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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011
BEA 11-64

James Rankin: (202) 606-5301
Kyle Brown: (202) 606-5302

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: NOVEMBER 2011
Personal income increased $8.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $13.1 billion, or 0.1 percent in November.
In October, personal income increased $47.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $27.2 billion, or 0.2
percent, and PCE increased $11.3 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased less than 0.1 percent in November, in contrast to an increase of 0.3
percent in October. Real PCE increased 0.2 percent in November, the same increase as in October.
2011
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.

0.1

-0.1

0.2

0.4

0.1

0.1
-0.3

-0.1
-0.4

0.1
-0.1

0.2
0.3

0.0
0.0

0.8
0.4

0.1
-0.1

0.7
0.5

0.1
0.2

0.1
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 decreased $7.1 billion in November, in contrast to an
increase of $37.2 billion in October. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $6.7 billion, in
contrast to an increase of $8.6 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $6.9 billion, in contrast to an
increase of $6.8 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased $0.3 billion, in contrast to
an increase of $28.5 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $0.1 billion in
November, the same increase as in October.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $1.1 billion in November, compared with an
increase of $4.4 billion in October.
Proprietors' income decreased $3.5 billion in November, compared with a decrease of $2.5 billion
in October. Farm proprietors' income decreased $4.2 billion, compared with a decrease of $4.3
billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $0.9 billion, compared with an increase of $1.7
billion.
Rental income of persons increased $8.9 billion in November, compared with an increase of $8.5
billion in October. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $6.4 billion, compared with an increase of $9.3 billion. Personal current
transfer receipts increased $1.6 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $4.9 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $1.0 billion in November, in contrast to an increase of $5.0 billion in October.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $13.6 billion in November, compared with an increase of $19.9
billion in October. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- decreased $5.0 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in November, in contrast to an increase of
$27.2 billion, or 0.2 percent in October.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $13.1 billion in November, compared with an increase of $11.4 billion in October. PCE
increased $13.1 billion, compared with an increase of $11.3 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $400.9 billion in November, compared with
$419.1 billion in October. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
income -- was 3.5 percent in November, compared with 3.6 percent 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 -- decreased less than 0.1 percent in
November, in contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in October.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in November, the
same increase as in October. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.1 percent in November,
compared with an increase of 1.3 percent in October. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.1
percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.2 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, in
contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE decreased less than 0.1 percent in November,
compared with a decrease of 0.1 percent in October. The PCE price index, excluding food and
energy, increased 0.1 percent in November, the same increase as in October.

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)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

October

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

15.5

20.8

0.1

0.2

48.1

47.2

0.4

0.4

7.8
-11.0

12.9
-5.6

0.1
-0.1

0.1
-0.1

30.2
31.6

27.2
29.4

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
74.5
Chained (2005) dollars
48.4

77.2
51.7

0.7
0.5

0.7
0.5

8.2
12.1

11.3
15.2

0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

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Next release – January 30, 2012 at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for December

Release Dates for 2012
December 2011.. January 30
January 2012….. March 1
February 2012… March 30
March 2012…… April 30

April 2012…June 1
May 2012… June 29
June 2012… July 31
July 2012…. August 30

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August 2012…… September 28
September 2012.. October 29
October 2012….. November 30
November 2012.. December 21

Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2011

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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

April

May

June

July

12,938.7
8,217.3
6,616.5
5,424.0
1,098.1
702.2
4,325.8
1,045.8
3,280.0
1,192.5
1,600.8

12,957.2
8,222.7
6,619.6
5,427.5
1,097.9
701.3
4,329.6
1,041.3
3,288.3
1,192.1
1,603.1

12,970.1
8,219.3
6,615.1
5,424.0
1,094.7
697.5
4,329.4
1,042.3
3,287.1
1,191.1
1,604.2

12,979.1
8,243.2
6,637.4
5,448.3
1,100.5
703.0
4,347.8
1,044.0
3,303.8
1,189.0
1,605.8

