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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015
BEA 15-19
Technical: James Rankin
(202) 606-5301 (Personal Income)
piniwd@bea.gov
Harvey Davis
(202) 606-5302 (Personal Consumption Expenditures)
pce@bea.gov
Media:
Jeannine Aversa (202) 606-2649
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2015
Personal income increased $6.2 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income
(DPI) increased $1.6 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $53.4 billion, or 0.4 percent. In
February, personal income increased $66.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $61.2 billion, or
0.5 percent, and PCE increased $20.8 billion, or 0.2 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI decreased 0.2 percent in March, in contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in
February. Real PCE increased 0.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.
2014
Nov.
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

0.4

2015
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.3
0.3
0.4

Mar.
0.0

0.3
0.5

0.3
0.5

0.4
0.8

0.5
0.3

0.0
-0.2

0.4
0.5

-0.2
0.1

-0.3
0.2

0.2
0.0

0.4
0.3

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NOTE. Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-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 (2009) dollars.

This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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Compensation
Wages and salaries increased $16.3 billion in March, compared with an increase of $24.2 billion in
February. Private wages and salaries increased $15.2 billion, compared with an increase of $22.6 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $1.0 billion, compared with an increase of $1.7 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.2 billion in March, compared with an increase of $5.1
billion in February.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income decreased $1.5 billion in March, compared with a decrease of $7.7 billion in
February. Farm proprietors' income decreased $7.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $7.6 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $6.1 billion in March; nonfarm proprietors' income was unchanged
in February.
Rental income of persons increased $3.2 billion in March, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion
in February. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income)
decreased $33.1 billion, in contrast to an increase of $29.7 billion. Personal current transfer receipts
increased $18.8 billion, compared with an increase of $15.6 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $1.8 billion in March, compared with an increase of $3.0 billion in February.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $4.6 billion in March, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion in
February. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$1.6 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in March, compared with an increase of $61.2 billion, or 0.5 percent, in
February.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $57.6 billion in March, compared with an increase of $24.9 billion in February. PCE increased
$53.4 billion, compared with an increase of $20.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $702.6 billion in March, compared with $758.6
billion in February. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income -- was 5.3 percent in March, compared with 5.7 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
financial accounts of the United States and data on changes in net worth, go to
www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipa-frb.asp.

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Real DPI, real PCE, and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.2 percent in March, in contrast to an
increase of 0.3 percent in February.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in March, in contrast to a
decrease of less than 0.1 percent in February. Purchases of durable goods increased 2.0 percent, in contrast
to a decrease of 1.1 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most of the increase in
March and for most of the decrease in February. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.2 percent in
March, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent in February. Purchases of services increased less than 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in March, the same increase as in February. The PCE
price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in March, the same increase as in February.
The March price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent from March a year ago. The March PCE price
index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.3 percent from March a year ago.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for January and February. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar
and chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar PCE for January and
February -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
Change from preceding month
January
February
Previous Revised Previous Revised
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

61.8

49.9

0.4

0.3

58.6

66.4

0.4

0.4

61.5
109.8

50.5
102.9

0.5
0.9

0.4
0.8

54.2
29.0

61.2
35.2

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3

-28.5
22.3

-35.7
18.7

-0.2
0.2

-0.3
0.2

11.8
-8.2

20.8
-0.2

0.1
-0.1

0.2
0.0

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Upcoming 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 will be released in conjunction with preliminary estimates for June 2015 on
August 3, 2015. In addition to the regular revision of estimates for the most recent 3 years and for the first 5
months of 2015, personal income and select components will be revised back further (for more information,
see the GDP Technical Note) . The June Survey of Current Business will contain an article that previews the
annual revision and the August Survey will contain an article that describes the results.

BEA's national, international, regional, and industry estimates; BEA news releases; and related
articles in the Survey of Current Business are available for free on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov. The
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BEA's news release schedule is available at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/2015rd.htm.

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Next release – June 1, 2015 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
Line

2014
Aug.

1 Personal income......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ..............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ..........................................................................
4
Private industries.............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries.........................................................
6
Manufacturing ...........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................
9
Other services-producing industries.........................................
10
Government.....................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries...............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ...........................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments...............................................................
15
Farm ...................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm..............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment...
18 Personal income receipts on assets..................................................
19
Personal interest income ....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income...................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts .....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons ..............................................
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .......................................................................................
25
Medicaid..........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits............................................................................
28
Other ...............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ...........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic...
31 Less: Personal current taxes .................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ...................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ...........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
35
Goods.................................................................................................
36
Durable goods.................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ...........................................................................
38
Services..............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 .................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments .......................................................
41
To government....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)...............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving.........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 ...................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars.................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6......................................................

