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BEA 08-31

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MAY 2008
Personal income increased $225.7 billion, or 1.9 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $600.3 billion, or 5.7 percent, in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $77.4 billion, or 0.8 percent. In April, personal
income increased $33.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $39.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE
increased $41.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 5.3 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in
April. Real PCE increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
2008
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2000) dollars

May

0.2

0.5

0.3

0.3

1.9

0.4
0.1

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.0

0.4
0.1

5.7
5.3

0.5
0.2

0.1
-0.1

0.5
0.2

0.4
0.2

0.8
0.4

NOTE.--Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2000) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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The May and April changes in disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less
personal current taxes -- were boosted as a result of provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of
2008. The federal government issued rebate payments of $48.1 billion in May ($577.1 billion at
an annual rate) and $1.9 billion in April ($23.3 billion at an annual rate). These payments
reduced personal current taxes and increased government social benefit payments. As a result,
disposable personal income increased substantially. Excluding these special factors, which are
discussed more fully below, disposable personal income increased $46.4 billion or 0.4 percent in
May, after increasing $16.6 billion, or 0.2 percent, in April.

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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $15.9 billion in May, in contrast to a decrease
of $9.6 billion in April. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $1.7 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $6.8 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $1.1 billion, in contrast to a decrease of
$2.7 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $14.3 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $2.9 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $3.7 billion,
compared with an increase of $4.0 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.3 billion in May, the same increase as in April.
Proprietors' income increased $6.4 billion in May, compared with an increase of $4.3 billion in
April. Farm proprietors' income increased $3.0 billion, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $3.4 billion, compared with an increase of $2.2 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $10.0 billion, compared with an increase of $9.8 billion.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income)
increased $1.0 billion, compared with an increase of $0.6 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $186.8 billion in May, compared with an increase
of $19.3 billion in April. Provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 boosted the level of
personal current transfer receipts by $179.6 billion at an annual rate in May and $7.8 billion at an
annual rate in April. The increase reflected payments to individuals who either paid no income tax
or whose payment exceeded the amount of income tax paid (see box below).
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.4 billion in May, in contrast to a decrease of $0.9 billion in April.

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Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $374.5 billion in May, compared with a decrease of $6.4
billion in April. A reduction in federal income taxes accounted for the decreases in May and in
April. Provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 reduced the level of personal current taxes
by $397.5 billion at an annual rate in May and $15.5 billion at an annual rate in April. The
reduction in current personal taxes reflected rebate payments to eligible individual taxpayers (see
box below).
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$600.3 billion, or 5.7 percent, in May, compared with an increase of $39.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, in
April.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments
increased $84.3 billion in May, compared with an increase of $47.9 billion in April. PCE increased
$77.4 billion, compared with an increase of $41.1 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $555.7 billion in May, compared with $39.7
billion in April. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.0 percent in
May, compared with 0.4 percent in April. Saving from current income may be near zero or negative
when outlays are financed by borrowing (including borrowing financed through credit cards or home
equity loans), by selling investments or other assets, or by using savings from previous periods. For
more information, see the FAQs on “Personal Saving” on BEA’s Web site. For a comparison of
personal saving in BEA’s national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal
Reserve Board’s flow of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth (which help finance
consumption), go to http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.

Real DPI and real PCE
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 5.3 percent in May, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent in April.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in May, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in April. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.1 percent, compared
with an increase of less than 0.1 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.4 percent in
May, the same increase as in April. Purchases of services increased 0.4 percent in May, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent in April.

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The price index for PCE increased 0.4 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.2
percent in April. Prices, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in May, the same increase
as in April.

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

Change from preceding month
March
Previous

Revised

(Billions of dollars)

April

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

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

44.7

40.9

0.4

0.3

20.1

33.5

0.2

0.3

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

35.4
2.7

31.8
-1.0

0.3
0.0

0.3
0.0

23.4
-1.0

39.8
13.0

0.2
0.0

0.4
0.1

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars......................
Chained (2000) dollars.........

