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PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MAY 2016
Personal income increased $37.1 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income
(DPI) increased $33.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, in May, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $53.5 billion, or 0.4 percent. In
April, personal income increased $75.4 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $68.6 billion, or
0.5 percent, and PCE increased $141.2 billion, or 1.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.1 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in April.
Real PCE increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.8 percent.

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

0.4

2016
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.1
0.3
0.5

May
0.2

0.6
0.4

0.1
0.2

0.3
0.3

0.5
0.2

0.2
0.1

0.1
0.0

0.2
0.3

0.0
-0.1

1.1
0.8

0.4
0.3

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
(2009) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

Compensation
Wages and salaries increased $14.7 billion in May, compared with an increase of $40.4 billion in
April. Private wages and salaries increased $11.8 billion, compared with an increase of $38.7 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $2.9 billion, compared with an increase of $1.6 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.6 billion in May, compared with an increase of
$6.0 billion in April.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $1.2 billion in May, compared with an increase of $10.0 billion in
April. Farm proprietors' income increased $1.0 billion, the same increase as in April. Nonfarm
proprietors' income increased $0.1 billion in May, compared with an increase of $9.0 billion in April.
Rental income of persons increased $3.7 billion in May, compared with an increase of $3.3 billion
in April. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income)
increased $9.7 billion, compared with an increase of $8.5 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $4.8 billion in May, compared with an increase of
$12.2 billion in April.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $1.6 billion in May, compared with an increase of $4.8 billion in April.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $3.1 billion in May, compared with an increase of $6.8 billion in
April. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased
$33.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of $68.6 billion, or 0.5 percent.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $57.0 billion in May, compared with an increase of $144.6 billion in April. PCE increased $53.5
billion, compared with an increase of $141.2 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $730.6 billion in May, compared with $753.7
billion in April. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income -- was 5.3 percent, compared with 5.4 percent. 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 0.1 percent in May, compared with
an increase of 0.2 percent in April.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in May, compared with
an increase of 0.8 percent in April. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.6 percent, compared with an
increase of 2.6 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.5 percent, compared with an
increase of 1.0 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5
percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in May, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in
April. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.2 percent, the same increase as in
April.
The May PCE price index increased 0.9 percent from May a year ago. The May PCE price index,
excluding food and energy, increased 1.6 percent from May a year ago.

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

Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal
income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption
expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

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March
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)

April
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)

56.7

54.3

0.4

0.3

69.8

75.4

0.4

0.5

49.6
37.6

48.1
35.8

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.3

63.5
19.2

68.6
23.9

0.5
0.2

0.5
0.2

3.7
-3.5

-0.3
-7.5

0.0
0.0

0.0
-0.1

119.2
73.3

141.2
93.3

1.0
0.6

1.1
0.8

Upcoming Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts
As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), revised
estimates of personal income and outlays will be released in conjunction with preliminary estimates for
June 2016 on August 2, 2016. This regular revision of the estimates will cover the most recent 3 years
and the first 5 months of 2016. For more information, see “Preview of the Upcoming Annual NIPA
Revision” included in the May Survey of Current Business article on “GDP and the Economy”.
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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*
*
*
Next release – August 2, 2016 at 8:30 A.M. EDT
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

2015
Oct.

1 Personal income ...................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ............................................................

Nov.

Line

2016
Dec.

Jan. r

Feb. r

March r

April r

May p

15,547.1 15,605.1 15,654.2 15,714.6 15,730.0 15,784.3 15,859.7 15,896.7
9,799.0 9,866.3 9,895.9 9,947.7 9,951.1 9,982.7 10,029.0 10,048.3

1
2

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Wages and salaries ........................................................................
Private industries...........................................................................
Goods-producing industries .......................................................
Manufacturing .........................................................................
Services-producing industries....................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...........................................
Other services-producing industries .......................................
Government...................................................................................