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

Line
Mar.

p

14,821.0 14,850.0 14,902.1 14,961.6 15,010.5 15,060.4 15,126.8 15,133.0 1
9,271.2 9,296.3 9,322.9 9,386.7 9,400.0 9,450.9 9,480.1 9,500.6 2
7,488.7 7,509.5 7,532.0 7,589.3 7,599.0 7,641.9 7,666.1 7,682.4 3
6,264.3 6,282.7 6,304.2 6,359.7 6,367.8 6,407.7 6,430.3 6,445.5 4
1,270.6 1,273.5 1,280.2 1,289.6 1,285.5 1,293.7 1,293.8 1,296.9 5
779.6
781.1
784.9
789.5
786.4
791.1
790.6
790.6 6
4,993.7 5,009.2 5,024.0 5,070.1 5,082.3 5,114.0 5,136.4 5,148.7 7
1,178.9 1,180.1 1,183.6 1,194.5 1,199.0 1,204.6 1,212.0 1,210.6 8
3,814.8 3,829.1 3,840.4 3,875.5 3,883.3 3,909.4 3,924.4 3,938.1 9
1,224.5 1,226.8 1,227.9 1,229.6 1,231.2 1,234.1 1,235.8 1,236.8 10
1,782.4 1,786.8 1,790.8 1,797.5 1,801.0 1,809.0 1,814.1 1,818.3 11
1,230.5
551.9

1,233.5
553.3

1,236.5
554.4

1,239.4
558.1

1,242.4
558.6

1,246.4
562.6

1,250.1
564.0

1,253.5 12
564.7 13

1,383.3 1,382.3 1,400.7 1,396.2 1,410.5 1,397.1 1,389.4 1,387.9 14
62.2
52.3
56.5
60.7
65.0
57.3
49.7
42.0 15
1,321.1 1,330.0 1,344.2 1,335.5 1,345.5 1,339.8 1,339.8 1,345.9 16
647.2
650.8
653.2
655.1
659.6
660.2
662.8
666.0 17
2,137.8 2,137.8 2,141.2 2,146.3 2,149.1 2,143.1 2,172.8 2,139.7 18
1,266.5 1,262.3 1,261.1 1,259.9 1,258.8 1,252.5 1,246.2 1,240.0 19
871.3
875.5
880.0
886.3
890.4
890.6
926.6
899.7 20
2,549.0 2,553.1 2,557.2 2,557.9 2,572.9 2,598.7 2,614.3 2,633.1 21
2,504.5 2,508.3 2,512.1 2,512.5 2,527.3 2,553.1 2,568.4 2,587.0 22
838.2
839.3
839.7
841.9
850.3
860.0
859.5
865.5 23
590.9
593.2
591.1
590.3
593.3
595.6
599.2
597.3 24
504.5
504.9
506.5
504.9
507.2
515.5
523.1
529.7 25
35.6
34.2
34.0
34.0
34.1
33.9
33.9
33.2 26
84.4
84.2
86.2
86.7
87.4
88.6
89.3
90.2 27
450.9
452.5
454.6
454.8
455.0
459.5
463.3
471.1 28
44.5
44.8
45.1
45.3
45.6
45.6
45.9
46.2 29
1,167.5 1,170.3 1,173.0 1,180.5 1,181.7 1,189.6 1,192.6 1,194.4 30
1,752.6 1,763.5 1,778.9 1,797.8 1,806.4 1,805.9 1,811.0 1,815.6 31
13,068.4 13,086.5 13,123.2 13,163.8 13,204.1 13,254.6 13,315.8 13,317.4 32
12,448.0 12,480.5 12,536.3 12,582.3 12,562.3 12,532.3 12,557.2 12,614.8 33
12,017.0 12,044.6 12,096.4 12,142.2 12,122.0 12,086.3 12,107.1 12,160.5 34
4,025.4 4,011.2 4,018.7 4,026.9 3,978.4 3,911.3 3,904.4 3,943.5 35
1,333.6 1,321.4 1,321.9 1,342.1 1,323.0 1,324.7 1,310.9 1,334.1 36
2,691.8 2,689.8 2,696.7 2,684.7 2,655.4 2,586.6 2,593.5 2,609.4 37
7,991.6 8,033.4 8,077.8 8,115.4 8,143.7 8,175.1 8,202.6 8,217.0 38
260.9
265.4
265.3
265.2
265.1
269.2
273.3
277.5 39
170.2
170.5
174.5
174.9
175.2
176.7
176.8
176.8 40
95.3
95.6
95.9
96.2
96.6
97.7
97.8
97.8 41
74.9
74.9
78.6
78.6
78.6
79.0
79.0
79.0 42
620.4
606.0
586.9
581.5
641.8
722.3
758.6
702.6 43
4.7
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.9
5.4
5.7
5.3 44

