9
97.4
66.6
424.4
39.4

443.5
1,795.2
980.5
814.7
2,339.8
2,300.5
752.0
553.4
409.2
93.8
66.7
425.5
39.3

447.4
1,804.0
983.6
820.5
2,351.4
2,312.2
758.8
555.5
410.0
92.5
69.4
425.9
39.3

931.4
1,406.0
11,643.1
11,093.5
10,763.4
3,640.1
1,143.5
2,496.6
7,123.4
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
549.6

937.7
1,413.4
11,675.4
11,173.1
10,840.6
3,700.4
1,176.7
2,523.7
7,140.2
160.7
171.9
98.1
73.8
502.2

943.3
1,424.1
11,714.4
11,192.6
10,861.7
3,714.3
1,191.0
2,523.3
7,147.4
158.7
172.2
98.7
73.6
521.8

943.3
1,428.4
11,717.7
11,196.4
10,867.0
3,709.2
1,191.9
2,517.3
7,157.8
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
521.3

946.8
1,438.2
11,763.5
11,214.1
10,886.2
3,706.8
1,201.8
2,505.0
7,179.4
154.7
173.3
99.7
73.6
549.4

956.9
1,459.4
11,779.1
11,271.7
10,942.2
3,749.6
1,219.8
2,529.8
7,192.6
156.9
172.6
100.4
72.3
507.4

960.2
1,469.6
11,808.5
11,368.3
11,035.9
3,799.6
1,244.4
2,555.2
7,236.3
159.2
173.2
100.9
72.3
440.3

962.7
1,477.4
11,851.0
11,400.6
11,065.5
3,819.2
1,240.7
2,578.5
7,246.3
161.4
173.6
101.3
72.3
450.4

4.7

4.3

4.5

4.4

4.7

4.3

3.7

3.8

9,369.2

9,387.7

9,435.4

9,434.9

9,464.7

9,476.9

9,480.6

9,494.4

10,181.0

10,192.3

10,225.6

10,219.4

10,252.4

10,242.3

10,234.8

10,250.3

37,278
32,597
312,330

37,356
32,611
312,542

37,457
32,696
312,747

37,445
32,657
312,932

37,570
32,744
313,109

37,599
32,694
313,278

37,674
32,653
313,441

37,789
32,685
313,612

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2010

2011

2010

2011

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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income ..........................................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions
of chained (2005) dollars 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

I

II

2012
III

IV

I

12,373.5
7,971.4
6,408.2
5,217.4
1,059.2
674.2
4,158.2
1,006.0
3,152.2
1,190.8
1,563.1

13,005.3
8,292.7
6,683.2
5,492.9
1,110.1
706.9
4,382.8
1,055.0
3,327.8
1,190.3
1,609.5

12,577.6
8,050.8
6,477.0
5,288.4
1,070.8
685.5
4,217.6
1,016.1
3,201.5
1,188.6
1,573.7

12,846.9
8,172.5
6,578.2
5,387.1
1,092.3
700.4
4,294.7
1,034.4
3,260.3
1,191.1
1,594.4

12,955.3
8,219.7
6,617.1
5,425.2
1,096.9
700.4
4,328.3
1,043.1
3,285.1
1,191.9
1,602.7

13,056.8
8,338.3
6,724.3
5,535.0
1,116.6
709.0
4,418.4
1,062.1
3,356.3
1,189.3
1,614.0

13,162.1
8,440.3
6,813.4
5,624.4
1,134.6
717.6
4,489.8
1,080.5
3,409.3
1,189.0
1,626.9

13,281.7
8,525.7
6,884.7
5,691.9
1,151.0
730.0
4,541.0
1,088.8
3,452.2
1,192.7
1,641.0