7,947.7
6,670.6
1,324.2
813.4
5,346.4
1,256.2
4,090.2
1,277.0

8,007.2
6,727.9
1,346.3
830.4
5,381.6
1,263.2
4,118.5
1,279.2

8,031.5
6,749.8
1,337.9
821.7
5,411.9
1,268.4
4,143.5
1,281.7

8,077.1
6,789.7
1,347.5
829.1
5,442.2
1,270.8
4,171.5
1,287.4

8,077.2
6,786.5
1,344.5
827.3
5,441.9
1,271.6
4,170.4
1,290.7

8,103.7
6,810.0
1,348.0
827.8
5,462.0
1,275.1
4,186.9
1,293.7

8,144.1
6,848.7
1,356.9
835.4
5,491.8
1,281.2
4,210.6
1,295.3

8,158.7
6,860.5
1,361.6
838.3
5,498.9
1,278.6
4,220.3
1,298.2

3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

11
12

Supplements to wages and salaries.............................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds 1 .........................................................................................
Employer contributions for government social insurance..............
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.............................................................
Farm .................................................................................................
Nonfarm............................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.
Personal income receipts on assets................................................
Personal interest income ..................................................................
Personal dividend income ................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ...................................................
Government social benefits to persons ............................................
Social security 2..............................................................................
Medicare 3 ......................................................................................
Medicaid ........................................................................................
Unemployment insurance..............................................................
Veterans’ benefits..........................................................................
Other .............................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net).........................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.

1,851.3

1,859.1

1,864.4

1,870.6

1,873.9

1,879.0

1,885.0

1,889.6

11

1,277.6
573.7

1,281.5
577.6

1,285.7
578.8

1,289.5
581.0

1,293.5
580.4

1,297.4
581.6

1,301.1
583.9

1,305.0
584.6

12
13

1,407.0
62.5
1,344.5
668.4
2,202.3
1,327.7
874.6
2,687.8
2,644.0
877.6
628.4
544.4
31.7
96.2
465.6
43.8
1,217.4

1,401.0
57.1
1,343.9
671.6
2,196.5
1,318.3
878.2
2,694.8
2,650.8
878.2
631.5
545.3
32.2
98.4
465.4
44.0
1,225.0

1,412.3
51.6
1,360.6
675.3
2,187.0
1,309.0
878.0
2,711.5
2,667.3
889.3
634.5
549.2
32.6
98.7
463.0
44.2
1,227.8

1,413.6
50.1
1,363.4
679.7
2,193.4
1,314.4
879.0
2,717.2
2,672.9
884.7
637.6
548.8
32.7
98.0
471.1
44.3
1,237.0

1,411.9
48.6
1,363.3
685.0
2,189.0
1,319.8
869.2
2,729.4
2,684.9
887.0
640.6
550.4
32.6
98.4
475.8
44.5
1,236.4

1,410.8
47.1
1,363.7
690.6
2,202.1
1,325.2
877.0
2,737.2
2,692.5
886.9
643.4
552.6
32.0
99.3
478.4
44.7
1,239.3

1,420.8
48.1
1,372.7
693.9
2,210.6
1,327.7
882.9
2,749.4
2,704.5
894.9
646.1
557.6
31.1
99.4
475.4
44.9
1,244.1

1,422.0
49.1
1,372.8
697.6
2,220.4
1,330.3
890.0
2,754.2
2,709.1
894.5
648.6
560.6
31.3
99.0
475.2
45.1
1,245.8