11,251.5 11,266.3 11,305.0 11,376.9 11,434.6 11,509.9 11,536.9 11,505.5 45
11,981.7 11,989.8 12,017.7 12,074.0 12,139.3 12,242.2 12,277.4 12,257.9 46
40,906
37,505
319,471

40,934
37,504
319,696

41,022
37,566
319,909

41,123
37,719
320,107

41,226
37,902
320,284

41,362
38,203
320,450

41,531
38,293
320,621

41,513 47
38,211 48
320,799 49

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. 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
Line

2013

2014

2013
IV

1 Personal income......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ..............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ..........................................................................
4
Private industries.............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries.........................................................
6
Manufacturing ...........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................
9
Other services-producing industries.........................................
10
Government.....................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries...............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ...........................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments...............................................................
15
Farm ...................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm..............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment...
18 Personal income receipts on assets..................................................
19
Personal interest income ....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income...................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts .....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons ..............................................
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .......................................................................................
25
Medicaid..........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits............................................................................
28
Other ...............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ...........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic...
31 Less: Personal current taxes .................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ...................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ...........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
35
Goods.................................................................................................
36
Durable goods.................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ...........................................................................
38
Services..............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 .................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments .......................................................
41
To government....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)...............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving.........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 ...................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars.................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 .....................................................

2014
I

II

2015
III

IV

Line

I

14,166.9 14,728.6 14,311.7 14,484.7 14,660.5 14,811.2 14,958.1 15,106.7 1
8,844.8 9,221.6 8,946.8 9,096.2 9,159.5 9,260.7 9,369.9 9,477.2 2
7,124.7 7,446.0 7,208.5 7,339.8 7,391.7 7,478.9 7,573.4 7,663.4 3
5,916.6 6,223.9 5,998.5 6,125.3 6,172.1 6,254.2 6,343.9 6,427.8 4
1,195.3 1,261.6 1,210.6 1,238.0 1,254.5 1,268.9 1,285.1 1,294.8 5
747.6
777.2
754.1
769.5
773.7
778.6
786.9
790.8 6
4,721.3 4,962.2 4,787.9 4,887.3 4,917.5 4,985.3 5,058.8 5,133.0 7
1,121.3 1,172.1 1,134.9 1,154.9 1,165.0 1,176.1 1,192.4 1,209.0 8
3,600.0 3,790.1 3,653.0 3,732.4 3,752.6 3,809.2 3,866.4 3,924.0 9
1,208.1 1,222.1 1,210.0 1,214.5 1,219.7 1,224.7 1,229.6 1,235.6 10
1,720.1 1,775.6 1,738.3 1,756.4 1,767.8 1,781.8 1,796.4 1,813.8 11
1,193.9
526.1