41.7
9.1

54.8
19.4

0.4
0.1

0.5
0.2

21.4
-1.7

41.1
14.8

0.2
0.0

0.4
0.2

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Economic Stimulus Act of 2008
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 provides rebate payments to eligible individual taxpayers as
well as tax reductions for businesses. For individuals, the amount of the rebate is determined by
information reported on tax filings for 2007 and is based on filing status, level of adjusted gross income,
and the number of qualifying children. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation and the
Congressional Budget Office, rebates to individuals are expected to total $106.7 billion for 2008. The
majority of rebates will be sent during the initial round of payments, which began April 28, 2008, and
will continue on a weekly basis through mid-July 2008.
In the NIPAs, rebates for residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia will be recorded as
either an offset to personal current taxes or as a social benefit payment to persons. Rebates for
individuals with tax liabilities that exceed the rebate amount will be treated as an offset to personal
current taxes in the NIPAs. Rebates for individuals who pay no income taxes (or for whom the rebate
would exceed the amount of the income taxes they do pay) will be treated as a government social benefit
payment to persons in the NIPAs.

Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts, revised estimates of
personal income and outlays covering January 2005 through May 2008 will be released along with
preliminary estimates for June 2008 on August 4. An article describing the revision will appear in the
August 2008 issue of the Survey of Current Business.

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 --August 4, 2008 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for
Personal Income and Outlays for June.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007
October
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

November

2008
December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

11,831.4
7,946.3
6,435.2
5,354.2
1,224.1
756.5
4,130.1
1,042.0
3,088.2
1,080.9
1,511.1
1,030.7
480.4

11,875.8
7,986.8
6,470.0
5,385.7
1,233.0
762.8
4,152.7
1,045.3
3,107.5
1,084.3
1,516.8
1,034.3
482.5

11,935.6
8,022.1
6,500.0
5,411.1
1,233.7
762.3
4,177.4
1,053.2
3,124.2
1,088.9
1,522.1
1,037.7
484.3

11,961.1
8,069.0
6,534.4
5,435.0
1,234.9
763.7
4,200.1
1,054.7
3,145.4
1,099.4
1,534.6
1,044.1
490.6

12,017.2
8,098.8
6,558.3
5,453.8
1,236.5
764.9
4,217.4
1,054.8
3,162.5
1,104.4
1,540.5
1,048.5
492.0

12,058.1
8,134.2
6,587.9
5,480.1
1,241.7
767.8
4,238.4
1,059.1
3,179.3
1,107.8
1,546.3
1,052.5
493.8

12,091.6
8,132.9
6,582.2
5,470.5
1,234.9
765.1
4,235.5
1,056.8
3,178.8
1,111.8
1,550.6
1,057.4
493.2

12,317.3
8,156.8
6,601.9
5,486.4
1,236.6
766.2
4,249.8
1,056.3
3,193.5
1,115.5
1,554.9
1,060.8
494.1

1,050.6
42.1
1,008.5
74.0
1,996.5
1,177.0
819.5
1,754.0
1,725.9
1,035.8
31.5
658.5
28.1
989.9

1,059.8
43.7
1,016.1
77.8
1,999.9
1,173.2
826.6
1,746.0
1,717.9
1,027.1
32.3
658.5
28.1
994.4

1,057.4
45.7
1,011.7
81.6
2,003.1
1,169.4
833.7
1,769.5
1,741.4
1,045.3
33.3
662.7
28.2
998.2

1,062.4
41.4
1,021.1
81.3
2,003.3
1,165.3
838.1
1,757.5
1,729.4
1,031.0
33.4
665.0
28.1
1,012.5

1,055.1
37.9
1,017.2
80.8
2,004.5
1,161.1
843.4
1,793.6
1,765.5
1,064.3
34.6
666.6
28.1
1,015.7

1,050.0
32.7
1,017.3
80.7
2,005.3
1,156.9
848.4
1,807.4
1,779.2
1,074.8
35.7
668.7
28.2
1,019.5

1,054.3
34.8
1,019.5
90.5
2,005.9
1,153.1
852.8
1,826.7
1,798.5
1,071.7
37.1
689.7
28.2
1,018.6

1,060.7
37.8
1,022.9
100.5
2,006.9
1,149.2
857.6
2,013.5
1,985.2
1,080.9
38.1
866.2
28.3
1,021.0