12,969.4
8,237.7
6,630.3
5,440.4
1,098.2
700.2
4,342.2
1,039.6
3,302.7
1,189.8
1,607.5

12,990.2
8,268.9
6,658.1
5,469.0
1,103.9
701.8
4,365.1
1,046.6
3,318.5
1,189.1
1,610.9

13,037.4
8,310.6
6,695.3
5,506.2
1,112.5
708.6
4,393.6
1,054.6
3,339.0
1,189.2
1,615.3

13,045.9
8,304.9
6,688.4
5,499.1
1,105.8
701.7
4,393.3
1,056.2
3,337.1
1,189.3
1,616.4

1,106.9
493.9

1,108.7
494.3

1,110.4
493.7

1,110.8
495.1

1,112.6
494.9

1,114.5
496.4

1,116.3
499.0

1,118.2
498.3

1,105.9
68.3
1,037.6

1,106.6
67.3
1,039.3

1,107.2
66.4
1,040.7

1,109.1
67.0
1,042.1

1,116.2
67.5
1,048.7

1,115.9
68.1
1,047.8

1,113.4
63.8
1,049.5

1,109.9
59.6
1,050.4

398.3
1,791.8
1,011.1
780.6
2,342.7
2,303.2
713.1
553.1
433.3
110.8
63.1
429.8
39.4

396.8
1,802.6
1,015.9
786.7
2,346.4
2,307.0
711.4
553.9
438.5
106.4
61.8
435.0
39.4

395.7
1,812.6
1,020.7
791.9
2,352.7
2,313.3
712.1
554.7
440.5
109.3
63.6
433.3
39.3

400.8
1,806.0
1,007.7
798.3
2,340.3
2,300.7
715.2
555.8
425.4
104.7
64.0
435.6
39.6

406.2
1,794.7
994.8
799.9
2,334.4
2,295.0
716.1
558.1
413.8
102.1
65.4
439.5
39.3

412.0
1,781.8
981.8
799.9
2,335.1
2,295.8
717.7
559.5
409.9
102.3
65.7
440.7
39.3

420.5
1,791.1
984.0
807.1
2,330.2
2,290.6
718.3
558.8
408.8
98.4
65.1
441.3
39.6

429.4
1,797.5
986.1
811.4
2,331.8
2,292.2
719.5
557.8
409.4
97.7
64.3
443.6
39.6

917.1
1,387.9
11,550.8
10,998.0
10,669.6
3,647.1
1,157.7
2,489.4
7,022.5
157.9
170.5
96.9
73.5
552.8

918.0
1,397.4
11,559.7
11,016.7
10,690.1
3,625.5
1,144.4
2,481.1
7,064.7
155.9
170.6
97.1
73.5
543.0

917.3
1,403.2
11,566.9
10,993.2
10,668.4
3,595.6
1,129.3
2,466.3
7,072.8
154.0
170.9
97.3
73.5
573.7

920.4
1,405.9
11,573.2
11,077.0
10,749.4
3,643.3
1,154.6
2,488.6
7,106.2
156.2
171.4
97.5
73.8
496.2

919.9
1,405.9
11,563.5
11,093.5
10,763.4
3,640.1
1,143.5
2,496.6
7,123.4
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
470.0

923.5
1,413.8
11,576.4
11,173.1
10,840.6
3,700.4
1,176.7
2,523.7
7,140.2
160.7
171.9
98.1
73.8
403.3

928.5
1,433.7
11,603.6
11,184.5
10,851.9
3,709.3
1,190.7
2,518.6
7,142.6
160.3
172.2
98.4
73.8
419.1

927.5
1,447.3
11,598.6
11,197.6
10,865.0
3,711.8
1,199.8
2,512.0
7,153.2
160.0
172.6
98.7
73.8
400.9

4.8

4.7

5.0

4.3

4.1

3.5

3.6

3.5

9,329.4

9,325.9

9,343.5

9,328.1

9,299.6

9,301.6

9,352.3

9,361.9

10,170.1

10,160.0

10,179.1

10,147.4

10,111.5

10,105.9

10,135.3

10,134.7

37,016
32,591
312,049

37,022
32,539
312,240

37,021
32,579
312,440

37,016
32,456
312,654

36,959
32,318
312,878

36,974
32,277
313,101

37,035
32,349
313,312

36,995
32,326
313,520

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2009

2010

2010
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ..........................................................
Disposable personal income:
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .......................................
Per capita:
Current dollars............................................................................
Chained (2005) dollars ...............................................................
Population (midperiod, thousands) 5.................................................