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

1,980.5 1,996.5 2,004.1 1,988.6 1,989.5 1,995.8 2,002.5 2,005.7
13,566.5 13,608.6 13,650.1 13,726.0 13,740.4 13,788.5 13,857.1 13,891.1
12,854.1 12,907.5 12,929.8 12,944.1 12,961.9 12,958.8 13,103.4 13,160.4
12,405.5 12,455.0 12,473.4 12,484.5 12,505.0 12,504.7 12,645.9 12,699.4
4,005.3 4,027.5 4,001.7 3,982.9 3,961.0 3,969.3 4,050.1 4,070.9
1,339.0 1,353.9 1,347.8 1,336.2 1,340.5 1,338.2 1,373.3 1,378.1
2,666.3 2,673.6 2,653.9 2,646.6 2,620.5 2,631.2 2,676.9 2,692.9
8,400.2 8,427.5 8,471.7 8,501.6 8,543.9 8,535.4 8,595.8 8,628.5
270.6
274.1
277.6
274.8
271.9
269.1
272.4
275.6
178.0
178.3
178.7
184.9
185.0
185.0
185.1
185.4
98.3
98.6
99.0
103.7
103.8
103.8
104.0
104.2
79.7
79.7
79.7
81.2
81.2
81.2
81.2
81.2
712.5
701.2
720.3
781.9
778.5
829.7
753.7
730.6
5.3
5.2
5.3
5.7
5.7
6.0
5.4
5.3

31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

11,714.7 11,746.6 11,785.8 11,822.6 11,836.3 11,871.0 11,892.1 11,901.5

45

12,359.0 12,381.9 12,430.0 12,485.4 12,509.9 12,545.7 12,569.6 12,579.3

46

42,069
38,324
322,484

47
48
49

13
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
44
45
46
47
48
49

Less: Personal current taxes ...............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income .................................................
Less: Personal outlays .........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures....................................................
Goods ...............................................................................................
Durable goods ...............................................................................
Nondurable goods .........................................................................
Services............................................................................................
Personal interest payments 4 ................................................................
Personal current transfer payments.....................................................
To government..................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net).............................................................
Equals: Personal saving.......................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2009) dollars 5 ..................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ...........................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...............................................................................
Chained (2009) dollars ..................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 6.....................................................

42,172
38,370
322,697

42,274
38,495
322,897

42,485
38,645
323,076

42,509
38,702
323,238

42,634
38,791
323,413

42,822
38,843
323,601

42,900
38,849
323,804

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

2014

2015

2014
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 .............................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
12
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 .....................................................

2016

2015
I

II

III

IV

I

14,694.2 15,350.7 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,277.0 15,443.7 15,602.1 15,742.9
9,248.9 9,666.6 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,615.2 9,709.5 9,853.7 9,960.5
7,477.8 7,834.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,791.8 7,870.0 7,995.4 8,086.0
6,240.5 6,566.1 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,526.7 6,595.8 6,716.1 6,795.4
1,260.9 1,309.7 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,303.2 1,311.5 1,336.2 1,346.7
780.9
804.9
796.5
792.1
801.7
804.1
821.8
828.1
4,979.7 5,256.4 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,223.5 5,284.2 5,380.0 5,448.7
1,175.5 1,236.5 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,229.1 1,243.5 1,262.6 1,272.5
3,804.2 4,019.9 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,994.4 4,040.8 4,117.4 4,176.2
1,237.2 1,268.8 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0 1,274.2 1,279.3 1,290.6
1,771.2 1,831.7 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,823.4 1,839.5 1,858.3 1,874.5
1,224.0
547.2