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

1,504.3

1,513.0

1,520.8

1,506.4

1,514.4

1,523.5

1,517.1

1,142.6

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

10,327.1

10,362.9

10,414.7

10,454.7

10,502.8

10,534.6

10,574.4

11,174.7

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

10,280.9
9,865.9
1,092.8
2,868.4
5,904.7
275.6
139.4
88.1
51.2

10,373.0
9,960.7
1,083.0
2,920.2
5,957.5
272.5
139.7
88.5
51.2

10,392.8
9,983.2
1,071.7
2,924.8
5,986.7
269.5
140.1
88.9
51.2

10,437.0
10,032.0
1,066.5
2,943.8
6,021.7
263.9
141.1
89.3
51.8

10,437.0
10,037.1
1,069.4
2,936.8
6,030.8
258.4
141.6
89.7
51.8

10,486.8
10,091.9
1,060.6
2,969.1
6,062.2
252.8
142.0
90.2
51.8

10,534.7
10,133.0
1,057.5
2,989.3
6,086.3
259.2
142.5
90.7
51.8

10,619.0
10,210.4
1,055.6
3,024.7
6,130.1
265.6
143.0
91.2
51.8

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

46.2
0.4

–10.1
–0.1

21.9
0.2

17.7
0.2

65.8
0.6

47.9
0.5

39.7
0.4

555.7
5.0

8,721.7

8,697.1

8,716.5

8,724.4

8,751.9

8,750.9

8,763.9

9,224.1

34,084
28,785
302,989

34,175
28,682
303,228

34,320
28,724
303,457

34,428
28,730
303,670

34,564
28,802
303,866

34,646
28,780
304,068

34,752
28,801
304,287

36,696
30,290
304,523

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

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

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

2006
IV

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

2007
I

II

2008
III

Ir

IV

10,983.4
7,440.8
6,018.2
4,997.6
1,166.8
731.0
3,830.8
985.1
2,845.7
1,020.6
1,422.6
970.7
451.8

11,665.6
7,858.6
6,366.1
5,298.3
1,217.3
756.2
4,081.0
1,033.5
3,047.5
1,067.8
1,492.5
1,016.8
475.8

11,200.2
7,599.9
6,153.0
5,115.7
1,191.4
743.3
3,924.4
1,002.2
2,922.2
1,037.2
1,446.9
986.7
460.2

11,469.2
7,764.9
6,294.4
5,242.7
1,208.9
755.4
4,033.9
1,020.0
3,013.8
1,051.7
1,470.5
999.2
471.3

11,577.3
7,801.9
6,318.9
5,256.9
1,212.6
754.1
4,044.3
1,033.7
3,010.6
1,061.9
1,483.0
1,010.9
472.1

11,735.0
7,882.7
6,382.7
5,309.8
1,217.5
754.7
4,092.3
1,033.3
3,059.0
1,072.9
1,500.0
1,022.7
477.3

11,880.9
7,985.0
6,468.4
5,383.7
1,230.3
760.5
4,153.4
1,046.8
3,106.6
1,084.7
1,516.6
1,034.3
482.4

12,012.1
8,100.7
6,560.2
5,456.3
1,237.7
765.5
4,218.6
1,056.2
3,162.4
1,103.9
1,540.5
1,048.3
492.1

1,006.7
19.4
987.4
54.5
1,796.5
1,100.2
696.3
1,612.5
1,585.3
946.4
29.9
609.0
27.2
927.6

1,042.6
36.2
1,006.4
65.4
1,947.2
1,154.7
792.5
1,731.7
1,703.8
1,022.5
31.9
649.4
27.9
979.9

1,009.8
23.9
985.8
50.9
1,836.6
1,102.8
733.8
1,647.7
1,618.0
972.0
30.3
615.7
29.7
944.6

1,027.4
29.1
998.3
53.2
1,882.9
1,126.1
756.8
1,710.7
1,683.1
999.4
31.8
651.8
27.6
969.8

1,038.4
33.1
1,005.3
62.1
1,930.0
1,148.4
781.6
1,717.1
1,689.4
1,020.1
31.7
637.6
27.8
972.2

1,048.7
38.6
1,010.0
68.4
1,976.2
1,171.1
805.0
1,742.3
1,714.4
1,034.6
31.7
648.1
28.0
983.2