2011

III

IV

I

III r

II

11,930.2
7,801.4
6,270.3
5,095.0
1,063.4
660.9
4,031.7
989.6
3,042.0
1,175.3
1,531.1

12,373.5
7,971.4
6,408.2
5,217.4
1,059.2
674.2
4,158.2
1,006.0
3,152.2
1,190.8
1,563.1

12,325.6
7,960.0
6,399.8
5,203.5
1,058.6
673.6
4,144.9
1,004.5
3,140.4
1,196.3
1,560.2

12,453.2
8,022.2
6,454.5
5,264.7
1,070.5
682.2
4,194.2
1,015.9
3,178.3
1,189.9
1,567.7

12,577.6
8,050.8
6,477.0
5,288.4
1,070.8
685.5
4,217.6
1,016.1
3,201.5
1,188.6
1,573.7

12,846.9
8,172.5
6,578.2
5,387.1
1,092.3
700.4
4,294.7
1,034.4
3,260.3
1,191.1
1,594.4

12,955.3
8,219.7
6,617.1
5,425.2
1,096.9
700.4
4,328.3
1,043.1
3,285.1
1,191.9
1,602.7

12,979.6
8,250.0
6,641.9
5,452.6
1,100.9
701.6
4,351.7
1,043.4
3,308.3
1,189.3
1,608.1

1,073.1
458.0

1,089.9
473.2

1,087.6
472.6

1,092.0
475.7

1,096.8
476.9

1,103.0
491.4

1,108.7
494.0

1,112.6
495.5

941.2
39.2
902.0

1,036.4
52.2
984.2

1,025.6
45.8
979.7

1,057.0
58.3
998.7

1,081.5
60.1
1,021.4

1,095.6
66.1
1,029.5

1,106.5
67.3
1,039.2

1,113.7
67.5
1,046.2

305.9
1,707.7
1,108.9
598.8
2,138.1
2,099.9
664.5
493.8
374.1
130.6
51.5
385.4
38.2

350.2
1,721.2
1,003.4
717.7
2,281.2
2,242.9
690.2
518.4
405.4
138.7
57.9
432.4
38.3

349.1
1,724.5
1,014.1
710.4
2,252.1
2,214.1
688.3
511.5
389.8
137.4
57.3
429.9
38.0

352.8
1,723.4
983.9
739.4
2,289.4
2,251.4
693.9
521.4
405.2
135.8
59.0
436.1
37.9

354.8
1,743.5
989.6
753.9
2,341.2
2,301.9
699.9
535.3
439.8
128.7
59.4
438.7
39.3

385.0
1,777.2
1,004.7
772.5
2,328.1
2,288.6
703.1
547.8
432.1
117.5
61.3
426.9
39.5

396.9
1,802.3
1,015.9
786.4
2,347.3
2,307.9
712.2
553.9
437.4
108.8
62.8
432.7
39.4

406.3
1,794.2
994.8
799.4
2,336.6
2,297.2
716.3
557.8
416.4
103.0
65.0
438.6
39.4

964.1
1,141.4
10,788.8
10,236.3
9,866.1
3,197.5
1,029.6
2,167.8
6,668.7
213.7
156.5
89.1
67.4
552.6

986.8
1,193.9
11,179.7
10,586.9
10,245.5
3,387.0
1,085.5
2,301.5
6,858.5
173.4
168.0
95.1
72.9
592.8