1,089.9
473.2

1,111.0
498.5

1,096.8
476.9

1,103.0
491.4

1,108.7
494.0

1,112.6
501.3

1,119.6
507.3

1,125.1
515.9

1,036.4
52.2
984.2

1,108.9
65.9
1,043.0

1,081.5
60.1
1,021.4

1,095.6
66.1
1,029.5

1,106.5
67.3
1,039.2

1,113.7
67.5
1,046.2

1,119.7
62.7
1,057.0

1,132.6
62.0
1,070.6

350.2
1,721.2
1,003.4
717.7
2,281.2
2,242.9
690.2
518.4
405.4
138.7
57.9
432.4
38.3

403.9
1,790.0
998.1
791.9
2,336.2
2,296.8
713.5
553.7
424.3
107.4
63.4
434.6
39.5

354.8
1,743.5
989.6
753.9
2,341.2
2,301.9
699.9
535.3
439.8
128.7
59.4
438.7
39.3

385.0
1,777.2
1,004.7
772.5
2,328.1
2,288.6
703.1
547.8
432.1
117.5
61.3
426.9
39.5

396.9
1,802.3
1,015.9
786.4
2,347.3
2,307.9
712.2
553.9
437.4
108.8
62.8
432.7
39.4

406.3
1,794.2
994.8
799.4
2,336.6
2,297.2
716.3
557.8
416.4
103.0
65.0
438.6
39.4

427.2
1,786.3
976.8
809.5
2,333.1
2,293.5
722.3
555.3
411.5
100.1
64.3
440.0
39.6

443.3
1,796.4
980.5
816.0
2,343.6
2,304.3
753.4
553.8
409.7
94.6
67.6
425.3
39.3

986.8
1,193.9
11,179.7
10,586.9
10,245.5
3,387.0
1,085.5
2,301.5
6,858.5
173.4
168.0
95.1
72.9
592.8

926.4
1,400.3
11,604.9
11,055.1
10,726.0
3,646.6
1,162.9
2,483.7
7,079.4
157.8
171.3
97.7
73.6
549.8

994.1
1,240.9
11,336.7
10,748.6
10,417.1
3,483.4
1,124.7
2,358.7
6,933.7
162.7
168.9
96.5
72.5
588.1

911.5
1,365.9
11,481.0
10,902.1
10,571.7
3,592.2
1,154.5
2,437.8
6,979.4
160.3
170.1
96.6
73.5
578.9

917.4
1,396.2
11,559.2
11,002.6
10,676.0
3,622.7
1,143.8
2,478.9
7,053.3
155.9
170.7
97.1
73.5
556.5

932.4
1,409.1
11,647.7
11,114.6
10,784.5
3,661.2
1,158.3
2,503.0
7,123.2
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
533.1

944.5
1,430.2
11,731.9
11,201.0
10,871.6
3,710.1
1,194.9
2,515.2
7,161.5
156.7
172.8
99.2
73.6
530.8

959.9
1,468.8
11,812.9
11,346.9
11,014.5
3,789.5
1,234.9
2,554.5
7,225.1
159.2
173.2
100.9
72.3
466.0

