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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2009
James Rankin:
Brendan Leary:

(202) 606-5301
(202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Outlays)

BEA 09-58

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: NOVEMBER 2009
Personal income increased $49.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $54.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $47.9 billion, or 0.5 percent. In October,
personal income increased $33.6 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI increased $50.2 billion, or 0.5
percent, and PCE increased $63.5 billion, or 0.6 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.2 percent in November, the same increase as in October. Real
PCE increased 0.2 percent in November, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in October.
2009
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

Nov.

0.2

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.4

0.0
0.0

0.3
0.0

0.3
0.2

0.5
0.2

0.5
0.2

0.2
0.2

1.3
1.0

-0.6
-0.7

0.6
0.4

0.5
0.2

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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month
percent changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. “Real” estimates are in
chained (2005) dollars.
This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $16.1 billion in November, compared with an
increase of $3.2 billion in October. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $0.4 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $2.0 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $1.6 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $2.4 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $15.7 billion, compared
with an increase of $5.2 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.7 billion,
compared with an increase of $2.8 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.1 billion in November, compared with an
increase of $1.6 billion in October.
Proprietors' income increased $12.3 billion in November, compared with an increase of $14.8
billion in October. Farm proprietors' income increased $7.0 billion, compared with an increase of
$6.9 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $5.3 billion, compared with an increase of $7.9
billion.
Rental income of persons increased $1.7 billion in November, compared with an increase of $2.2
billion in October. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $6.7 billion, compared with an increase of $6.6 billion. Personal current
transfer receipts increased $11.3 billion, compared with an increase of $2.8 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.3 billion in November, compared with an increase of $0.5 billion in October.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $4.5 billion in November, compared with a decrease of $16.7
billion in October. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- increased $54.1 billion, or 0.5 percent, in November, compared with an increase of $50.2
billion, or 0.5 percent in October.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $45.7 billion in November, compared with an increase of $61.3 billion in October. PCE
increased $47.9 billion, compared with an increase of $63.5 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $525.1 billion in November, compared with
$516.7 billion in October. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.7
percent in November, the same as in October. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA’s national
income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board’s flow of funds
accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to http://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 November, the same
increase as in October.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in November,
compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in October. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.2
percent, compared with an increase of 2.5 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.6
percent, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent. Purchases of services decreased 0.1
percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.2 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in November, compared with
an increase of 0.3 percent in October. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased
less than 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for July through October. Changes in personal income, currentdollar and chained (2005) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (2005) dollar PCE for September
and October -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

Change from preceding month
September
Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

October

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

20.7

32.0

0.2

0.3

30.1

33.6

0.2

0.3

Disposable personal income:
Current Dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

21.3
8.2

33.1
20.5

0.2
0.1

0.3
0.2

45.7
15.2

50.2
20.4

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
-60.3
Chained (2005) dollars
-65.3

-64.6
-67.9

-0.6
-0.7

-0.6
-0.7

68.3
37.8

63.5
34.5

0.7
0.4

0.6
0.4

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BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
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By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
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Next release – February 1, 2010 at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for December.

Release Dates for 2010
December 2009…February 1
January 2010 ….. March 1
February 2010… March 29
March 2010…… May 3

April 2010…May 28
May 2010… June 28
June 2010… August 3
July 2010…. August 30

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August 2010…… October 1
September 2010.. November 1
October 2010…. November 24
November 2010.. December 23

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

April

May

June

July

11,969.8
7,804.2
6,303.6
5,123.0
1,077.4
668.0
4,045.5
989.7
3,055.8
1,180.6
1,500.6
1,040.6
460.0

12,146.9
7,820.1
6,317.0
5,132.0
1,066.2
660.5
4,065.8
991.0
3,074.8
1,185.0
1,503.1
1,042.0
461.1

12,029.7
7,823.6
6,318.9
5,131.4
1,059.7
657.4
4,071.8
987.1
3,084.6
1,187.4
1,504.7
1,043.4
461.3

