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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015
BEA 15-30
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: MAY 2015
Personal income increased $79.0 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $65.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $105.9 billion, or 0.9 percent. In April, personal
income increased $69.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $57.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE
increased $8.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.2 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in April.
Real PCE increased 0.6 percent, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent.

Jan.
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

0.3

2015
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.4
0.0
0.5

May
0.5

0.2
0.6

0.4
0.3

0.0
-0.2

0.4
0.4

0.5
0.2

-0.3
0.2

0.2
0.0

0.6
0.5

0.1
0.0

0.9
0.6

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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 $37.1 billion in May, compared with an increase of $21.6 billion in
April. Private wages and salaries increased $34.8 billion, compared with an increase of $19.4 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $2.4 billion, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $5.7 billion in May, compared with an increase of $4.5
billion in April.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $10.5 billion in May, compared with an increase of $4.4 billion in
April. Farm proprietors' income increased $3.9 billion in May, the same increase as in April. Nonfarm
proprietors' income increased $6.5 billion in May, compared with an increase of $0.5 billion in April.
Rental income of persons increased $5.4 billion in May, compared with an increase of $5.0 billion in
April. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income)
increased $22.8 billion, compared with an increase of $30.4 billion. Personal current transfer receipts
increased $2.4 billion in May, compared with an increase of $6.2 billion in April.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $4.8 billion in May, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion in April.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $13.5 billion in May, compared with an increase of $12.6 billion in
April. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $65.5
billion, or 0.5 percent, in May, compared with an increase of $57.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in April.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $106.9 billion in May, compared with an increase of $9.5 billion in April. PCE increased $105.9
billion, compared with an increase of $8.5 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $685.5 billion in May, compared with $726.9
billion in April. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income -- was 5.1 percent in May, compared with 5.4 percent in April. 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 -- increased 0.2 percent in May, compared with an
increase of 0.4 percent in April.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.6 percent in May, compared with an
increase of less than 0.1 percent in April. Purchases of durable goods increased 2.3 percent, in contrast to a
decrease of 0.1 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for about half of the increase in
May, and more than accounted for the decrease in April. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.9
percent in May, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in April. Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent
in May, the same increase as in April.
The price index for PCE increased 0.3 percent in May, compared with an increase of less than 0.1
percent in April. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in May, the same
increase as in April.
The May price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent from May a year ago. The May PCE price index,
excluding food and energy, increased 1.2 percent from May a year ago.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for January through April. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar
and chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar PCE for March and April -revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.
Change from preceding month
March
April
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

4.0

6.0

0.0

0.0

59.4

69.6

0.4

0.5

0.5
-18.8

1.8
-21.2

0.0
-0.2

0.0
-0.2

48.8
41.8

57.0
47.7

0.4
0.3

0.4
0.4

65.6
42.8

78.0
50.9

0.5
0.4

0.6
0.5

-2.6
-5.2

8.5
3.5

0.0
0.0

0.1
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, 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. The June Survey of
Current Business contains 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 – August 3, 2015 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
Line

2014
Oct.

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

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

March

Line
r

April

r

May

p

14,915.9 14,984.3 15,037.7 15,089.1 15,152.4 15,158.4 15,228.0 15,307.0 1
9,338.6 9,412.7 9,431.2 9,482.5 9,508.4 9,522.7 9,548.9 9,591.7 2
7,546.8 7,613.5 7,628.1 7,671.3 7,692.3 7,702.7 7,724.3 7,761.4 3
6,318.9 6,383.9 6,396.8 6,436.9 6,455.6 6,464.5 6,483.9 6,518.7 4
1,286.8 1,300.5 1,298.5 1,306.8 1,307.1 1,309.1 1,309.7 1,310.7 5
789.1
796.5
794.8
799.4
799.5
799.9
800.4
801.0 6
5,032.1 5,083.5 5,098.3 5,130.1 5,148.5 5,155.4 5,174.2 5,207.9 7
1,188.8 1,203.2 1,209.3 1,214.9 1,222.4 1,220.8 1,225.7 1,233.6 8
3,843.3 3,880.3 3,889.0 3,915.2 3,926.1 3,934.6 3,948.5 3,974.3 9
1,227.9 1,229.6 1,231.2 1,234.4 1,236.7 1,238.2 1,240.3 1,242.7 10
1,791.9 1,799.2 1,803.1 1,811.2 1,816.1 1,820.1 1,824.6 1,830.3 11
1,236.5
555.4