1,055.9
43.8
1,012.1
77.8
1,999.8
1,173.2
826.6
1,756.5
1,728.4
1,036.1
32.4
659.9
28.1
994.1

1,055.9
37.3
1,018.5
80.9
2,004.4
1,161.1
843.3
1,786.2
1,758.0
1,056.7
34.6
666.8
28.1
1,015.9

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

1,354.3

1,483.7

1,401.0

1,454.7

1,477.6

1,489.8

1,512.7

1,514.8

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

9,629.1

10,181.9

9,799.2

10,014.5

10,099.7

10,245.2

10,368.2

10,497.4

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

9,590.3
9,224.5
1,048.9
2,688.0
5,487.6
238.0
127.8
78.9
48.9

10,134.1
9,734.2
1,078.2
2,833.2
5,822.8
262.8
137.1
86.1
51.1

9,757.2
9,373.7
1,056.5
2,705.4
5,611.8
251.6
131.8
81.2
50.6

9,917.5
9,540.5
1,074.0
2,759.4
5,707.1
243.3
133.7
83.4
50.4

10,069.2
9,674.0
1,074.7
2,822.7
5,776.5
259.5
135.7
85.3
50.5

10,200.9
9,785.7
1,081.6
2,846.3
5,857.8
275.8
139.3
87.1
52.2

10,348.9
9,936.6
1,082.5
2,904.5
5,949.7
272.5
139.7
88.5
51.2

10,453.6
10,053.7
1,065.5
2,949.9
6,038.2
258.4
141.6
89.7
51.8

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

38.8
0.4

47.8
0.5

42.0
0.4

97.0
1.0

30.5
0.3

44.4
0.4

19.3
0.2

43.8
0.4

8,396.9

8,658.6

8,510.7

8,623.9

8,607.1

8,692.1

8,711.7

8,742.4

32,183
28,064
299,199

33,705
28,663
302,087

32,626
28,336
300,351

33,270
28,650
301,004

33,480
28,532
301,667

33,874
28,739
302,452

34,193
28,730
303,225

34,546
28,770
303,868

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

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
3. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed Forces overseas and the institutionalized population. The monthly estimate is the average of estimates for the first of the month and
the first of the following month; the annual and quarterly estimates are averages of the monthly estimates.

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007
October
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance.......................