12,050.6
7,829.0
6,322.6
5,138.1
1,060.5
662.5
4,077.6
985.7
3,091.8
1,184.6
1,506.4
1,045.0
461.4

12,084.5
7,845.7
6,337.2
5,151.3
1,055.6
660.0
4,095.7
991.1
3,104.6
1,185.8
1,508.6
1,046.2
462.4

12,116.5
7,849.7
6,339.9
5,155.7
1,050.4
660.3
4,105.3
991.1
3,114.2
1,184.1
1,509.8
1,047.2
462.7

12,150.1
7,857.2
6,345.8
5,158.9
1,048.4
657.9
4,110.5
991.7
3,118.9
1,186.9
1,511.4
1,048.7
462.7

12,199.8
7,877.2
6,363.6
5,175.0
1,048.8
659.5
4,126.2
996.7
3,129.6
1,188.6
1,513.5
1,049.7
463.8

1,026.0
27.1
998.9
255.4
1,785.2
1,233.5
551.8
2,068.3
2,035.7
1,148.4
113.9
773.4
32.6
969.3
1,094.4
10,875.4
10,340.3
9,968.1
3,166.8
1,000.6
2,166.2
6,801.3
218.2
154.1
91.0
63.1
535.0
4.9

1,026.8
29.1
997.7
261.9
1,773.4
1,241.1
532.3
2,236.1
2,203.4
1,145.7
121.6
936.1
32.7
971.4
1,083.0
11,063.9
10,350.4
9,979.3
3,179.4
1,011.5
2,167.9
6,799.9
216.7
154.5
91.4
63.1
713.5
6.4

1,031.2
30.6
1,000.6
268.7
1,761.5
1,248.7
512.8
2,116.6
2,083.9
1,159.1
132.0
792.8
32.7
971.9
1,070.5
10,959.3
10,420.6
10,050.6
3,235.1
1,022.5
2,212.6
6,815.6
215.2
154.8
91.7
63.1
538.6
4.9

1,035.0
28.2
1,006.8
273.3
1,762.3
1,241.8
520.5
2,123.4
2,090.6
1,158.4
131.5
800.7
32.8
972.5
1,086.4
10,964.2
10,437.7
10,068.4
3,245.0
1,038.7
2,206.2
6,823.4
215.3
154.0
92.1
61.9
526.5
4.8

1,038.4
25.8
1,012.6
277.9
1,763.1
1,234.9
528.2
2,133.7
2,100.9
1,162.8
137.4
800.7
32.8
974.4
1,086.5
10,998.0
10,567.3
10,197.4
3,353.6
1,102.7
2,250.8
6,843.8
215.5
154.4
92.5
61.9
430.7
3.9

1,040.2
23.5
1,016.7
282.6
1,763.9
1,228.0
535.9
2,155.3
2,122.4
1,176.3
138.1
808.0
32.8
975.0
1,085.5
11,031.1
10,503.3
10,132.8
3,278.4
1,012.4
2,266.0
6,854.5
215.6
154.8
92.9
61.9
527.8
4.8

1,055.0
30.4
1,024.6
284.8
1,770.5
1,229.9
540.7
2,158.1
2,125.2
1,175.7
135.2
814.3
32.9
975.5
1,068.8
11,081.3
10,564.6
10,196.3
3,312.1
1,038.7
2,273.4
6,884.2
213.1
155.2
93.3
61.9
516.7
4.7

1,067.3
37.4
1,029.9
286.5
1,777.2
1,231.8
545.4
2,169.4
2,136.5
1,181.6
133.7
821.2
32.9
977.8
1,064.3
11,135.4
10,610.3
10,244.2
3,357.4
1,050.6
2,306.8
6,886.8
210.5
155.7
93.7
61.9
525.1
4.7

9,119.4

9,122.0

9,075.4

9,087.6

9,079.3

9,080.1

9,085.3

9,097.5

10,016.5

10,183.3

10,033.1

10,036.9

10,034.8

10,055.3

10,075.7

10,099.8

35,465
32,664
306,648

36,055
33,185
306,865

35,686
32,670
307,103

35,673
32,656
307,351

35,753
32,622
307,613

35,829
32,660
307,882

35,962
32,699
308,134

36,111
32,752
308,368

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

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2008
II

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income....
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 ..............................................
Per capita:
Current dollars...................................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ......................................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 3........................................................