1,239.4
559.9

1,242.4
560.7

1,246.5
564.8

1,250.3
565.9

1,253.8
566.2

1,257.3
567.3

1,260.6 12
569.7 13

1,400.7 1,396.2 1,410.5 1,398.1 1,389.7 1,390.1 1,394.5 1,405.0 14
56.5
60.7
65.0
57.0
49.1
41.2
45.1
49.0 15
1,344.2 1,335.5 1,345.5 1,341.0 1,340.6 1,348.9 1,349.4 1,355.9 16
653.2
655.1
659.6
661.1
664.2
667.7
672.7
678.1 17
2,141.2 2,146.3 2,149.1 2,142.4 2,172.4 2,141.5 2,171.9 2,194.7 18
1,261.1 1,259.9 1,258.8 1,251.8 1,244.9 1,237.9 1,256.4 1,275.0 19
880.0
886.3
890.4
890.6
927.5
903.6
915.5
919.7 20
2,557.2 2,557.9 2,572.9 2,598.7 2,613.9 2,633.4 2,639.6 2,642.0 21
2,512.1 2,512.5 2,527.3 2,553.1 2,568.0 2,587.3 2,593.2 2,595.3 22
839.7
841.9
850.3
859.9
859.4
865.2
867.4
871.9 23
591.1
590.3
593.3
595.6
599.2
597.3
603.9
606.1 24
506.5
504.9
507.2
515.5
523.1
529.7
526.8
523.2 25
34.0
34.0
34.1
33.9
33.9
33.2
32.4
31.8 26
86.2
86.7
87.4
88.6
89.3
90.2
91.2
90.3 27
454.6
454.8
455.0
459.6
463.0
471.7
471.4
472.0 28
45.1
45.3
45.6
45.6
45.9
46.2
46.4
46.7 29
1,175.0 1,183.9 1,185.7 1,193.6 1,196.2 1,197.1 1,199.7 1,204.5 30
1,781.6 1,802.3 1,811.7 1,841.4 1,847.4 1,851.6 1,864.2 1,877.7 31
13,134.2 13,182.0 13,225.9 13,247.7 13,305.0 13,306.8 13,363.8 13,429.3 32
12,536.3 12,582.3 12,562.3 12,525.0 12,546.4 12,627.4 12,636.9 12,743.8 33
12,096.4 12,142.2 12,122.0 12,084.3 12,102.7 12,180.7 12,189.2 12,295.1 34
4,018.7 4,026.9 3,978.4 3,914.4 3,902.6 3,967.7 3,950.9 4,029.9 35
1,321.9 1,342.1 1,323.0 1,324.2 1,310.5 1,340.6 1,341.9 1,371.0 36
2,696.7 2,684.7 2,655.4 2,590.2 2,592.1 2,627.1 2,609.0 2,658.9 37
8,077.8 8,115.4 8,143.7 8,169.9 8,200.2 8,213.0 8,238.3 8,265.2 38
265.3
265.2
265.1
268.0
271.0
274.0
275.0
276.1 39
174.5
174.9
175.2
172.7
172.7
172.7
172.7
172.6 40
95.9
96.2
96.6
97.7
97.8
97.8
97.8
97.7 41
78.6
78.6
78.6
74.9
74.9
74.9
74.9
74.9 42
598.0
599.8
663.6
722.7
758.6
679.4
726.9
685.5 43
4.6
4.5
5.0
5.5
5.7
5.1
5.4
5.1 44

11,317.6 11,397.7 11,459.6 11,537.2 11,562.1 11,528.0 11,581.9 11,616.0 45
12,027.9 12,090.7 12,159.4 12,236.7 12,268.9 12,247.7 12,295.4 12,317.1 46
41,056
37,598
319,909

41,180
37,771
320,107

41,294
37,964
320,284

41,341
38,186
320,450

41,498
38,266
320,621

41,480
38,179
320,797

41,635
38,306
320,975

41,815 47
38,352 48
321,163 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

I

Line

r

14,166.9 14,733.9 14,311.7 14,484.7 14,660.5 14,811.2 14,979.3 15,133.3 1
8,844.8 9,227.6 8,946.8 9,096.2 9,159.5 9,260.7 9,394.2 9,504.6 2
7,124.7 7,451.6 7,208.5 7,339.8 7,391.7 7,478.9 7,596.1 7,688.8 3
5,916.6 6,229.5 5,998.5 6,125.3 6,172.1 6,254.2 6,366.6 6,452.3 4
1,195.3 1,264.2 1,210.6 1,238.0 1,254.5 1,268.9 1,295.2 1,307.7 5
747.6
778.8
754.1
769.5
773.7
778.6
793.5
799.6 6
4,721.3 4,965.4 4,787.9 4,887.3 4,917.5 4,985.3 5,071.3 5,144.7 7
1,121.3 1,174.1 1,134.9 1,154.9 1,165.0 1,176.1 1,200.4 1,219.4 8
3,600.0 3,791.3 3,653.0 3,732.4 3,752.6 3,809.2 3,870.9 3,925.3 9
1,208.1 1,222.1 1,210.0 1,214.5 1,219.7 1,224.7 1,229.6 1,236.4 10
1,720.1 1,776.0 1,738.3 1,756.4 1,767.8 1,781.8 1,798.1 1,815.8 11
1,193.9
526.1