5.3

4.7

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.5

3.9

9,083.0

9,371.3

9,166.7

9,329.8

9,332.9

9,377.3

9,445.0

9,483.9

10,061.6

10,193.4

10,152.0

10,183.2

10,169.7

10,188.6

10,232.4

10,242.4

36,090
32,481
309,774

37,191
32,667
312,040

36,491
32,678
310,670

36,895
32,724
311,184

37,082
32,625
311,717

37,293
32,621
312,330

37,491
32,699
312,929

37,687
32,677
313,444

1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

September

2012

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

16.6
24.6
20.9
20.2
3.6
–0.6
16.6
1.9
14.7
0.8
3.6

39.7
52.8
48.0
48.7
10.4
4.9
38.2
8.3
29.9
–0.7
4.9

49.8
47.4
41.2
41.5
8.9
5.5
32.6
9.6
22.9
–0.2
6.2

7.5
1.4
–0.2
–0.5
–4.3
–3.7
3.8
2.3
1.6
0.1
1.7

55.6
30.7
27.2
27.1
11.3
7.4
15.9
3.2
12.6
0.2
3.4

36.8
38.8
30.4
27.8
9.5
7.6
18.2
3.4
15.0
2.6
8.4

39.6
27.8
24.8
24.1
1.8
1.6
22.3
3.9
18.3
0.7
3.0

50.3
21.5
18.7
17.3
–1.3
0.1
18.6
–1.8
20.4
1.4
2.7

1.8
1.7

1.9
3.0

3.3
2.9

1.8
–0.1

1.8
1.6

2.1
6.3

1.5
1.5

1.7
1.1

7.1
0.5
6.6

–0.3
0.6
–0.9

2.9
–2.7
5.6

–0.2
–2.7
2.5

3.1
–2.7
5.7

5.0
1.0
4.1

5.2
1.0
4.3

7.1
0.9
6.1

5.4
–11.3
–12.9
1.6
–5.9
–5.7
0.9
2.3
–11.6
–2.6
1.4
3.9
–0.3

5.8
–12.9
–13.0
0.0
0.7
0.8
1.6
1.4
–3.9
0.2
0.3
1.2
0.0

7.4
3.4
–2.5
5.9
–5.8
–6.1
0.6
–2.5
0.3
–2.0
–0.6
–1.8
0.3

7.9
–0.1
–2.5
2.5
–1.4
–1.4
1.2
–2.0
1.5
–2.4
–0.9
1.1
0.0

7.6
3.7
–2.5
6.2
14.1
14.1
9.6
–1.1
0.9
4.3
–0.7
1.0
–0.1

4.1
1.3
3.1
–1.8
–2.5
–2.2
20.3
–1.4
–2.7
–4.8
3.1
–16.6
–0.1

4.5
5.1
3.1
2.0
0.3
0.3
2.6
0.9
–0.7
–3.6
0.1
1.1
–0.1

3.9
8.8
3.1
5.8
11.6
11.7
6.8
2.1
0.8
–1.3
2.7
0.4
0.0

3.3
–1.8
18.5
16.5
14.0
–3.2
–11.1
8.0
17.2
2.2
0.2
0.3
0.0
2.0

6.3
7.4
32.3
79.6
77.2
60.3
33.2
27.1
16.8
2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
–47.4

5.6
10.7
39.0
19.5
21.1
13.9
14.3
–0.4
7.2
–2.0
0.3
0.6
–0.2
19.6

0.0
4.3
3.3
3.8
5.3
–5.1
0.9
–6.0
10.4
–2.0
0.6
0.5
0.0
–0.5

3.5
9.8
45.8
17.7
19.2
–2.4
9.9
–12.3
21.6
–2.0
0.5
0.5
0.0
28.1

10.1
21.2
15.6
57.6
56.0
42.8
18.0
24.8
13.2
2.2
–0.7
0.7
–1.3
–42.0

3.3
10.2
29.4
96.6
93.7
50.0
24.6
25.4
43.7
2.3
0.6
0.5
0.0
–67.1

2.5
7.8
42.5
32.3
29.6
19.6
–3.7
23.3
10.0
2.2
0.4
0.4
0.0
10.1

–5.7
–11.5

18.5
11.3

47.7
33.3

–0.5
–6.2

29.8
33.0

12.2
–10.1

3.7
–7.5

13.8
15.5

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

2010

2011

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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ benefits .......................................................................
Other ..........................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ......................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance,
domestic.......................................................................................
Less: Personal current taxes ............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income...............................................
Less: Personal outlays ......................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures .................................................
Goods ............................................................................................
Durable goods ............................................................................
Nondurable goods ......................................................................
Services.........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 3 ............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ..................................................
To government ...............................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ..........................................................
Equals: Personal saving ....................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