1,226.4
549.2

1,206.8
531.5

1,213.6
542.8

1,222.0
545.7

1,230.5
551.3

1,239.4
557.0

1,250.0 12
563.8 13

1,336.6 1,380.2 1,342.7 1,351.0 1,381.0 1,386.4 1,402.5 1,391.5 14
83.2
63.6
70.1
58.1
73.4
62.2
60.7
49.7 15
1,253.5 1,316.6 1,272.6 1,292.9 1,307.6 1,324.2 1,341.7 1,341.8 16
595.8
640.2
613.3
622.9
635.4
646.7
656.0
663.0 17
2,079.7 2,125.3 2,094.2 2,090.4 2,127.0 2,138.3 2,145.5 2,151.9 18
1,255.2 1,264.7 1,263.2 1,262.4 1,270.0 1,266.5 1,259.9 1,246.2 19
824.5
860.6
831.0
828.0
857.0
871.8
885.6
905.7 20
2,414.5 2,522.7 2,432.3 2,470.9 2,511.8 2,545.3 2,562.7 2,615.4 21
2,372.2 2,478.5 2,389.7 2,427.8 2,468.0 2,500.8 2,517.3 2,569.5 22
799.0
834.6
808.9
824.5
833.0
837.1
844.0
861.7 23
572.4
587.8
577.3
582.6
586.2
590.8
591.6
597.3 24
441.1
489.6
448.7
467.6
482.5
502.0
506.2
522.8 25
62.2
36.9
56.1
41.4
37.2
35.1
34.0
33.7 26
79.0
84.5
81.6
83.4
83.4
84.6
86.8
89.3 27
418.5
445.0
417.1
428.4
445.7
451.2
454.8
464.6 28
42.3
44.2
42.6
43.1
43.8
44.5
45.3
45.9 29
1,104.5 1,161.3 1,117.5 1,146.6 1,154.2 1,166.1 1,178.4 1,192.2 30
1,661.8 1,742.9 1,688.1 1,711.8 1,715.3 1,750.1 1,794.4 1,810.8 31
12,505.1 12,985.8 12,623.7 12,772.9 12,945.2 13,061.2 13,163.7 13,295.9 32
11,897.1 12,357.5 12,070.8 12,146.9 12,289.6 12,433.0 12,560.3 12,568.1 33
11,484.3 11,930.3 11,653.3 11,728.5 11,870.7 12,002.0 12,120.2 12,118.0 34
3,851.2 3,968.7 3,886.1 3,890.6 3,964.5 4,011.5 4,008.0 3,919.7 35
1,249.3 1,302.5 1,261.5 1,262.3 1,298.4 1,320.2 1,329.0 1,323.2 36
2,601.9 2,666.2 2,624.6 2,628.4 2,666.1 2,691.3 2,679.0 2,596.5 37
7,633.2 7,961.7 7,767.2 7,837.8 7,906.2 7,990.4 8,112.3 8,198.2 38
247.1
256.8
250.8
249.8
251.3
260.9
265.2
273.3 39
165.6
170.3
166.7
168.6
167.5
170.2
174.9
176.8 40
91.4
94.8
92.2
93.3
94.3
95.3
96.2
97.8 41
74.3
75.6
74.5
75.4
73.3
74.9
78.6
79.0 42
608.1
628.3
552.9
626.1
655.6
628.1
603.4
727.8 43
4.9
4.8
4.4
4.9
5.1
4.8
4.6
5.5 44

10,949.5 11,222.4 11,021.2 11,108.2 11,168.1 11,241.5 11,372.1 11,517.4 45
11,650.8 11,939.4 11,711.7 11,810.1 11,900.4 11,970.3 12,077.0 12,259.2 46
39,468
36,772
316,839

40,686
37,407
319,173

39,726
36,856
317,765

40,130
37,105
318,288

40,602
37,325
318,833

40,884
37,469
319,470

41,124
37,729
320,100

41,469 47
38,235 48
320,623 49

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. 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
Line

2014
Aug.

1 Personal income......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ..............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ..........................................................................
4
Private industries.............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries.........................................................
6
Manufacturing ...........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................
9
Other services-producing industries.........................................
10
Government.....................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries...............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ...........................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments...............................................................
15
Farm ...................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm..............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment...
18 Personal income receipts on assets..................................................
19
Personal interest income ....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income...................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts .....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons ..............................................
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .......................................................................................
25
Medicaid..........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits............................................................................
28
Other ...............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ...........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic...
31 Less: Personal current taxes .................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ...................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ...........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
35
Goods.................................................................................................
36
Durable goods.................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ...........................................................................
38
Services..............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 .................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments .......................................................
41
To government....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)...............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving.........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5 ...................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ..........

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

Line
Mar.

p

58.3
56.7
50.3
48.7
8.0
4.4
40.7
9.5
31.1
1.8
6.3

29.0
25.1
20.8
18.4
2.9
1.5
15.5
1.2
14.3
2.3
4.4

52.1
26.6
22.5
21.5
6.7
3.8
14.8
3.5
11.3
1.1
4.0

59.5
63.8
57.3
55.5
9.4
4.6
46.1
10.9
35.1
1.7
6.7

48.9
13.3
9.7
8.1
–4.1
–3.1
12.2
4.5
7.8
1.6
3.5

49.9
50.9
42.9
39.9
8.2
4.7
31.7
5.6
26.1
2.9
8.0

66.4
29.2
24.2
22.6
0.1
–0.5
22.4
7.4
15.0
1.7
5.1

6.2 1
20.5 2
16.3 3
15.2 4
3.1 5
0.0 6
12.3 7
–1.4 8
13.7 9
1.0 10
4.2 11

2.9
3.3

3.0
1.4

3.0
1.1

2.9
3.7

3.0
0.5

4.0
4.0

3.7
1.4

3.4 12
0.7 13

–10.4
–9.8
–0.5
5.2
–1.4
–4.2
2.8
15.1
14.9
4.4
2.5
7.9
0.0
–0.8
0.9
0.2
6.9
18.5
39.8
77.4
72.6
27.4
27.9
–0.5
45.2
4.6
0.3
0.4
0.0
–37.7

–1.0
–9.9
8.9
3.6
0.0
–4.2
4.2
4.1
3.8
1.1
2.3
0.4
–1.4
–0.2
1.6
0.3
2.8
10.9
18.1
32.5
27.6
–14.2
–12.2
–2.0
41.8
4.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
–14.4