2008

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

45.9
28.2
22.3
18.5
4.5
2.3
14.1
5.1
9.1
3.7
5.9
4.5
1.4

44.4
40.5
34.8
31.5
8.9
6.3
22.6
3.3
19.3
3.4
5.7
3.6
2.1

59.8
35.3
30.0
25.4
0.7
–0.5
24.7
7.9
16.7
4.6
5.3
3.4
1.8

25.5
46.9
34.4
23.9
1.2
1.4
22.7
1.5
21.2
10.5
12.5
6.4
6.3

56.1
29.8
23.9
18.8
1.6
1.2
17.3
0.1
17.1
5.0
5.9
4.4
1.4

40.9
35.4
29.6
26.3
5.2
2.9
21.0
4.3
16.8
3.4
5.8
4.0
1.8

33.5
–1.3
–5.7
–9.6
–6.8
–2.7
–2.9
–2.3
–0.5
4.0
4.3
4.9
–0.6

225.7
23.9
19.7
15.9
1.7
1.1
14.3
–0.5
14.7
3.7
4.3
3.4
0.9

6.7
1.1
5.6
3.9
3.3
–3.8
7.1
6.9
6.9
–1.6
0.0
8.3
0.1
3.0

9.2
1.6
7.6
3.8
3.4
–3.8
7.1
–8.0
–8.0
–8.7
0.8
0.0
0.0
4.5

–2.4
2.0
–4.4
3.8
3.2
–3.8
7.1
23.5
23.5
18.2
1.0
4.2
0.1
3.8

5.0
–4.3
9.4
–0.3
0.2
–4.1
4.4
–12.0
–12.0
–14.3
0.1
2.3
–0.1
14.3

–7.3
–3.5
–3.9
–0.5
1.2
–4.2
5.3
36.1
36.1
33.3
1.2
1.6
0.0
3.2

–5.1
–5.2
0.1
–0.1
0.8
–4.2
5.0
13.8
13.7
10.5
1.1
2.1
0.1
3.8

4.3
2.1
2.2
9.8
0.6
–3.8
4.4
19.3
19.3
–3.1
1.4
21.0
0.0
–0.9

6.4
3.0
3.4
10.0
1.0
–3.9
4.8
186.8
186.7
9.2
1.0
176.5
0.1
2.4

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

8.0

8.7

7.8

–14.4

8.0

9.1

–6.4

–374.5

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

37.9

35.8

51.8

40.0

48.1

31.8

39.8

600.3

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

30.3
33.9
–2.9
14.4
22.4
–3.1
–0.6
0.3
–1.0

92.1
94.8
–9.8
51.8
52.8
–3.1
0.3
0.4
0.0

19.8
22.5
–11.3
4.6
29.2
–3.0
0.4
0.4
0.0

44.2
48.8
–5.2
19.0
35.0
–5.6
1.0
0.4
0.6

0.0
5.1
2.9
–7.0
9.1
–5.5
0.5
0.4
0.0

49.8
54.8
–8.8
32.3
31.4
–5.6
0.4
0.5
0.0

47.9
41.1
–3.1
20.2
24.1
6.4
0.5
0.5
0.0

84.3
77.4
–1.9
35.4
43.8
6.4
0.5
0.5
0.0

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

7.7

–56.3

32.0

–4.2

48.1

–17.9

–8.2

516.0

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

8.2

–24.6

19.4

7.9

27.5

–1.0

13.0

460.2

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

2006
IV

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

2007
I

II

2008
III

Ir

IV

682.3
416.2
350.3
310.7
68.1
26.9
242.5
48.1
194.5
39.7
65.8
43.0
22.7

682.2
417.8
347.9
300.7
50.5
25.2
250.2
48.4
201.8
47.2
69.9
46.1
24.0

169.3
157.4
137.2
126.9
32.9
19.0
94.1
16.4
77.7
10.2
20.2
11.3
8.9

269.0
165.0
141.4
127.0
17.5
12.1
109.5
17.8
91.6
14.5
23.6
12.5
11.1

108.1
37.0
24.5
14.2
3.7
–1.3
10.4
13.7
–3.2
10.2
12.5
11.7
0.8

157.7
80.8
63.8
52.9
4.9
0.6
48.0
–0.4
48.4
11.0
17.0
11.8
5.2

145.9
102.3
85.7
73.9
12.8
5.8
61.1
13.5
47.6
11.8
16.6
11.6
5.1

131.2
115.7
91.8
72.6
7.4
5.0
65.2
9.4
55.8
19.2
23.9
14.0
9.7

36.8
–11.4
48.3
11.6
178.7
81.3
97.4
91.8
102.2
101.1
–1.4
2.6
–10.4
52.8

35.9
16.8
19.0
10.9
150.7
54.5
96.2
119.2
118.5
76.1
2.0
40.4
0.7
52.3

6.2
5.8
0.3
–2.0
8.5
–16.9
25.4
17.1
14.8
15.9
0.3
–1.4
2.3
17.8

17.6
5.2
12.5
2.3
46.3
23.3
23.0
63.0
65.1
27.4
1.5
36.1
–2.1
25.2

11.0
4.0
7.0
8.9
47.1
22.3
24.8
6.4
6.3
20.7
–0.1
–14.2
0.2
2.4

10.3
5.5
4.7
6.3
46.2
22.7
23.4
25.2
25.0
14.5
0.0
10.5
0.2
11.0

7.2
5.2
2.1
9.4
23.6
2.1
21.6
14.2
14.0
1.5
0.7
11.8
0.1
10.9

0.0
–6.5
6.4
3.1
4.6
–12.1
16.7
29.7
29.6
20.6
2.2
6.9
0.0
21.8

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

145.2

129.4

45.8

53.7

22.9

12.2

22.9

2.1

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

537.1

552.8

123.4

215.3

85.2

145.5

123.0

129.2

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

542.9
516.7
25.0
171.8
319.8
20.3
6.0
4.4
1.6

543.8
509.7
29.3
145.2
335.2
24.8
9.3
7.2
2.2

80.1
68.0
2.7
–27.0
92.3
9.3
2.7
1.6
1.1

160.3
166.8
17.5
54.0
95.3
–8.3
1.9
2.2
–0.2

151.7
133.5
0.7
63.3
69.4
16.2
2.0
1.9
0.1

131.7
111.7
6.9
23.6
81.3
16.3
3.6
1.8
1.7

148.0
150.9
0.9
58.2
91.9
–3.3
0.4
1.4
–1.0

104.7
117.1
–17.0
45.4
88.5
–14.1
1.9
1.2
0.6

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

–5.8

9.0

43.4

55.0

–66.5

13.9

–25.1

24.5

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

249.0

261.7

126.2

113.2

–16.8

85.0

19.6

30.7

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2007
October

2008

November

December

January r

February r

March r

April r

May p

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

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4

0.5
0.4
0.5
0.4

0.2
0.6
0.5
0.8

0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.3
0.4
0.5
0.4

0.3
0.0
–0.1
0.3

1.9
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.6
5.5
0.2
–0.3
0.9
0.4
0.3