I

II

2012
III

IV

I

443.3
170.0
137.9
122.4
–4.2
13.3
126.5
16.4
110.2
15.5
32.0

631.8
321.3
275.0
275.5
50.9
32.7
224.6
49.0
175.6
–0.5
46.4

124.4
28.6
22.5
23.7
0.3
3.3
23.4
0.2
23.2
–1.3
6.0

269.3
121.7
101.2
98.7
21.5
14.9
77.1
18.3
58.8
2.5
20.7

108.4
47.2
38.9
38.1
4.6
0.0
33.6
8.7
24.8
0.8
8.3

101.5
118.6
107.2
109.8
19.7
8.6
90.1
19.0
71.2
–2.6
11.3

105.3
102.0
89.1
89.4
18.0
8.6
71.4
18.4
53.0
–0.3
12.9

119.6
85.4
71.3
67.5
16.4
12.4
51.2
8.3
42.9
3.7
14.1

16.8
15.2

21.1
25.3

4.8
1.2

6.2
14.5

5.7
2.6

3.9
7.3

7.0
6.0

5.5
8.6

95.2
13.0
82.2

72.5
13.7
58.8

24.5
1.8
22.7

14.1
6.0
8.1

10.9
1.2
9.7

7.2
0.2
7.0

6.0
–4.8
10.8

12.9
–0.7
13.6

44.3
13.5
–105.5
118.9
143.1
143.0
25.7
24.6
31.3
8.1
6.4
47.0
0.1

53.7
68.8
–5.3
74.2
55.0
53.9
23.3
35.3
18.9
–31.3
5.5
2.2
1.2

2.0
20.1
5.7
14.5
51.8
50.5
6.0
13.9
34.6
–7.1
0.4
2.6
1.4

30.2
33.7
15.1
18.6
–13.1
–13.3
3.2
12.5
–7.7
–11.2
1.9
–11.8
0.2

11.9
25.1
11.2
13.9
19.2
19.3
9.1
6.1
5.3
–8.7
1.5
5.8
–0.1

9.4
–8.1
–21.1
13.0
–10.7
–10.7
4.1
3.9
–21.0
–5.8
2.2
5.9
0.0

20.9
–7.9
–18.0
10.1
–3.5
–3.7
6.0
–2.5
–4.9
–2.9
–0.7
1.4
0.2

16.1
10.1
3.7
6.5
10.5
10.8
31.1
–1.5
–1.8
–5.5
3.3
–14.7
–0.3

22.7
52.5
390.9
350.6
379.4
189.5
55.9
133.7
189.8
–40.3
11.5
6.0
5.5
40.2

–60.4
206.4
425.2
468.2
480.5
259.6
77.4
182.2
220.9
–15.6
3.3
2.6
0.7
–43.0

2.6
28.1
96.3
133.8
140.5
96.9
37.2
59.7
43.6
–5.4
–1.2
0.7
–1.8
–37.5

–82.6
125.0
144.3
153.5
154.6
108.8
29.8
79.1
45.7
–2.4
1.2
0.1
1.0
–9.2

5.9
30.3
78.2
100.5
104.3
30.5
–10.7
41.1
73.9
–4.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
–22.4

15.0
12.9
88.5
112.0
108.5
38.5
14.5
24.1
69.9
2.5
0.9
0.7
0.3
–23.4

12.1
21.1
84.2
86.4
87.1
48.9
36.6
12.2
38.3
–1.7
1.2
1.4
–0.2
–2.3

15.4
38.6
81.0
145.9
142.9
79.4
40.0
39.3
63.6
2.5
0.4
1.7
–1.3
–64.8

113.3
178.9

288.3
131.8

21.0
37.6

163.1
31.2

3.1
–13.5

44.4
18.9

67.7
43.8

38.9
10.0

1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2011
August

September

2012

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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes .....................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income........................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..........................................
Goods .....................................................................................
Durable goods .....................................................................
Nondurable goods ...............................................................
Services..................................................................................

0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.3
0.6
0.7
0.3

0.4
0.6
0.6
0.4

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.4
0.5

0.3
0.3
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.6
1.4
–0.6
–1.3
0.2
–0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.2

0.0
1.4
–0.7
–1.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.5
0.3

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.7
–0.2
0.6
0.8
0.3

0.0
1.9
0.0
–0.3
0.3
–0.1
0.0
0.3
0.0

0.3
1.8
0.2
–0.3
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.7
0.4

0.5
1.0
0.1
0.3
–0.2
–0.1
1.1
1.5
0.1

0.5
1.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.7
0.2

0.6
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.4

0.1
–0.1
–1.0
0.3
0.2

0.7
1.7
2.9
1.1
0.2

0.2
0.4
1.2
0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.1
0.1
–0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.1
0.8
–0.5
0.3

0.5
1.2
1.5
1.0
0.2

0.9
1.3
2.0
1.0
0.6

0.3
0.5
–0.3
0.9
0.1

0.1
–0.1

0.0
–0.1

0.1
0.2

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .........
Real disposable personal income ..............................................