18.4
4.2
14.2
2.4
3.4
–1.2
4.5
4.1
3.8
0.4
–2.1
1.6
–0.2
2.0
2.1
0.3
2.7
15.4
36.7
55.8
51.8
7.5
0.5
6.9
44.4
–0.1
4.0
0.3
3.7
–19.1

–4.5
4.2
–8.7
1.9
5.1
–1.2
6.3
0.7
0.4
2.2
–0.8
–1.6
0.0
0.5
0.2
0.2
7.5
18.9
40.6
46.0
45.8
8.2
20.2
–12.0
37.6
–0.1
0.4
0.3
0.0
–5.4

14.3
4.3
10.0
4.5
2.8
–1.1
4.1
15.0
14.8
8.4
3.0
2.3
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.3
1.2
8.6
40.3
–20.0
–20.2
–48.5
–19.1
–29.3
28.3
–0.1
0.3
0.4
0.0
60.3

–13.4
–7.7
–5.7
0.6
–6.0
–6.3
0.2
25.8
25.8
9.7
2.3
8.3
–0.2
1.2
4.5
0.0
7.9
–0.5
50.5
–30.0
–35.7
–67.1
1.7
–68.8
31.4
4.1
1.5
1.1
0.4
80.5

–7.7
–7.6
0.0
2.6
29.7
–6.3
36.0
15.6
15.3
–0.5
3.6
7.6
0.0
0.7
3.8
0.3
3.0
5.1
61.2
24.9
20.8
–6.9
–13.8
6.9
27.5
4.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
36.3

45.0
42.3

14.8
8.1

38.7
27.9

71.9
56.3

57.7
65.3

75.3
102.9

27.0
35.2

–1.5
–7.7
6.1
3.2
–33.1
–6.2
–26.9
18.8
18.6
6.0
–1.9
6.6
–0.7
0.9
7.8
0.3
1.8
4.6
1.6
57.6
53.4
39.1
23.2
15.9
14.4
4.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
–56.0

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

–31.4 44
–19.5 45

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

2013

2014

2013
IV

1 Personal income......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ..............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ..........................................................................
4
Private industries.............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries.........................................................
6
Manufacturing ...........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................................
9
Other services-producing industries.........................................
10
Government.....................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries...............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 ...........................................................................................
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments...............................................................
15
Farm ...................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm..............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment...
18 Personal income receipts on assets..................................................
19
Personal interest income ....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income...................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts .....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons ..............................................
23
Social security 2 ..............................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .......................................................................................
25
Medicaid..........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits............................................................................
28
Other ...............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ...........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic...
31 Less: Personal current taxes .................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ...................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ...........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
35
Goods.................................................................................................
36
Durable goods.................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ...........................................................................
38
Services..............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 4 .................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments .......................................................
41
To government....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)...............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving.........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2009) dollars 5 ...................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5..........

2014

2015

I

II

III

IV

I

Line

279.2
238.3
192.6
182.8
38.2
13.2
144.6
27.3
117.3
9.8
45.7

561.7
376.8
321.3
307.3
66.3
29.6
240.9
50.8
190.1
14.0
55.5

64.3
75.2
63.2
58.8
13.8
6.9
45.0
12.2
32.8
4.4
12.1

173.0
149.4
131.3
126.8
27.4
15.4
99.4
20.0
79.4
4.5
18.1

175.8
63.3
51.9
46.8
16.5
4.2
30.2
10.1
20.2
5.2
11.4

150.7
101.2
87.2
82.1
14.4
4.9
67.8
11.1
56.6
5.0
14.0

146.9
109.2
94.5
89.7
16.2
8.3
73.5
16.3
57.2
4.9
14.6

148.6 1
107.3 2
90.0 3
83.9 4
9.7 5
3.9 6
74.2 7
16.6 8
57.6 9
6.0 10
17.4 11

33.4
12.2

32.5
23.1

8.0
4.0

6.8
11.3

8.4
2.9

8.5
5.6

8.9
5.7

10.6 12
6.8 13

76.4
10.9
65.6
62.8
–8.9
–0.7
–8.2
63.8
64.6
36.9
17.2
23.9
–21.4
8.9
–0.8
–0.8
153.3
158.1
121.1
409.2
401.2
109.3
57.2
52.1
291.9
5.5
2.5
1.4
1.2
–288.1

43.6
–19.6
63.1
44.4
45.6
9.5
36.1
108.2
106.3
35.6
15.4
48.5
–25.3
5.5
26.5
1.9
56.8
81.1
480.7
460.4
446.0
117.5
53.2
64.3
328.5
9.7
4.7
3.4
1.3
20.2