1,264.3
567.4

12
13

1,346.7 1,388.3 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0 1,400.1 1,406.7 1,412.1
78.1
59.9
74.8
60.5
56.9
65.2
57.1
48.6
1,268.6 1,328.4 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1 1,334.9 1,349.7 1,363.5
610.8
656.6
628.4
637.0
654.1
663.6
671.7
685.1
2,117.5 2,180.5 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3 2,202.8 2,195.3 2,194.9
1,302.0 1,312.3 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4 1,335.0 1,318.3 1,319.8
815.5
868.2
840.8
863.0
864.9
867.8
876.9
875.1
2,529.2 2,662.7 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3 2,675.7 2,698.0 2,727.9
2,487.2 2,619.5 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4 2,632.2 2,654.0 2,683.4
834.6
871.8
843.8
861.6
869.4
874.5
881.7
886.2
597.8
619.8
605.3
609.8
615.3
622.5
631.4
640.5
487.4
534.9
507.1
523.9
529.0
540.4
546.3
550.6
35.8
33.3
32.9
35.0
33.1
32.9
32.2
32.4
83.7
94.4
86.7
90.7
94.1
95.1
97.8
98.6
447.9
465.3
453.3
462.2
467.5
466.9
464.7
475.1
42.0
43.2
42.1
42.4
42.9
43.4
44.0
44.5
1,159.0 1,204.0 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,198.9 1,207.9 1,223.4 1,237.6
1,780.2 1,947.4 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,938.7 1,957.3 1,993.7 1,991.3
12,913.9 13,403.2 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,338.3 13,486.4 13,608.4 13,751.7
12,293.7 12,717.5 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5 12,806.2 12,897.1 12,954.9
11,865.9 12,271.9 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4 12,359.0 12,444.7 12,498.1
3,948.4 3,978.8 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1 4,024.1 4,011.5 3,971.1
1,280.2 1,328.7 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4 1,339.6 1,346.9 1,338.3
2,668.2 2,650.1 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8 2,684.4 2,664.6 2,632.8
7,917.5 8,293.1 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2 8,334.9 8,433.1 8,527.0
254.2
268.5
263.1
261.3
269.3
269.4
274.1
271.9
173.6
177.1
178.0
175.5
176.8
177.8
178.3
185.0
95.3
97.7
95.9
97.0
97.2
97.8
98.7
103.8
78.3
79.4
82.2
78.5
79.6
80.0
79.7
81.2
620.2
685.7
614.3
687.6
663.9
680.2
711.3
796.7
4.8
5.1
4.7
5.2
5.0
5.0
5.2
5.8

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
44

11,149.8 11,593.5 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,542.2 11,635.1 11,749.0 11,843.3

45

11,836.3 12,247.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,193.6 12,289.8 12,390.3 12,513.7

46

40,453
37,077
319,233

47
48
49

40,962
37,470
320,222

1,246.8
558.7

41,088
37,767
320,771

1,258.3
565.0

41,509
37,947
321,337

1,270.3
569.2

41,881
38,165
322,015

1,281.6
576.7

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

1,293.5
581.0

41,663
38,069
321,704

1,236.3
556.0

Line

r

42,171
38,397
322,693

42,543
38,713
323,242

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

2015
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.

Line

2016
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

r

March

r

April

r

May

p

74.2
80.5
72.3
71.0
17.0
12.2
54.0
9.5
44.5
1.3
8.2

58.1
67.3
59.5
57.3
22.1
17.0
35.3
7.0
28.2
2.2
7.7

49.0
29.7
24.3
21.9
–8.3
–8.6
30.2
5.2
25.1
2.4
5.3

60.4
51.7
45.6
39.9
9.6
7.4
30.3
2.4
27.9
5.7
6.1

15.4
3.4
0.1
–3.2
–3.0
–1.8
–0.3
0.8
–1.1
3.4
3.3

54.3
31.6
26.5
23.5
3.4
0.5
20.1
3.5
16.6
3.0
5.1

75.4
46.3
40.4
38.7
9.0
7.6
29.7
6.0
23.7
1.6
6.0

37.1
19.3
14.7
11.8
4.7
2.9
7.2
–2.5
9.7
2.9
4.6

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

3.7
4.5

3.9
3.9

4.1
1.2

3.9
2.3

3.9
–0.6

3.9
1.2

3.7
2.2

3.9
0.7

12
13

2.8
–5.5
8.3
2.6
–6.8
–9.3
2.6
4.2
4.0
2.2
3.2
–0.2
–0.9
0.7
–1.1
0.2
9.2
21.7
52.5
22.2
18.8
–7.4
–6.3
–1.1
26.2
3.5
–0.1
0.3
–0.3
30.3

–6.0
–5.5
–0.6
3.2
–5.8
–9.3
3.5
7.1
6.9
0.6
3.1
0.8
0.5
2.2
–0.3
0.2
7.6
16.0
42.1
53.4
49.5
22.2
14.9
7.3
27.3
3.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
–11.3