0.9
5.2
0.2
–0.3
0.9
–0.5
0.5

–0.2
5.0
0.2
–0.3
0.8
1.3
0.4

0.5
–0.4
0.0
–0.4
0.5
–0.7
1.4

–0.7
–0.6
0.1
–0.4
0.6
2.1
0.3

–0.5
–0.2
0.0
–0.4
0.6
0.8
0.4

0.4
12.2
0.0
–0.3
0.5
1.1
–0.1

0.6
11.1
0.0
–0.3
0.6
10.2
0.2

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

0.5

0.6

0.5

–0.9

0.5

0.6

–0.4

–24.7

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

0.4

0.3

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.3

0.4

5.7

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

0.3
–0.3
0.5
0.4

1.0
–0.9
1.8
0.9

0.2
–1.0
0.2
0.5

0.5
–0.5
0.7
0.6

0.1
0.3
–0.2
0.2

0.5
–0.8
1.1
0.5

0.4
–0.3
0.7
0.4

0.8
–0.2
1.2
0.7

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

0.1

–0.3

0.0

0.1

5.3

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures
0.2

0.1

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
2006

2007

2006

2007

IV

I

II

2008
III

Ir

IV

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

6.6
5.9
6.2
4.8

6.2
5.6
5.8
4.9

6.3
8.7
9.4
5.8

10.0
9.0
9.5
6.7

3.8
1.9
1.6
3.4

5.6
4.2
4.1
4.7

5.1
5.3
5.5
4.5

4.5
5.9
5.8
6.4

3.8
27.2
11.0
8.0
16.3
6.0
6.0

3.6
19.9
8.4
5.0
13.8
7.4
5.6

2.5
–14.0
1.9
–5.9
15.1
4.3
7.9

7.2
19.2
10.5
8.7
13.1
16.2
11.1

4.4
85.9
10.4
8.2
13.8
1.5
1.0

4.0
47.1
9.9
8.2
12.5
6.0
4.6

2.8
67.1
4.9
0.7
11.2
3.3
4.5

0.0
17.2
0.9
–4.1
8.3
6.9
9.0

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

12.0

9.6

14.2

16.2

6.5

3.3

6.3

0.5

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

5.9

5.7

5.2

9.1

3.4

5.9

4.9

5.1

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

5.9
2.4
6.8
6.2

5.5
2.8
5.4
6.1

3.0
1.0
–3.9
6.9

7.3
6.8
8.2
7.0

5.7
0.3
9.5
5.0

4.7
2.6
3.4
5.7

6.3
0.3
8.4
6.4

4.8
–6.1
6.4
6.1

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

3.1

3.1

4.0

0.9

1.4

Based on chained (2000) dollar measures

r Revised

6.2

5.4

–0.8

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2007
October

2008

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

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

8,332.2
1,257.2
2,406.0
4,698.5

8,359.6
1,248.6
2,407.6
4,728.7

8,355.3
1,238.7
2,398.8
4,739.9

8,371.7
1,231.3
2,399.0
4,760.2

8,363.8
1,233.4
2,395.3
4,755.0

8,383.2
1,222.7
2,415.1
4,761.4

8,398.0
1,222.7
2,424.1
4,766.9

8,428.1
1,224.1
2,433.0
4,785.8

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

5.8
–4.0
4.0
4.7

27.4
–8.6
1.6
30.2

–4.3
–9.9
–8.8
11.2

16.4
–7.4
0.2
20.3

–7.9
2.1
–3.7
–5.2

19.4
–10.7
19.8
6.4

14.8
0.0
9.0
5.5

30.1
1.4
8.9
18.9

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

0.1
–0.3
0.2
0.1

0.3
–0.7
0.1
0.6

–0.1
–0.8
–0.4
0.2

0.2
–0.6
0.0
0.4

–0.1
0.2
–0.2
–0.1

0.2
–0.9
0.8
0.1

0.2
0.0
0.4
0.1

0.4
0.1
0.4
0.4

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2006

2007

2006

2007

IV

I

II

2008
III

IV

Ir

8,302.2
1,241.9
2,396.8
4,689.5

8,349.1
1,248.1
2,404.2