III

2009
IV

I

II

III r

11,894.1
7,862.7
6,408.9
5,319.8
1,212.9
753.5
4,106.9
1,044.7
3,062.2
1,089.1
1,453.8
993.0
460.8

12,238.8
8,042.4
6,545.9
5,404.6
1,206.5
742.0
4,198.1
1,048.3
3,149.8
1,141.3
1,496.6
1,023.9
472.7

12,292.9
8,032.8
6,539.2
5,402.8
1,210.6
745.3
4,192.2
1,050.7
3,141.5
1,136.4
1,493.5
1,021.7
471.8

12,286.6
8,069.1
6,567.7
5,419.2
1,206.2
740.3
4,213.0
1,047.8
3,165.2
1,148.5
1,501.4
1,026.7
474.7

12,233.5
8,050.3
6,543.5
5,388.6
1,192.2
732.2
4,196.5
1,039.4
3,157.1
1,154.9
1,506.8
1,033.2
473.6

11,952.7
7,805.8
6,307.8
5,136.0
1,107.3
681.0
4,028.8
1,002.3
3,026.5
1,171.8
1,498.0
1,037.8
460.2

12,048.8
7,815.9
6,313.1
5,128.8
1,067.8
662.0
4,061.0
989.3
3,071.7
1,184.4
1,502.8
1,042.0
460.8

12,083.9
7,841.5
6,333.2
5,148.4
1,055.5
661.0
4,092.9
989.3
3,103.5
1,184.8
1,508.3
1,046.1
462.2

1,096.4
39.4
1,056.9
144.9
2,031.5
1,266.4
765.1
1,718.0
1,687.8
1,003.7
32.3
651.7
30.2
959.3
1,490.9
10,403.1
10,224.3
9,826.4
3,365.0
1,160.5
2,204.5
6,461.4
256.8
141.0
82.3
58.7
178.9
1.7

1,106.3
48.7
1,057.5
210.4
1,994.4
1,308.0
686.4
1,875.9
1,843.2
1,070.3
50.6
722.4
32.6
990.6
1,432.4
10,806.4
10,520.0
10,129.9
3,403.2
1,095.2
2,308.0
6,726.8
237.7
152.3
87.9
64.5
286.4
2.7

1,111.9
49.4
1,062.5
202.8
1,997.3
1,306.6
690.7
1,937.0
1,904.4
1,064.5
38.7
801.3
32.6
988.9
1,326.2
10,966.7
10,592.2
10,194.7
3,474.9
1,126.5
2,348.4
6,719.8
243.9
153.6
87.4
66.2
374.4
3.4

1,114.4
49.3
1,065.1
222.2
2,001.4
1,327.8
673.7
1,874.3
1,841.7
1,080.5
57.7
703.5
32.6
994.9
1,437.3
10,849.3
10,613.6
10,220.1
3,463.0
1,088.5
2,374.5
6,757.1
238.3
155.2
88.5
66.7
235.7
2.2

1,083.6
39.0
1,044.5
236.7
1,958.1
1,292.9
665.2
1,898.0
1,865.3
1,087.0
70.3
708.0
32.7
993.3
1,434.3
10,799.1
10,389.9
10,009.8
3,227.5
1,019.9
2,207.6
6,782.3
228.8
151.3
89.5
61.8
409.2
3.8

1,037.8
27.3
1,010.5
245.9
1,845.5
1,243.4
602.1
1,987.3
1,954.7
1,128.5
96.2
730.1
32.5
969.7
1,187.3
10,765.4
10,362.3
9,987.7
3,197.7
1,025.2
2,172.4
6,790.0
220.4
154.2
90.4
63.8
403.1
3.7