11.3
–5.5
16.7
3.7
–9.5
–9.3
–0.2
16.7
16.5
11.1
3.0
3.9
0.5
0.4
–2.4
0.2
2.8
7.6
41.4
22.3
18.4
–25.8
–6.1
–19.7
44.2
3.5
0.4
0.4
0.0
19.2

1.3
–1.5
2.8
4.5
6.4
5.4
1.0
5.7
5.6
–4.6
3.1
–0.5
0.1
–0.8
8.2
0.1
9.2
–15.6
75.9
14.4
11.0
–18.9
–11.6
–7.3
29.9
–2.8
6.2
4.7
1.5
61.6

–1.7
–1.5
–0.2
5.3
–4.4
5.4
–9.8
12.2
12.0
2.3
3.0
1.6
–0.1
0.4
4.7
0.2
–0.6
1.0
14.5
17.8
20.5
–21.8
4.3
–26.1
42.3
–2.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
–3.3

–1.0
–1.5
0.5
5.6
13.1
5.4
7.8
7.9
7.7
–0.2
2.8
2.2
–0.7
0.9
2.6
0.2
2.9
6.2
48.1
–3.1
–0.3
8.3
–2.4
10.6
–8.6
–2.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
51.2

10.0
1.0
9.0
3.3
8.5
2.6
5.9
12.2
12.0
8.0
2.7
5.0
–0.8
0.1
–3.0
0.2
4.8
6.8
68.6
144.6
141.2
80.8
35.1
45.7
60.4
3.3
0.1
0.1
0.0
–76.0

1.2
1.0
0.1
3.7
9.7
2.6
7.2
4.8
4.6
–0.4
2.5
3.0
0.1
–0.4
–0.2
0.2
1.6
3.1
33.9
57.0
53.5
20.8
4.8
16.0
32.7
3.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
–23.1

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

55.0
38.6

31.8
22.9

39.2
48.1

36.8
55.4

13.7
24.5

34.7
35.8

21.1
23.9

9.4
9.8

44
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

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

2014

2016

2015

IV

I

II

III

IV

I

Line

r

625.8
409.3
363.4
333.8
70.8
34.0
263.0
57.0
206.0
29.6
45.9
26.2
19.7

656.5
417.6
357.1
325.6
48.9
24.1
276.8
61.0
215.7
31.5
60.5
40.3
20.2

180.9
135.0
118.7
113.7
26.3
15.0
87.4
24.1
63.3
5.0
16.3
9.1
7.1

124.2
63.0
49.8
41.5
–4.9
–4.4
46.4
7.6
38.8
8.3
13.2
10.5
2.7

197.2
127.2
109.3
100.8
15.2
9.6
85.5
18.2
67.3
8.6
17.9
11.6
6.3

166.7
94.3
78.2
69.1
8.3
2.4
60.8
14.3
46.4
9.2
16.1
11.9
4.2

158.5
144.2
125.5
120.3
24.6
17.7
95.7
19.1
76.6
5.1
18.8
11.3
7.5

140.8
106.8
90.6
79.3
10.5
6.2
68.8
9.9
58.8
11.3
16.2
11.9
4.3

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

61.6
–10.6
72.2
47.4
57.1
30.7
26.5
102.5
101.7
35.6
23.2
47.7
–26.5
4.7
17.1
0.8
52.2
107.5
518.3
488.0
473.7
111.7
42.4
69.3
362.0
10.1
4.3
2.7
1.6
30.3

41.6
–18.2
59.9
45.8
62.9
10.3
52.7
133.5
132.3
37.2
22.0
47.5
–2.5
10.7
17.4
1.2
45.0
167.2
489.3
423.7
405.9
30.4
48.5
–18.1
375.5
14.3
3.5
2.4
1.2
65.5