4,722.4

8,372.9
1,229.1
2,403.2
4,758.9

46.9
6.2
7.4
32.9

23.8
–19.0
–1.0
36.5

2.3
2.0
1.2
2.8

1.1
–6.0
–0.2
3.1

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

8,044.1
1,180.5
2,337.7
4,545.5

8,277.8
1,235.4
2,392.8
4,674.8

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

240.5
43.1
82.3
118.2

233.7
54.9
55.1
129.3

8,141.2
1,197.6
2,368.8
4,595.5

8,215.7
1,223.2
2,386.6
4,630.7

8,244.3
1,228.4
2,383.8
4,656.7

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2000) dollars
77.4
11.3
24.9
41.5

74.5
25.6
17.8
35.2

28.6
5.2
–2.8
26.0

57.9
13.5
13.0
32.8

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

3.1
3.8
3.6
2.7

2.9
4.7
2.4
2.8

3.9
3.9
4.3
3.7

3.7
8.8
3.0
3.1

1.4
1.7
–0.5
2.3

2.8
4.5
2.2
2.8

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2007
October

2008

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

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

118.412
86.927
119.219
125.680

119.158
86.736
121.286
125.995

119.488
86.514
121.923
126.312

119.837
86.611
122.709
126.507

120.011
86.697
122.606
126.841

120.388
86.735
122.938
127.327

120.664
86.484
123.315
127.686

121.151
86.232
124.323
128.097

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

115.188
116.665
112.338

115.403
117.498
112.554

115.618
117.853
112.778

115.870
118.227
113.039

116.034
118.366
113.158

116.255
118.706
113.301

116.415
118.999
113.459

116.546
119.562
113.611

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

0.3
0.1
0.3
0.3

0.6
–0.2
1.7
0.3

0.3
–0.3
0.5
0.3

0.3
0.1
0.6
0.2

0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.3

0.3
0.0
0.3
0.4

0.2
–0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
–0.3
0.8
0.3

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

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.3
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.5
0.1

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2007
October

2008

November

December

January r

February r

March r

April r

May p

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

2.8

2.2

2.1

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.9

7.3

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

2.7
5.8
2.1
2.4

2.8
4.6
1.9
2.9

2.2
2.3
0.4
3.1

2.0
0.5
0.5
3.0

1.6
1.0
0.4
2.3

2.1
–0.1
1.1
2.9

1.9
0.2
1.9
2.3

2.2
–1.5
2.0
3.1

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2007
October

2008

November

December

January

r

February

r

March r

April r

May p

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

3.0
–1.8
4.4
3.2

3.6
–1.7
6.6
3.2

3.5
–1.6
6.3
3.2

3.5
–1.3
6.8
2.9

3.4
–1.3
6.3
2.9

3.3
–1.2
5.4
3.1

3.2
–1.2
5.0
3.2

3.1
–1.4
4.5
3.3

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

2.0
3.0
1.7

2.1
3.7
1.9

2.2
3.6
2.0

2.0
3.7
1.8

2.0
3.5
1.7

2.1
3.2
1.8

2.1
3.2
1.9

2.1
3.1
1.9

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