–3.2
–16.7
13.4
9.1
–12.7
4.7
–17.4
5.7
5.7
6.4
4.3
–1.3
–3.2
1.5
–2.0
0.1
9.7
26.6
37.9
137.7
134.6
20.8
9.1
11.7
113.8
0.0
3.1
0.7
2.3
–99.9

8.3
–12.0
20.3
9.6
–3.8
–0.8
–3.0
38.6
38.1
15.6
5.3
18.9
–14.7
1.8
11.3
0.5
29.1
23.7
149.2
76.1
75.2
4.5
0.8
3.8
70.6
–1.0
1.9
1.1
0.9
73.2

30.0
15.3
14.7
12.5
36.6
7.6
29.0
40.9
40.2
8.5
3.6
14.9
–4.2
0.0
17.3
0.7
7.6
3.5
172.3
142.7
142.2
73.9
36.1
37.7
68.4
1.5
–1.1
1.0
–2.1
29.5

5.4
–11.2
16.6
11.3
11.3
–3.5
14.8
33.5
32.8
4.1
4.6
19.5
–2.1
1.2
5.5
0.7
11.9
34.8
116.0
143.4
131.3
47.0
21.8
25.2
84.2
9.6
2.7
1.0
1.6
–27.5

16.1
–1.5
17.5
9.3
7.2
–6.6
13.8
17.4
16.5
6.9
0.8
4.2
–1.1
2.2
3.6
0.8
12.3
44.3
102.5
127.3
118.2
–3.5
8.8
–12.3
121.9
4.3
4.7
0.9
3.7
–24.7

–11.0
–11.0
0.1
7.0
6.4
–13.7
20.1
52.7
52.2
17.7
5.7
16.6
–0.3
2.5
9.8
0.6
13.8
16.4
132.2
7.8
–2.2
–88.3
–5.8
–82.5
85.9
8.1
1.9
1.6
0.4
124.4

71.9
–25.4

272.9
288.6

26.9
5.8

87.0
98.4

59.9
90.3

73.4
69.9

130.6
106.7

145.3 44
182.2 45

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

2014
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

Line
Mar.

p

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries......................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments......................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets .........................................
8
Personal interest income .......................................................
9
Personal dividend income......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts .............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ....................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ......................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
15
Goods....................................................................................
16
Durable goods....................................................................
17
Nondurable goods ..............................................................
18
Services.................................................................................

0.4
0.6
0.7
0.4

0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.4
0.7
0.8
0.4

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.6
0.4

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.0
0.2
0.2
0.2

1
2
3
4

–0.7
0.8
–0.1
–0.3
0.3
0.6
0.6
1.1
0.3

–0.1
0.6
0.0
–0.3
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.1

1.3
0.4
0.2
–0.1
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.9
0.3

–0.3
0.3
0.2
–0.1
0.7
0.0
0.6
1.1
0.3

1.0
0.7
0.1
–0.1
0.5
0.6
0.1
0.5
0.3

–0.9
0.1
–0.3
–0.5
0.0
1.0
0.7
0.0
0.4

–0.5
0.4
1.4
–0.5
4.0
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.5

–0.1
0.5
–1.5
–0.5
–2.9
0.7
0.1
0.3
0.0

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.6
0.7
2.1
0.0
0.6

0.2
–0.4
–0.9
–0.1
0.5

0.4
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.6

0.4
0.2
1.5
–0.4
0.5

–0.2
–1.2
–1.4
–1.1
0.3

–0.3
–1.7
0.1
–2.6
0.4

0.2
–0.2
–1.0
0.3
0.3

0.4
1.0
1.8
0.6
0.2

14
15
16
17
18

0.6
0.5

0.5
0.5

0.7
0.8

0.2
0.3

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts ........
Real disposable personal income.............................................

0.4
0.4

0.1
0.1

0.3
0.2

–0.3 19
–0.2 20

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2013

2014

2013
IV

2014
I

II

2015
III

IV

Line

I

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries......................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments......................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets .........................................
8
Personal interest income .......................................................
9
Personal dividend income......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts .............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ....................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ......................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
15
Goods....................................................................................
16
Durable goods....................................................................
17
Nondurable goods ..............................................................
18
Services.................................................................................