20.1
–2.3
22.4
10.0
15.6
1.7
13.9
14.5
14.5
6.6
4.5
1.2
–1.8
2.9
1.1
0.0
14.3
46.8
134.1
125.6
112.3
–7.2
8.4
–15.6
119.6
8.8
4.5
0.2
4.3
8.6

–8.4
–14.3
5.9
8.5
14.9
–7.3
22.2
54.8
54.5
17.9
4.5
16.9
2.2
4.1
9.0
0.3
8.6
61.2
62.9
–10.3
–5.9
–78.6
–1.7
–76.9
72.7
–1.8
–2.6
1.1
–3.7
73.2

7.5
–3.6
11.2
17.1
32.8
30.8
2.0
25.5
25.0
7.8
5.5
5.1
–1.9
3.3
5.2
0.5
13.1
38.6
158.6
182.3
172.9
76.6
24.5
52.1
96.3
8.0
1.3
0.2
1.1
–23.7

23.1
8.3
14.8
9.5
24.5
21.6
2.9
24.3
23.8
5.1
7.1
11.4
–0.2
1.0
–0.6
0.5
9.0
18.6
148.1
131.7
130.6
45.9
13.3
32.7
84.7
0.1
1.0
0.6
0.4
16.4

6.7
–8.1
14.8
8.2
–7.5
–16.6
9.1
22.4
21.8
7.2
9.0
5.9
–0.8
2.7
–2.2
0.6
15.5
36.4
122.0
90.9
85.7
–12.5
7.3
–19.9
98.2
4.7
0.5
0.9
–0.3
31.1

5.3
–8.4
13.8
13.4
–0.4
1.4
–1.9
29.9
29.4
4.5
9.1
4.3
0.3
0.8
10.5
0.5
14.2
–2.4
143.2
57.9
53.4
–40.4
–8.6
–31.8
93.8
–2.2
6.6
5.1
1.5
85.4

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

327.5
313.2

443.7
410.8

164.4
135.6

118.7
115.9

94.5
78.9

93.0
96.1

113.9
100.5

94.3
123.4

44
45

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

2015
Oct.

Nov.

Line

2016
Dec.

Jan.

r

Feb.

March

r

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

0.5
0.8
0.9
0.4

0.4
0.7
0.7
0.4

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.5
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

1
2
3
4

0.2
0.4
–0.3
–0.7
0.3
0.2
0.8
1.1
0.4

–0.4
0.5
–0.3
–0.7
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.8
0.3

0.8
0.5
–0.4
–0.7
0.0
0.6
0.2
0.4
0.3

0.1
0.7
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.7
–0.8
0.6

–0.1
0.8
–0.2
0.4
–1.1
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1

–0.1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3

0.7
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.7
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.5

0.1
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.2
–0.2
–0.5
0.0
0.3

0.4
0.6
1.1
0.3
0.3

0.1
–0.6
–0.4
–0.7
0.5

0.1
–0.5
–0.9
–0.3
0.4

0.2
–0.5
0.3
–1.0
0.5

0.0
0.2
–0.2
0.4
–0.1

1.1
2.0
2.6
1.7
0.7

0.4
0.5
0.3
0.6
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.3
0.4

0.1
0.2

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.2

0.1
0.1

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.5
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.3
0.4