1,028.0
28.9
999.1
262.0
1,773.4
1,241.1
532.3
2,140.3
2,107.7
1,151.1
122.5
834.1
32.7
970.9
1,082.6
10,966.2
10,370.5
9,999.3
3,193.8
1,011.5
2,182.2
6,805.6
216.7
154.5
91.4
63.1
595.7
5.4

1,037.9
25.8
1,012.0
277.9
1,763.1
1,234.9
528.2
2,137.5
2,104.7
1,165.8
135.7
803.2
32.8
974.0
1,086.1
10,997.8
10,502.8
10,132.9
3,292.3
1,051.3
2,241.0
6,840.6
215.5
154.4
92.5
61.9
495.0
4.5

9,645.4

9,504.6

9,498.8

9,442.0

9,494.4

9,188.7

9,105.5

9,082.3

9,860.6

9,911.3

10,059.0

9,838.3

9,920.4

9,926.4

10,077.5

10,042.3

34,478
32,679
301,737

35,486
32,546
304,529

36,059
33,075
304,128

35,586
32,270
304,872

35,335
32,460
305,620

35,153
32,413
306,245

35,735
32,840
306,872

35,752
32,646
307,615

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

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2009
April
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds..
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

May

June

July

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

87.1
48.2
43.3
37.5
–13.3
–4.1
50.7
–3.0
53.7
5.8
4.9
1.7
3.2

177.1
15.9
13.4
9.0
–11.2
–7.5
20.3
1.3
19.0
4.4
2.5
1.4
1.1

–117.2
3.5
1.9
–0.6
–6.5
–3.1
6.0
–3.9
9.8
2.4
1.6
1.4
0.2

20.9
5.4
3.7
6.7
0.8
5.1
5.8
–1.4
7.2
–2.8
1.7
1.6
0.1

33.9
16.7
14.6
13.2
–4.9
–2.5
18.1
5.4
12.8
1.2
2.2
1.2
1.0

32.0
4.0
2.7
4.4
–5.2
0.3
9.6
0.0
9.6
–1.7
1.2
1.0
0.3

33.6
7.5
5.9
3.2
–2.0
–2.4
5.2
0.6
4.7
2.8
1.6
1.5
0.0

49.7
20.0
17.8
16.1
0.4
1.6
15.7
5.0
10.7
1.7
2.1
1.0
1.1

–1.1
2.1
–3.2
5.7
–11.9
7.7
–19.4
52.1
52.1
12.4
5.6
34.1
0.0
6.0
–62.0
149.1
–12.8
–10.8
–23.5
–13.7
–9.8
12.7
–1.5
–0.5
0.3
–0.7
161.8

0.8
2.0
–1.2
6.5
–11.8
7.6
–19.5
167.8
167.7
–2.7
7.7
162.7
0.1
2.1
–11.4
188.5
10.1
11.2
12.6
10.9
1.7
–1.4
–1.5
0.4
0.4
0.0
178.5

4.4
1.5
2.9
6.8
–11.9
7.6
–19.5
–119.5
–119.5
13.4
10.4
–143.3
0.0
0.5
–12.5
–104.6
70.2
71.3
55.7
11.0
44.7
15.7
–1.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
–174.9

3.8
–2.4
6.2
4.6
0.8
–6.9
7.7
6.8
6.7
–0.7
–0.5
7.9
0.1
0.6
15.9
4.9
17.1
17.8
9.9
16.2
–6.4
7.8
0.1
–0.8
0.4
–1.2
–12.1

3.4
–2.4
5.8
4.6
0.8
–6.9
7.7
10.3
10.3
4.4
5.9
0.0
0.0
1.9
0.1
33.8
129.6
129.0
108.6
64.0
44.6
20.4
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.0
–95.8