2.0
2.8
2.8
2.7

4.0
4.3
4.5
3.2

1.8
3.4
3.6
2.8

4.9
6.8
7.5
4.2

4.9
2.8
2.9
2.6

4.2
4.5
4.8
3.2

4.0
4.8
5.2
3.3

4.0
4.7
4.8
3.9

1
2
3
4

6.1
11.8
–0.4
–0.1
–1.0
2.7
16.1
10.5
1.0

3.3
7.5
2.2
0.8
4.4
4.5
5.1
4.9
3.8

–1.0
6.1
–2.4
1.5
–7.9
0.9
3.5
6.6
1.2

2.5
6.4
–0.7
–0.2
–1.5
6.5
10.8
5.7
4.8

9.2
8.2
7.2
2.4
14.8
6.8
2.7
0.8
5.5

1.6
7.3
2.1
–1.1
7.1
5.4
4.2
8.4
3.6

4.7
5.9
1.4
–2.1
6.5
2.7
4.3
10.5
3.2

–3.1
4.4
1.2
–4.3
9.4
8.5
4.8
3.7
4.1

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.6
2.9
4.8
2.0
4.0

3.9
3.1
4.3
2.5
4.3

4.8
2.2
3.0
1.8
6.1

2.6
0.5
0.2
0.6
3.7

4.9
7.8
12.0
5.9
3.5

4.5
4.8
6.9
3.8
4.3

4.0
–0.4
2.7
–1.8
6.2

–0.1
–8.5
–1.7
–11.8
4.3

14
15
16
17
18

3.2
3.4

2.2
3.1

2.7
2.4

4.7
3.6

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

Real personal income excluding current transfer receipts ........
Real disposable personal income.............................................

0.7
–0.2

2.5
2.5

1.0
0.2

5.2 19
6.2 20

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2014

Line

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb. r

Mar. p

11,163.0
3,805.5
1,442.5
2,389.6
7,356.5

11,193.1
3,835.0
1,471.2
2,393.5
7,358.7

Line

Billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
2 Goods .......................................................................................
3
Durable goods .......................................................................
4
Nondurable goods .................................................................
5 Services....................................................................................

11,017.7
3,792.4
1,446.4
2,374.1
7,226.7

11,035.2
3,781.6
1,435.2
2,373.1
7,254.2

11,077.5
3,794.9
1,437.2
2,383.9
7,283.2

11,137.0
3,836.0
1,468.2
2,397.2
7,302.6

11,144.5
3,826.0
1,454.5
2,399.0
7,319.4

11,163.2
3,822.7
1,458.6
2,392.4
7,340.8

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
7 Goods .......................................................................................
8
Durable goods .......................................................................
9
Nondurable goods .................................................................
10 Services....................................................................................

71.9
42.8
33.3
13.0
29.9

17.5
–10.8
–11.2
–1.0
27.5

42.3
13.3
2.0
10.8
29.0

59.5
41.1
31.0
13.3
19.4

7.5
–10.0
–13.7
1.8
16.8

18.7
–3.3
4.1
–6.6
21.4

–0.2
–17.2
–16.1
–2.8
15.7

30.1 6
29.5 7
28.7 8
3.9 9
2.2 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
12 Goods .......................................................................................
13
Durable goods .......................................................................
14
Nondurable goods .................................................................
15 Services....................................................................................

0.7
1.1
2.4
0.6
0.4

0.2
–0.3
–0.8
0.0
0.4

0.4
0.4
0.1
0.5
0.4

0.5
1.1
2.2
0.6
0.3

0.1
–0.3
–0.9
0.1
0.2

0.2
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
0.3

0.0
–0.5
–1.1
–0.1
0.2

0.3
0.8
2.0
0.2
0.0

11
12
13
14
15

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2013

2014

2013
IV

2014
I

II

2015
III

IV

Line

I

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
2 Goods .......................................................................................
3
Durable goods .......................................................................
4
Nondurable goods .................................................................
5 Services....................................................................................

10,699.7
3,626.0
1,319.0
2,322.6
7,073.1

10,969.0
3,750.9
1,410.0
2,364.8
7,218.6

10,811.4
3,669.0
1,344.5
2,341.8
7,141.9

10,844.3
3,678.3
1,355.0
2,341.9
7,165.4

10,912.6
3,731.6
1,400.4
2,354.6
7,181.4

10,999.5
3,774.5
1,431.5
2,369.4
7,225.9

11,119.6
3,819.0
1,453.3
2,393.4
7,301.7

68.3
53.3
45.4
12.7
16.0

86.9
42.9
31.1
14.8
44.5

120.1
44.5
21.8
24.0
75.8

2.5
5.9
14.1
2.2
0.9

3.2
4.7
9.2
2.5
2.5

4.4
4.8
6.2
4.1
4.3

11,173.1
3,821.0
1,457.4
2,391.9
7,352.0

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars
6 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
7 Goods .......................................................................................
8
Durable goods .......................................................................
9
Nondurable goods .................................................................
10 Services....................................................................................