1,226.4
549.6

1,206.8
531.5

1,213.6
542.8

1,222.0
545.7

1,230.5
551.3

1,239.4
558.7

1,250.2 12
565.6 13

1,336.6 1,380.2 1,342.7 1,351.0 1,381.0 1,386.4 1,402.5 1,392.6 14
83.2
63.6
70.1
58.1
73.4
62.2
60.7
49.1 15
1,253.5 1,316.6 1,272.6 1,292.9 1,307.6 1,324.2 1,341.7 1,343.5 16
595.8
640.2
613.3
622.9
635.4
646.7
656.0
664.3 17
2,079.7 2,125.3 2,094.2 2,090.4 2,127.0 2,138.3 2,145.5 2,152.1 18
1,255.2 1,264.7 1,263.2 1,262.4 1,270.0 1,266.5 1,259.9 1,244.9 19
824.5
860.6
831.0
828.0
857.0
871.8
885.6
907.2 20
2,414.5 2,522.7 2,432.3 2,470.9 2,511.8 2,545.3 2,562.7 2,615.3 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
861.5 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
89.4 27
418.5
445.0
417.1
428.4
445.7
451.2
454.8
464.8 28
42.3
44.2
42.6
43.1
43.8
44.5
45.3
45.9 29
1,104.5 1,162.1 1,117.5 1,146.6 1,154.2 1,166.1 1,181.5 1,195.6 30
1,661.8 1,743.9 1,688.1 1,711.8 1,715.3 1,750.1 1,798.6 1,846.8 31
12,505.1 12,990.0 12,623.7 12,772.9 12,945.2 13,061.2 13,180.7 13,286.5 32
11,897.1 12,357.5 12,070.8 12,146.9 12,289.6 12,433.0 12,560.3 12,566.3 33
11,484.3 11,930.3 11,653.3 11,728.5 11,870.7 12,002.0 12,120.2 12,122.6 34
3,851.2 3,968.7 3,886.1 3,890.6 3,964.5 4,011.5 4,008.0 3,928.2 35
1,249.3 1,302.5 1,261.5 1,262.3 1,298.4 1,320.2 1,329.0 1,325.1 36
2,601.9 2,666.2 2,624.6 2,628.4 2,666.1 2,691.3 2,679.0 2,603.1 37
7,633.2 7,961.7 7,767.2 7,837.8 7,906.2 7,990.4 8,112.3 8,194.4 38
247.1
256.8
250.8
249.8
251.3
260.9
265.2
271.0 39
165.6
170.3
166.7
168.6
167.5
170.2
174.9
172.7 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
74.9 42
608.1
632.6
552.9
626.1
655.6
628.1
620.4
720.2 43
4.9
4.9
4.4
4.9
5.1
4.8
4.7
5.4 44

10,949.5 11,227.3 11,021.2 11,108.2 11,168.1 11,241.5 11,391.6 11,542.4 45
11,650.8 11,943.3 11,711.7 11,810.1 11,900.4 11,970.3 12,092.6 12,251.0 46
39,468
36,772
316,839

40,699
37,420
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

41,177
37,778
320,100

41,440 47
38,210 48
320,623 49

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 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
Line

2014
Oct.

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 ..........

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

March

Line
r

April

r

May

p

65.9
42.3
37.3
36.2
13.3
8.0
22.9
8.7
14.2
1.1
5.1

68.4
74.1
66.7
65.0
13.7
7.4
51.4
14.4
37.0
1.7
7.3

53.4
18.5
14.6
12.9
–2.0
–1.7
14.8
6.1
8.7
1.6
3.9

51.4
51.3
43.2
40.1
8.3
4.6
31.8
5.6
26.2
3.2
8.1

63.3
25.9
21.0
18.7
0.3
0.1
18.4
7.5
10.9
2.3
4.9

6.0
14.3
10.4
8.9
2.0
0.4
6.9
–1.6
8.5
1.5
4.0

69.6
26.2
21.6
19.4
0.6
0.5
18.8
4.9
13.9
2.1
4.5

79.0 1
42.8 2
37.1 3
34.8 4
1.0 5
0.6 6
33.7 7
7.9 8
25.8 9
2.4 10
5.7 11

3.0
2.1

2.9
4.5

3.0
0.8

4.1
4.1

3.8
1.1

3.5
0.3

3.5
1.1

3.3 12
2.4 13

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
4.7
18.1
47.7
55.8
51.8
7.5
0.5
6.9
44.4
–0.1
4.0
0.3
3.7
–8.0