1.8
–2.3
4.1
4.7
0.8
–6.9
7.7
21.6
21.5
13.5
0.7
7.3
0.0
0.6
–1.0
33.1
–64.0
–64.6
–75.2
–90.3
15.2
10.7
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.0
97.1

14.8
6.9
7.9
2.2
6.6
1.9
4.8
2.8
2.8
–0.6
–2.9
6.3
0.1
0.5
–16.7
50.2
61.3
63.5
33.7
26.3
7.4
29.7
–2.5
0.4
0.4
0.0
–11.1

12.3
7.0
5.3
1.7
6.7
1.9
4.7
11.3
11.3
5.9
–1.5
6.9
0.0
2.3
–4.5
54.1
45.7
47.9
45.3
11.9
33.4
2.6
–2.6
0.5
0.4
0.0
8.4

24.9
129.5

2.6
166.8

–46.6
–150.2

12.2
3.8

–8.3
–2.1

0.8
20.5

5.2
20.4

12.2
24.1

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. 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
2007

2008

2008
II

Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ...............................................
Wage and salary disbursements .......................................................
Private industries...............................................................................
Goods-producing industries ...........................................................
Manufacturing .............................................................................
Services-producing industries........................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities...............................................
Other services-producing industries ...........................................
Government.......................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.................................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
Employer contributions for government social insurance ..................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments.................................................................
Farm .....................................................................................................
Nonfarm................................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment.....
Personal income receipts on assets ....................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts .......................................................
Government social benefits to persons ................................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits .............
Government unemployment insurance benefits ................................
Other .................................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) .............................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic.....
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Less: Personal outlays .............................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ...................................................................
Personal current transfer payments .........................................................
To government ......................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) .................................................................
Equals: Personal saving ...........................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained
(2005) dollars 2 .....................................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2............

III

2009
IV

I

III r

II

626.0
387.0
340.0
286.1
36.9
14.8
249.1
48.7
200.4
53.9
46.9
32.9
14.1

344.7
179.7
137.0
84.8
–6.4
–11.5
91.2
3.6
87.6
52.2
42.8
30.9
11.9

150.7
15.3
6.2
–4.9
–6.5
–4.8
1.6
–4.6
6.2
11.1
9.0
7.7
1.3

–6.3
36.3
28.5
16.4
–4.4
–5.0
20.8
–2.9
23.7
12.1
7.9
5.0
2.9

–53.1
–18.8
–24.2
–30.6
–14.0
–8.1
–16.5
–8.4
–8.1
6.4
5.4
6.5
–1.1

–280.8
–244.5
–235.7
–252.6
–84.9
–51.2
–167.7
–37.1
–130.6
16.9
–8.8
4.6
–13.4

96.1
10.1
5.3
–7.2
–39.5
–19.0
32.2
–13.0
45.2
12.6
4.8
4.2
0.6

35.1
25.6
20.1
19.6
–12.3
–1.0
31.9
0.0
31.8
0.4
5.5
4.1
1.4

–36.6
10.1
–46.7
–1.6
201.8
138.9
62.9
113.0
104.2
60.4
2.4
41.3
8.8
37.5
138.5
487.4
543.6
503.7
143.3
27.5
115.8
360.5
26.7
13.0
5.9
7.1
–56.1

9.9
9.3
0.6
65.5
–37.1
41.6
–78.7
157.9
155.4
66.6
18.3
70.7
2.4
31.3
–58.5
403.3
295.7
303.5
38.2
–65.3
103.5
265.4
–19.1
11.3
5.6
5.8
107.5

–3.3
–7.8
4.6
22.9
–23.5
2.0
–25.5
142.9
142.9
15.4
3.0
124.6
0.0
3.6
–205.6
356.3
108.1
99.6
27.7
–19.3
47.0
71.9
4.1
4.4
1.3
3.1
248.1