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

2014

2015

2014
IV

2016

2015
I

II

III

IV

Line

Ir

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

4.4
4.6
5.1
2.7

4.5
4.5
4.8
3.4

5.0
5.9
6.5
3.7

3.4
2.7
2.6
3.0

5.3
5.5
5.8
4.0

4.4
4.0
4.1
3.6

4.2
6.1
6.5
4.1

3.7
4.4
4.6
3.5

1
2
3
4

4.8
8.4
2.8
2.4
3.4
4.2
4.7
6.4
4.2

3.1
7.5
3.0
0.8
6.5
5.3
3.9
9.4
3.8

6.1
6.6
3.0
0.5
6.9
2.3
5.0
10.9
4.2

–2.4
5.5
2.8
–2.2
11.0
8.8
3.0
14.0
1.9

2.2
11.2
6.3
10.0
0.9
3.9
4.5
8.4
4.9

6.9
5.9
4.6
6.7
1.3
3.7
3.0
3.9
4.5

1.9
5.0
–1.4
–4.9
4.3
3.4
5.2
7.7
3.7

1.5
8.2
–0.1
0.4
–0.8
4.5
4.7
–0.5
4.3

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

4.2
2.9
3.4
2.7
4.8

3.4
0.8
3.8
–0.7
4.7

3.8
–0.7
2.6
–2.3
6.1

–0.2
–7.7
–0.5
–11.0
3.6

5.9
8.1
7.8
8.3
4.8

4.3
4.7
4.1
5.0
4.2

2.8
–1.2
2.2
–2.9
4.8

1.7
–4.0
–2.5
–4.7
4.5

14
15
16
17
18

4.3
3.9

3.3
2.6

3.3
3.2

4.0
3.3

3.2
4.0

19
20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

r Revised

3.0
2.7

4.0
3.5

6.0
4.7

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2015

Line

Oct.

Nov.

2016
Dec.

Feb. r

Jan. r

March r

April r

May p

Line

Billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) .....................

2 Goods .........................................................................................
3 Durable goods ..........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

11,301.3
3,902.6
1,483.2
2,447.2

11,332.3
3,927.6
1,503.8
2,453.7

11,358.5
3,923.6
1,499.4
2,453.5

11,356.1
3,912.9
1,483.1
2,457.1

11,385.1
3,915.8
1,492.2
2,452.3

11,377.6
3,928.9
1,493.2
2,463.7

11,470.9
3,989.0
1,531.3
2,488.6

11,500.2
4,011.1
1,540.8
2,501.6

7,400.4

7,407.9

7,436.8

7,443.9

7,469.2

7,450.5

7,486.9

7,495.6

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) .....................

7 Goods .........................................................................................
8 Durable goods ..........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

8.6
–6.5
–3.8
–3.0

31.0
25.0
20.5
6.5

26.2
–4.0
–4.3
–0.2

–2.4
–10.7
–16.3
3.5

29.0
2.9
9.0
–4.8

–7.5
13.0
1.1
11.4

93.3
60.1
38.1
24.9

29.3
22.1
9.5
12.9

14.3

7.4

28.9

7.2

25.2

–18.7

36.5

8.6

0.8
1.5
2.6
1.0
0.5

0.3
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.1

6
7
8
9
10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) .....................

12 Goods .........................................................................................
13 Durable goods ..........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................

0.1
–0.2
–0.3
–0.1
0.2

0.3
0.6
1.4
0.3
0.1

0.2
–0.1
–0.3
0.0
0.4

0.0
–0.3
–1.1
0.1
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.6
–0.2
0.3

–0.1
0.3
0.1
0.5
–0.3

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

2014

2015

2014
IV

2016

2015
I

II

III

IV

I

Line

r

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................

2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods ..........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

10,875.7
3,731.2
1,384.1
2,367.8

11,213.3
3,869.6
1,466.5
2,430.0

11,033.3
3,793.2
1,423.5
2,393.7

11,081.2
3,803.7
1,430.4
2,397.8

11,178.9
3,855.0
1,458.3
2,423.0

11,262.4
3,902.0
1,481.7
2,447.9

11,330.7
3,917.9
1,495.5
2,451.5

11,372.9
3,919.2
1,489.5
2,457.7

7,144.6

7,345.3

7,240.4

7,277.4

7,325.3

7,363.4

7,415.0

7,454.5

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars
6

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................

7 Goods..........................................................................................
8 Durable goods ..........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

285.3
118.4
76.5
48.0

337.6
138.5
82.4
62.2

114.7
38.0
21.0
18.5

48.0
10.5
7.0
4.1

97.7
51.3
27.8
25.2

83.5
47.0
23.4
24.9

68.3
16.0
13.8
3.6

42.2
1.3
–6.0
6.2

167.6

200.7

76.5

37.0

47.9

38.1

51.6

39.5

3.6
5.5
8.0
4.3
2.7

3.0
5.0
6.6
4.2
2.1

2.4
1.6
3.8
0.6
2.8

1.5
0.1
–1.6
1.0
2.1

6
7
8
9
10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars
11

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................