–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
8.9
20.7
47.8
46.0
45.8
8.2
20.2
–12.0
37.6
–0.1
0.4
0.3
0.0
1.8

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
1.8
9.4
43.9
–20.0
–20.2
–48.5
–19.1
–29.3
28.3
–0.1
0.3
0.4
0.0
63.8

–12.4
–8.0
–4.5
1.5
–6.7
–7.0
0.2
25.8
25.8
9.6
2.3
8.3
–0.2
1.2
4.6
0.0
7.9
29.7
21.8
–37.3
–37.7
–64.0
1.2
–65.2
26.2
2.9
–2.5
1.1
–3.7
59.1

–8.4
–7.9
–0.4
3.1
30.0
–6.9
36.9
15.2
14.9
–0.5
3.6
7.6
0.0
0.7
3.4
0.3
2.6
6.0
57.3
21.4
18.4
–11.8
–13.7
1.9
30.3
3.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
35.9

0.4
–7.9
8.3
3.5
–30.9
–7.0
–23.9
19.5
19.3
5.8
–1.9
6.6
–0.7
0.9
8.7
0.3
0.9
4.2
1.8
81.0
78.0
65.1
30.1
35.0
12.8
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
–79.2

4.4
3.9
0.5
5.0
30.4
18.5
11.9
6.2
5.9
2.2
6.6
–2.9
–0.8
1.0
–0.3
0.2
2.6
12.6
57.0
9.5
8.5
–16.8
1.3
–18.1
25.3
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
47.5

51.3
38.1

80.1
62.8

61.9
68.7

77.6
77.3

24.9
32.2

–34.1
–21.2

53.9
47.7

10.5
3.9
6.5
5.4
22.8
18.6
4.2
2.4
2.1
4.5
2.2
–3.6
–0.6
–0.9
0.6
0.3
4.8
13.5
65.5
106.9
105.9
79.0
29.1
49.9
26.9
1.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.0
–41.4

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

34.1 44
21.7 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

r

279.2
238.3
192.6
182.8
38.2
13.2
144.6
27.3
117.3
9.8
45.7

567.0
382.8
326.9
312.9
68.9
31.2
244.1
52.8
191.3
14.0
55.9

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

168.1
133.5
117.2
112.4
26.3
14.9
86.0
24.3
61.7
4.9
16.3

154.0 1
110.4 2
92.7 3
85.7 4
12.5 5
6.1 6
73.4 7
19.0 8
54.4 9
6.8 10
17.7 11

33.4
12.2

32.5
23.5

8.0
4.0

6.8
11.3

8.4
2.9

8.5
5.6

8.9
7.4

10.8 12
6.9 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
57.6
82.1
484.9
460.4
446.0
117.5
53.2
64.3
328.5
9.7
4.7
3.4
1.3
24.5

–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
15.4
48.5
119.5
127.3
118.2
–3.5
8.8
–12.3
121.9
4.3
4.7
0.9
3.7
–7.7

–9.9
–11.6
1.8
8.3
6.6
–15.0
21.6
52.6
52.2
17.5
5.7
16.6
–0.3
2.6
10.0
0.6
14.1
48.2
105.8
6.0
2.4
–79.8
–3.9
–75.9
82.1
5.8
–2.2
1.6
–3.7
99.8

71.9
–25.4

277.8
292.5

26.9
5.8

87.0
98.4

59.9
90.3

73.4
69.9

150.1
122.3

150.8 44
158.4 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

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

2014
Oct.

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

March

Line
r

April

r

May

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
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.5
0.8
0.9
0.4