2.5
–0.1
2.6
19.4
4.1
21.2
–17.0
–62.7
–62.7
16.0
19.0
–97.8
0.0
6.0
111.1
–117.4
21.4
25.4
–11.9
–38.0
26.1
37.3
–5.6
1.6
1.1
0.5
–138.7

–30.8
–10.3
–20.6
14.5
–43.3
–34.9
–8.5
23.7
23.6
6.5
12.6
4.5
0.1
–1.6
–3.0
–50.2
–223.7
–210.3
–235.5
–68.6
–166.9
25.2
–9.5
–3.9
1.0
–4.9
173.5

–45.8
–11.7
–34.0
9.2
–112.6
–49.5
–63.1
89.3
89.4
41.5
25.9
22.1
–0.2
–23.6
–247.0
–33.7
–27.6
–22.1
–29.8
5.3
–35.2
7.7
–8.4
2.9
0.9
2.0
–6.1

–9.8
1.6
–11.4
16.1
–72.1
–2.3
–69.8
153.0
153.0
22.6
26.3
104.0
0.2
1.2
–104.7
200.8
8.2
11.6
–3.9
–13.7
9.8
15.6
–3.7
0.3
1.0
–0.7
192.6

9.9
–3.1
12.9
15.9
–10.3
–6.2
–4.1
–2.8
–3.0
14.7
13.2
–30.9
0.1
3.1
3.5
31.6
132.3
133.6
98.5
39.8
58.8
35.0
–1.2
–0.1
1.1
–1.2
–100.7

240.6
209.9

–140.8
50.7

–85.1
232.2

–56.8
–220.7

52.4
82.1

–305.7
6.0

–83.2
151.1

–23.2
–35.2

r Revised
1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. 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
2009
April

May

July r

June

August r

September r

October r

November p

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

0.7
0.6
0.7
0.3

1.5
0.2
0.2
0.2

–1.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.1

–0.1
2.3
–0.7
0.6
–3.4
2.6
0.6
–5.4
1.4

0.1
2.6
–0.7
0.6
–3.5
8.1
0.2
–1.0
1.7

0.4
2.6
–0.7
0.6
–3.7
–5.3
0.0
–1.2
–0.9

0.4
1.7
0.0
–0.6
1.5
0.3
0.1
1.5
0.0

0.3
1.7
0.0
–0.6
1.5
0.5
0.2
0.0
0.3

0.2
1.7
0.0
–0.6
1.5
1.0
0.1
–0.1
0.3

1.4
0.8
0.4
0.2
0.9
0.1
0.0
–1.5
0.5

1.2
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.9
0.5
0.2
–0.4
0.5

–0.1
–0.7
–1.4
–0.4
0.2

0.1
0.4
1.1
0.1
0.0

0.7
1.8
1.1
2.1
0.2

0.2
0.3
1.6
–0.3
0.1

1.3
3.3
6.2
2.0
0.3

–0.6
–2.2
–8.2
0.7
0.2

0.6
1.0
2.6
0.3
0.4

0.5
1.4
1.1
1.5
0.0

0.0
0.2

0.1
0.2

0.1
0.2

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

0.3
1.3

0.0
1.7

–0.5
–1.5

0.1
0.0

–0.1
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2008
II

III

2009
IV

I

III r

II

Based on current-dollar measures
Personal income........................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ....................................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..........................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries.....................................................
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital consumption
adjustments ..........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment .............
Personal income receipts on assets ........................................................
Personal interest income ......................................................................
Personal dividend income.....................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ............................................................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ..............
Less: Personal current taxes ...................................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income......................................................
Addenda:
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................................
Goods ...................................................................................................
Durable goods ...................................................................................
Nondurable goods .............................................................................
Services................................................................................................