–0.1
–0.1

0.2
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.0
–0.1

0.3
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

2010

2011

IV

I

II

2012
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, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes .....................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income........................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ..........................................
Goods .....................................................................................
Durable goods .....................................................................
Nondurable goods ...............................................................
Services..................................................................................

3.7
2.2
2.2
2.1

5.1
4.0
4.3
3.0

4.1
1.4
1.4
1.6

8.8
6.2
6.4
5.4

3.4
2.3
2.4
2.1

3.2
5.9
6.6
2.8

3.3
5.0
5.4
3.2

3.7
4.1
4.2
3.5

10.1
14.5
0.8
–9.5
19.9
6.7
2.4
4.6
3.6

7.0
15.3
4.0
–0.5
10.3
2.4
–6.1
17.3
3.8

9.6
2.4
4.7
2.3
8.1
9.4
1.1
9.6
3.5

5.3
38.6
8.0
6.3
10.2
–2.2
–29.3
46.8
5.2

4.0
13.0
5.8
4.5
7.4
3.3
2.6
9.2
2.8

2.6
9.8
–1.8
–8.1
6.8
–1.8
6.7
3.7
3.1

2.2
22.2
–1.7
–7.0
5.2
–0.6
5.3
6.1
2.9

4.7
16.0
2.3
1.5
3.2
1.8
6.7
11.2
2.8

3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
2.8

4.7
7.7
7.1
7.9
3.2

5.6
11.9
14.4
10.8
2.6

6.1
13.1
11.0
14.1
2.7

4.0
3.4
–3.7
6.9
4.3

4.1
4.3
5.2
3.9
4.0

3.3
5.4
13.3
2.0
2.2

5.4
8.8
14.1
6.4
3.6

1.9
0.7

2.9
1.7

1.7
0.4

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts .........
Real disposable personal income ..............................................

1.3
1.8

3.2
1.3

0.9
1.5

7.3
1.2

0.1
–0.5

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2011
August

September

2012

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

Billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,411.8
3,321.9
1,260.4
2,067.8
6,094.5