12 Goods..........................................................................................
13 Durable goods ..........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods ....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................
r Revised

2.7
3.3
5.9
2.1
2.4

3.1
3.7
6.0
2.6
2.8

4.3
4.1
6.1
3.1
4.3

1.8
1.1
2.0
0.7
2.1

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2015

Line

Oct.

2016

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

r

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

109.774
102.626
90.262
108.949
113.516

109.911
102.540
90.019
108.959
113.771

109.819
101.988
89.872
108.166
113.923

109.940
101.783
90.078
107.714
114.215

109.840
101.150
89.822
106.859
114.396

109.910
101.025
89.600
106.795
114.568

110.247
101.528
89.663
107.561
114.816

110.431
101.487
89.422
107.644
115.121

1
2
3
4
5

109.860
111.461
102.840
108.565

110.020
111.197
103.133
108.658

110.095
110.867
100.033
108.542

110.392
110.705
97.045
108.568

110.584
110.911
90.699
108.474

110.653
110.412
91.717
108.525

110.842
110.614
95.208
108.855

111.022
110.108
96.556
109.055

108.461

108.574

108.644

108.858

109.098

109.144

109.304

109.503

6
7
8
9
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 .......................

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.3
0.0
0.2

–0.1
–0.5
–0.2
–0.7
0.1

0.1
–0.2
0.2
–0.4
0.3

–0.1
–0.6
–0.3
–0.8
0.2

0.1
–0.1
–0.2
–0.1
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.1
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.0
–0.3
0.1
0.3

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.3
–3.0
–0.1
0.1

0.3
–0.1
–3.0
0.0
0.2

0.2
0.2
–6.5
–0.1
0.2

0.1
–0.4
1.1
0.0
0.0

0.2
0.2
3.8
0.3
0.1

0.2
–0.5
1.4
0.2
0.2

16
17
18
19
20

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures:
Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2015

Line

Oct.

Nov.

2016
Dec.

Jan. r

Feb. r

March r

April r

May p

Line

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

3.6

3.2

3.0

3.1

3.1

3.7

3.3

3.2

1

2 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................
3 Goods........................................................................................
4
Durable goods........................................................................
5
Nondurable goods..................................................................
6 Services ....................................................................................

2.8
3.4
5.2
2.6
2.5

2.6
3.2
5.0
2.4
2.3

2.7
3.2
5.0
2.3
2.4

2.6
3.0
3.9
2.6
2.4

2.8
3.5
5.2
2.7
2.5

2.5
2.6
3.3
2.2
2.4

3.0
4.2
5.7
3.5
2.5

2.7
3.6
4.8
3.0
2.3

2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2015

Line
1

Oct.

Nov.

2016
Dec.

Jan. r

Feb. r

March r

April r

May p

Line

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................

0.2

0.5

0.7

1.2

1.0

0.8

1.1

0.9

1

2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods ..........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods ....................................................................

–3.1
–2.0
–3.6

–2.3
–1.7
–2.6

–1.9
–1.3
–2.2

–0.5
–0.9
–0.3

–1.4
–1.4
–1.4

–1.8
–1.5
–1.9

–1.1
–1.6
–0.9

–1.8
–1.7
–1.8

2
3
4

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

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

5

1.3
0.7
–18.3
0.0
1.2

1.4
0.2
–14.3
0.3
1.2

1.4
–0.3
–12.4
0.4
1.3

1.7
–0.2
–5.3
1.0
1.5

1.7
–0.1
–12.5
0.8
1.6

1.6
–0.2
–12.7
0.6
1.5

1.6
0.1
–8.1
0.8
1.4

1.6
–0.3
–10.9
0.7
1.5

6
7
8
9
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.