5.6
5.2
5.6
3.3

2.9
2.3
2.1
2.9

5.1
0.8
0.4
2.4

–0.2
1.8
1.8
2.1

–1.7
–0.9
–1.5
1.4

–8.9
–11.6
–13.6
–2.3

3.3
0.5
0.3
1.3

1.2
1.3
1.3
1.5

–3.2
–1.1
11.0
12.3
9.0
7.0
4.1
10.2
4.9

0.9
45.2
–1.8
3.3
–10.3
9.2
3.3
–3.9
3.9

–1.2
61.7
–4.6
0.6
–13.5
35.9
1.4
–43.8
14.1

0.9
44.0
0.8
6.6
–9.5
–12.3
2.4
38.0
–4.2

–10.6
28.8
–8.4
–10.1
–5.0
5.1
–0.6
–0.8
–1.8

–15.9
16.4
–21.1
–14.5
–32.8
20.2
–9.2
–53.1
–1.2

–3.7
28.9
–14.7
–0.7
–38.9
34.6
0.5
–30.9
7.7

3.9
26.7
–2.3
–2.0
–3.0
–0.5
1.3
1.3
1.2

5.4
4.4
2.4
5.5
5.9

3.1
1.1
–5.6
4.7
4.1

4.0
3.3
–6.6
8.4
4.4

1.0
–1.4
–12.8
4.5
2.2

–8.0
–24.5
–22.9
–25.3
1.5

–0.9
–3.7
2.1
–6.2
0.5

0.5
–0.5
–5.2
1.8
0.9

5.5
12.9
16.7
11.2
2.1

–3.2
0.2

–0.9
6.2

–0.3
–1.4

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

2.6
2.2

–1.5
0.5

–0.9
9.8

–0.6
–8.5

0.6
3.4

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2009
April

May

July r

June

August r

September r

October r

November p

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

9,180.8
3,095.0
1,059.2
2,026.9
6,080.3

9,185.1
3,106.1
1,072.5
2,025.8
6,074.3

9,201.3
3,114.9
1,083.5
2,024.5
6,081.9

9,216.8
3,130.4
1,106.4
2,019.6
6,082.8

9,304.4
3,213.3
1,180.6
2,035.0
6,091.3

9,236.5
3,135.2
1,081.2
2,045.3
6,097.7

9,271.0
3,160.4
1,108.2
2,046.3
6,107.9

9,291.4
3,185.4
1,121.6
2,058.6
6,104.4

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

–17.3
–24.2
–16.0
–9.0
5.4

4.3
11.1
13.3
–1.1
–6.0

16.2
8.8
11.0
–1.3
7.6

15.5
15.5
22.9
–4.9
0.9

87.6
82.9
74.2
15.4
8.5

–67.9
–78.1
–99.4
10.3
6.4

34.5
25.2
27.0
1.0
10.2

20.4
25.0
13.4
12.3
–3.5

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

–0.2
–0.8
–1.5
–0.4
0.1

0.0
0.4
1.2
–0.1
–0.1

0.2
0.3
1.0
–0.1
0.1

0.2
0.5
2.1
–0.2
0.0

1.0
2.7
6.7
0.8
0.1

–0.7
–2.4
–8.4
0.5
0.1

0.4
0.8
2.5
0.0
0.2

0.2
0.8
1.2
0.6
–0.1

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2007

2008

2008
II

III

2009
IV

I

II

III r

9,209.2
3,129.8
1,087.2
2,035.5
6,076.0

9,189.0
3,105.4
1,071.7
2,025.7
6,078.8

9,252.6
3,159.6
1,122.7
2,033.3
6,090.6

–20.2
–24.4
–15.5
–9.8
2.8

63.6
54.2
51.0
7.6
11.8

–0.9
–3.1
–5.6
–1.9
0.2

2.8
7.2
20.4
1.5
0.8

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

9,313.9
3,273.7
1,199.9
2,074.8
6,040.8

9,290.9
3,206.0
1,146.3
2,057.3
6,083.1

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

240.4
99.8
49.5
51.2
141.1

–23.0
–67.7
–53.6
–17.5
42.3

9,351.0
3,257.8
1,175.7
2,081.4
6,092.5

9,267.7
3,193.6
1,139.6
2,051.5
6,072.4

9,195.3
3,110.4
1,076.8
2,026.1
6,080.4

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
1.4
–4.3
–17.5
11.3
5.4

–83.3
–64.2
–36.1
–29.9
–20.1

–72.4
–83.2
–62.8
–25.4
8.0

13.9
19.4
10.4
9.4
–4.4

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

2.6
3.1
4.3
2.5
2.4

–0.2
–2.1
–4.5
–0.8
0.7

0.1
–0.5
–5.7
2.2
0.4

–3.5
–7.7
–11.7
–5.6
–1.3

–3.1
–10.0
–20.3
–4.9
0.5

0.6
2.5
3.9
1.9
–0.3

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2009
April

May

June

July

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

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

108.571
102.335
94.488
106.882
111.857

108.644
102.379
94.344
107.024
111.944

109.228
103.877
94.389
109.302
112.061

109.236
103.680
93.903
109.255
112.174

109.594