250.0
119.5
83.3
42.5
130.7

269.3
124.9
91.0
42.2
145.5

98.1
32.9
18.6
15.4
65.3

32.9
9.3
10.5
0.1
23.5

53.5 6
2.0 7
4.1 8
–1.5 9
50.3 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars
11 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
12 Goods .......................................................................................
13
Durable goods .......................................................................
14
Nondurable goods .................................................................
15 Services....................................................................................

2.4
3.4
6.7
1.9
1.9

2.5
3.4
6.9
1.8
2.1

3.7
3.7
5.7
2.7
3.7

1.2
1.0
3.2
0.0
1.3

1.9
0.2
1.1
–0.3
2.8

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2014

Line

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan. r

Feb. r

Mar. p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2009=100), seasonally adjusted
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ............................
2 Goods .......................................................................................
3
Durable goods .......................................................................
4
Nondurable goods .................................................................
5 Services....................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy ...............................................
7 Food 1 .......................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2 ....................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 .................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ......................

109.072
106.142
92.197
113.381
110.589

109.150
106.069
92.062
113.348
110.745

109.201
105.892
91.971
113.121
110.915

109.028
104.970
91.405
111.992
111.135

108.773
103.977
90.949
110.685
111.266

108.272
102.315
90.811
108.115
111.369

108.460
102.598
90.868
108.533
111.507

108.646
102.830
90.677
109.020
111.668

1
2
3
4
5

107.808
110.397
128.827
108.617
107.090

107.932
110.574
127.829
108.688
107.212

108.069
110.640
126.076
108.661
107.272

108.128
110.942
120.484
108.439
107.309

108.135
111.164
114.237
108.156
107.321

108.190
110.890
102.542
107.519
107.300

108.338
111.006
103.709
107.697
107.431

108.498 6
110.683 7
105.222 8
107.890 9
107.595 10

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ............................
12 Goods .......................................................................................
13
Durable goods .......................................................................
14
Nondurable goods .................................................................
15 Services....................................................................................
Addenda:
16 PCE excluding food and energy ...............................................
17 Food 1 .......................................................................................
18 Energy goods and services 2 ....................................................
19 Market-based PCE 3 .................................................................
20 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ......................

0.0
–0.5
–0.2
–0.6
0.2

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.1
–0.2
0.2

–0.2
–0.9
–0.6
–1.0
0.2

–0.2
–0.9
–0.5
–1.2
0.1

–0.5
–1.6
–0.2
–2.3
0.1

0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.3
–2.7
–0.1
0.0

0.1
0.2
–0.8
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.1
–1.4
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.3
–4.4
–0.2
0.0

0.0
0.2
–5.2
–0.3
0.0

0.1
–0.2
–10.2
–0.6
0.0

0.1
0.1
1.1
0.2
0.1

0.1
–0.3
1.5
0.2
0.2

16
17
18
19
20

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
2014

Line

Aug.

1 Disposable personal income ....................................................
2 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
3 Goods .......................................................................................
4
Durable goods .......................................................................
5
Nondurable goods .................................................................
6 Services....................................................................................

Sept.
2.3
2.9
4.4
8.4
2.5
2.1

Oct.

2.1
2.7
3.7
8.5
1.5
2.2

2015
Nov.

2.6
2.8
3.8
7.4
2.2
2.3

Dec.
3.0
2.8
4.2
7.9
2.5
2.1

3.8
2.9
4.2
8.9
2.0
2.3

Jan.

r

4.2
3.4
5.1
10.1
2.8
2.6

Feb. r
3.9
3.0
3.5
7.2
1.8
2.8

Mar. p
3.3
2.7
3.0
5.5
1.8
2.5

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
Line
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ............................
2 Goods .......................................................................................
3
Durable goods .......................................................................
4
Nondurable goods .................................................................
5 Services....................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy ...............................................
7 Food 1 .......................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2 ....................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 .................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ......................

2014
Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

2015
Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb. r

1.5
–0.2
–2.3
0.9
2.3

1.4
–0.1
–2.4
1.0
2.2

1.4
–0.1
–2.3
1.0
2.2

1.2
–0.8
–2.6
0.1
2.2

0.8
–1.8
–2.7
–1.4
2.1

0.2
–3.4
–2.7
–3.7
2.0

0.3
–3.0
–2.5
–3.3
2.0

1.5
2.2
0.1
1.3
1.3

1.5
2.5
–0.9
1.3
1.3

1.5
2.5
–1.3
1.2
1.3

1.4
2.8
–5.3
1.0
1.2

1.3
2.9
–11.7
0.6
1.2

1.3
2.7
–21.0
–0.1
1.1

1.3
2.6
–19.7
0.0
1.1

Mar. p
0.3
–2.6
–2.4
–2.8
1.8

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.3 6
1.8 7
–18.5 8
0.0 9
1.1 10

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.