9,463.5
3,367.8
1,302.2
2,078.1
6,102.0

9,481.2
3,387.3
1,318.8
2,083.4
6,101.1

9,477.5
3,384.3
1,323.3
2,077.3
6,100.2

9,487.7
3,390.1
1,337.4
2,072.1
6,104.9

9,514.6
3,418.9
1,356.6
2,083.9
6,104.1

9,565.1
3,444.8
1,384.7
2,086.6
6,129.4

9,570.9
3,451.9
1,382.1
2,094.9
6,128.3

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

–13.3
–16.7
–10.4
–7.3
2.7

51.7
45.9
41.8
10.3
7.5

17.7
19.5
16.6
5.3
–0.9

–3.7
–3.0
4.5
–6.1
–0.9

10.2
5.8
14.1
–5.2
4.7

26.9
28.8
19.2
11.8
–0.8

50.5
25.9
28.1
2.7
25.3

5.8
7.1
–2.6
8.3
–1.1

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

–0.1
–0.5
–0.8
–0.4
0.0

0.5
1.4
3.3
0.5
0.1

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.3
0.0

0.0
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.0

0.1
0.2
1.1
–0.3
0.1

0.3
0.9
1.4
0.6
0.0

0.5
0.8
2.1
0.1
0.4

0.1
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010

2011

2010

2011

IV

I

II

2012
III

IV

I

9,433.5
3,342.7
1,277.8
2,073.7
6,096.1

9,482.1
3,387.2
1,326.5
2,077.6
6,102.1

9,550.2
3,438.5
1,374.5
2,088.5
6,120.6

48.6
44.5
48.7
3.9
6.0

68.1
51.3
48.0
10.9
18.5

2.1
5.4
16.1
0.8
0.4

2.9
6.2
15.3
2.1
1.2

Billions of chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

9,220.9
3,230.7
1,188.3
2,041.3
5,991.8

9,421.3
3,351.4
1,285.4
2,075.8
6,076.1

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

183.4
132.7
80.0
57.9
56.3

200.4
120.7
97.1
34.5
84.3

9,328.4
3,306.0
1,242.4
2,067.4
6,027.5

9,376.7
3,344.4
1,277.4
2,075.4
6,039.1

9,392.7
3,331.2
1,260.2
2,076.6
6,067.0

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
81.3
65.2
48.3
21.6
19.4

48.3
38.4
35.0
8.0
11.6

16.0
–13.2
–17.2
1.2
27.9

40.8
11.5
17.6
–2.9
29.1

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

2.0
4.3
7.2
2.9
0.9

2.2
3.7
8.2
1.7
1.4

3.6
8.3
17.2
4.3
1.3

2.1
4.7
11.7
1.6
0.8

0.7
–1.6
–5.3
0.2
1.9

1.7
1.4
5.7
–0.5
1.9

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2011
August

September

2012

October

November

December

January

r

February r

March p

Chain-type price indexes (2005=100), seasonally adjusted
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

114.364
109.582
90.705
120.741
116.886

114.554
109.879
90.340
121.447
117.017

114.563
109.658
90.288
121.123
117.152

114.664
109.602
90.053
121.184
117.340

114.742
109.345
89.843
120.899
117.604

115.008
109.675
89.892
121.405
117.834

115.380
110.304
89.847
122.469
118.062

115.620
110.645
89.747
123.094
118.246

112.222
119.315
143.359
114.230
111.729

112.222
119.942
146.341
114.485
111.774

112.353
120.208
143.784
114.462
111.886

112.514
120.153
143.034
114.554
112.046

112.685
120.439
141.058
114.627
112.225

112.946
120.608
141.498
114.874
112.464

113.106
120.586
146.496
115.262
112.610

113.285
120.742
148.010
115.506
112.784

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

0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.6
–0.1
0.9
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.5
0.2

0.2
0.6
1.2
0.3
0.2

0.0
0.5
2.1
0.2
0.0

0.1
0.2
–1.7
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.5
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
–1.4
0.1
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.0
3.5
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
August
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

September
0.5
1.7
2.4
6.1
0.7
1.4

2012

October

0.8
2.1
3.2
7.8
1.1
1.5

0.8
1.9
2.7
6.6
1.0
1.5

November
0.7
1.5
2.2
6.7
0.2
1.2

December

January r

0.8
1.5
2.4
7.0
0.3
1.1

February r

0.6
1.8
2.8
7.4
0.6
1.3

0.5
2.0
2.7
7.7
0.3
1.6

March p
0.6
1.8
3.0
7.6
0.9
1.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
August
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

September

October

2012
November

December

January

r

February r

March p

2.9
4.8
–0.5
7.4
1.9

2.9
4.9
–0.7
7.6
2.0

2.7
4.3
–0.5
6.6
1.9

2.7
4.2
–0.6
6.5
2.0

2.5
3.4
–0.4
5.2
2.1

2.4
2.9
–0.4
4.5
2.2

2.3
2.7
–0.7
4.3
2.1

2.1
2.2
–0.7
3.6
2.1

1.7
4.8
19.6
3.0
1.6

1.6
5.1
20.7
3.1
1.6

1.7
5.2
15.4
2.9
1.7

1.8
5.1
14.6
2.9
1.8

1.9
5.3
8.6
2.7
2.0

1.9
4.7
6.5
2.6
2.0

1.9
3.9
6.5
2.4
2.0

2.0
3.1
3.7
2.2
2.0

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