104.383
93.429
110.618
112.353

109.701
104.584
93.647
110.807
112.410

109.977
104.817
93.744
111.113
112.709

110.251
105.416
93.685
112.071
112.815

99.934
108.586
108.602
108.628

100.171
108.694
108.648
108.712

108.596
108.855
109.293
108.871

108.131
108.933
109.281
108.938

113.576
109.019
109.710
109.060

114.413
109.129
109.826
109.182

116.271
109.326
109.981
109.223

121.342
109.333
110.278
109.212

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

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.5
1.5
0.0
2.1
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.5
0.0
0.1

0.3
0.7
–0.5
1.2
0.2

0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.3

0.2
0.6
–0.1
0.9
0.1

–2.3
0.3
0.1
0.3

0.2
0.1
0.0
0.1

8.4
0.1
0.6
0.1

–0.4
0.1
0.0
0.1

5.0
0.1
0.4
0.1

0.7
0.1
0.1
0.1

1.6
0.2
0.1
0.0

4.4
0.0
0.3
0.0

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Consists of gasoline and other energy goods and of electricity and gas.
2. Food consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption; food services, which include purchased meals and beverages, are not classified as food.
3. This index is a supplemental measure that is based on household expenditures for which there are observable price measures. It excludes most implicit prices (for example, 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
2009
April
Disposable personal income....................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ......................................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................

2.1
–1.9
–5.2
–10.2
–2.7
–0.3

May
–1.3
–1.8
–4.8
–9.1
–2.7
–0.2

June

July

–0.2
–1.5
–4.1
–7.2
–2.7
–0.1

r

August r

1.4
–0.7
–2.2
–2.8
–1.9
0.0

2.3
0.3
–0.2
2.0
–1.3
0.5

September r
2.5
0.0
–0.8
–3.7
0.6
0.4

October r
2.4
0.7
1.1
2.5
0.5
0.4

November p
1.5
0.8
1.7
3.6
0.9
0.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2009
April
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)............................................
Goods ......................................................................................................
Durable goods ......................................................................................
Nondurable goods ................................................................................
Services ...................................................................................................
Addenda:
Energy goods and services 1 ...................................................................
PCE excluding food and energy 2 ............................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ................................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .....................................

May

June

July

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

0.1
–3.5
–1.6
–4.3
1.8

–0.3
–3.7
–1.5
–4.7
1.5

–0.4
–3.5
–1.4
–4.5
1.2

–0.9
–4.5
–1.9
–5.6
0.9

–0.6
–3.6
–2.2
–4.3
1.0

–0.6
–3.6
–1.8
–4.4
0.9

0.1
–1.9
–1.5
–2.0
1.1

1.5
2.2
–1.1
3.7
1.2

–26.1
1.7
0.2
2.2

–27.7
1.6
–0.1
2.1

–26.2
1.5
–0.2
2.0

–29.0
1.3
–0.8
1.8

–23.8
1.3
–0.5
1.7

–22.6
1.2
–0.5
1.6

–14.4
1.4
0.1
1.5

8.8
1.4
1.6
1.5

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