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.6
0.4

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.0
0.2
0.1
0.2

0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.5
0.4
0.5
0.3

1
2
3
4

1.3
0.4
0.2
–0.1
0.5
0.2
0.4
1.0
0.4

–0.3
0.3
0.2
–0.1
0.7
0.0
0.8
1.2
0.4

1.0
0.7
0.1
–0.1
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.5
0.3

–0.9
0.2
–0.3
–0.6
0.0
1.0
0.7
1.6
0.2

–0.6
0.5
1.4
–0.6
4.1
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.4

0.0
0.5
–1.4
–0.6
–2.6
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.0

0.3
0.7
1.4
1.5
1.3
0.2
0.2
0.7
0.4

0.7
0.8
1.0
1.5
0.5
0.1
0.4
0.7
0.5

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

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
–1.6
0.1
–2.5
0.3

0.2
–0.3
–1.0
0.1
0.4

0.6
1.7
2.3
1.4
0.2

0.1
–0.4
0.1
–0.7
0.3

0.9
2.0
2.2
1.9
0.3

14
15
16
17
18

0.7
0.6

0.2
0.3

–0.3
–0.2

0.5
0.4

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.5
0.3

0.7
0.5

0.5
0.6

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

I

Line

r

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
4.6
3.3

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

4.6
5.9
6.4
3.7

4.2
4.8
5.0
4.0

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
5.2
4.9
3.9

–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
5.4
11.6
3.7

–2.8
5.2
1.2
–4.7
10.1
8.5
4.9
11.2
3.2

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
–7.7
–1.2
–10.9
4.1

14
15
16
17
18

3.2
3.4

2.2
3.1

2.7
2.4

5.5
4.1

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

r Revised

0.7
–0.2

2.5
2.5

1.0
0.2

5.4 19
5.3 20

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

Line

Oct.

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

Line

March r

April r

May p

11,211.2
3,856.5
1,475.7
2,410.1
7,356.4

11,214.7
3,847.0
1,474.9
2,401.7
7,368.6

11,276.9
3,900.2
1,509.1
2,423.5
7,380.0

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

11,077.5
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

11,162.0
3,825.9
1,458.2
2,395.8
7,336.6

11,160.3
3,802.6
1,440.5
2,388.5
7,356.5

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

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

17.5
–0.1
3.7
–3.2
17.2

–1.7
–23.3
–17.7
–7.3
19.9

50.9
53.9
35.2
21.6
–0.1

3.5
–9.5
–0.8
–8.4
12.2

62.2 6
53.2 7
34.2 8
21.8 9
11.4 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....................................................................................

0.4
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
0.0
0.3
–0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.6
–1.2
–0.3
0.3

0.5
1.4
2.4
0.9
0.0

0.0
–0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.2

0.6
1.4
2.3
0.9
0.2

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

I

Line

r

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

11,177.9
3,828.4
1,458.1
2,398.2
7,349.8

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

58.3 6
9.4 7
4.8 8
4.8 9
48.1 10

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

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

2.1
1.0
1.3
0.8
2.7

11
12
13
14
15

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

Line

Oct.

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan. r

Feb. r

March r

April r

May 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 ......................

109.201
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

108.265
102.309
90.806
108.110
111.362

108.448
102.629
90.967
108.522
111.473

108.650
102.882
90.839
109.004
111.649

108.693
102.703
90.974
108.634
111.808

109.032
103.324
90.840
109.714
112.000

1
2
3
4
5

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

108.182
110.890
102.527
107.529
107.311

108.325
111.007
103.707
107.705
107.440

108.505
110.685
105.213
107.889
107.596

108.642
110.499
103.757
107.975
107.796

108.785 6
110.453 7
108.652 8
108.303 9
107.897 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
–0.2
–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
0.2
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2

0.0
–0.2
0.1
–0.3
0.1

0.3
0.6
–0.1
1.0
0.2

11
12
13
14
15

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

0.0
–0.2
–10.3
–0.6
0.0

0.1
0.1
1.2
0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.3
1.5
0.2
0.1

0.1
–0.2
–1.4
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
4.7
0.3
0.1

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

Oct.

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

Nov.
2.7
2.8
3.8
7.4
2.2
2.3

2015
Dec.

3.1
2.8
4.2
7.9
2.5
2.1

4.0
2.9
4.2
8.9
2.0
2.3

Jan.

r

Feb.

4.1
3.4
5.2
10.0
2.9
2.5

r

3.9
3.0
3.5
7.1
1.8
2.8

March r
3.2
2.8
3.6
5.8
2.5
2.4

April r
3.5
2.9
3.4
6.5
1.9
2.7

May p
3.5
3.4
4.7
7.5
3.2
2.8

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
Oct.

Nov.

2015
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

March r

April r

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
–2.4
–3.3
2.0

0.3
–2.6
–2.2
–2.8
1.8

0.2
–3.1
–2.1
–3.5
1.8

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

1.4
1.8
–18.5
0.0
1.1

1.3
1.3
–19.9
–0.1
1.1

May p
0.2
–2.7
–1.9
–3.0
1.7

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.2 6
0.7 7
–16.8 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.