985.7
1,175.4
11,150.2
10,527.0
10,184.8
3,340.1
1,071.7
2,268.3
6,844.7
174.4
167.8
94.8
72.9
623.3

991.5
1,212.8
11,240.4
10,614.8
10,276.6
3,386.5
1,087.5
2,299.0
6,890.1
168.1
170.1
95.8
74.3
625.6

994.1
1,240.9
11,336.7
10,748.6
10,417.1
3,483.4
1,124.7
2,358.7
6,933.7
162.7
168.9
96.5
72.5
588.1

911.5
1,365.9
11,481.0
10,902.1
10,571.7
3,592.2
1,154.5
2,437.8
6,979.4
160.3
170.1
96.6
73.5
578.9

917.4
1,396.2
11,559.2
11,002.6
10,676.0
3,622.7
1,143.8
2,478.9
7,053.3
155.9
170.7
97.1
73.5
556.5

921.2
1,408.5
11,571.1
11,114.6
10,784.5
3,661.2
1,158.3
2,503.0
7,123.2
158.4
171.6
97.8
73.8
456.5

5.1

5.3

5.6

5.6

5.2

5.0

4.8

3.9

8,969.7

9,083.0

9,086.5

9,145.7

9,166.7

9,329.8

9,332.9

9,309.7

9,882.7

10,061.6

10,057.8

10,114.4

10,152.0

10,183.2

10,169.7

10,121.6

35,088
32,141
307,483

36,051
32,446
310,106

36,001
32,473
309,724

36,208
32,581
310,438

36,436
32,628
311,140

36,834
32,670
311,696

37,020
32,570
312,243

36,983
32,350
312,878

r Revised
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
5. 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
2011
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

May

June

July

r

August r

September r

October r

November p

29.0
3.4
1.7
1.2
–1.3
–3.7
2.4
3.3
–0.8
0.5
1.7

18.5
5.4
3.1
3.5
–0.2
–0.9
3.8
–4.5
8.3
–0.4
2.3

12.9
–3.4
–4.5
–3.5
–3.2
–3.8
–0.2
1.0
–1.2
–1.0
1.1

9.0
23.9
22.3
24.3
5.8
5.5
18.4
1.7
16.7
–2.1
1.6

–9.7
–5.5
–7.1
–7.9
–2.3
–2.8
–5.6
–4.4
–1.1
0.8
1.7

20.8
31.2
27.8
28.6
5.7
1.6
22.9
7.0
15.8
–0.7
3.4

47.2
41.7
37.2
37.2
8.6
6.8
28.5
8.0
20.5
0.1
4.4

8.5
–5.7
–6.9
–7.1
–6.7
–6.9
–0.3
1.6
–1.9
0.1
1.1

1.9
–0.2

1.8
0.4

1.7
–0.6

0.4
1.4

1.8
–0.2

1.9
1.5

1.8
2.6

1.9
–0.7

2.8
–0.9
3.7

0.7
–1.0
1.7

0.6
–0.9
1.4

1.9
0.6
1.4

7.1
0.5
6.6

–0.3
0.6
–0.9

–2.5
–4.3
1.7

–3.5
–4.2
0.9

–2.0
12.6
4.7
7.8
12.6
12.5
8.0
2.0
4.3
–3.7
0.7
1.2
0.1

–1.5
10.8
4.8
6.1
3.7
3.8
–1.7
0.8
5.2
–4.4
–1.3
5.2
0.0

–1.1
10.0
4.8
5.2
6.3
6.3
0.7
0.8
2.0
2.9
1.8
–1.7
–0.1

5.1
–6.6
–13.0
6.4
–12.4
–12.6
3.1
1.1
–15.1
–4.6
0.4
2.3
0.3

5.4
–11.3
–12.9
1.6
–5.9
–5.7
0.9
2.3
–11.6
–2.6
1.4
3.9
–0.3

5.8
–12.9
–13.0
0.0
0.7
0.8
1.6
1.4
–3.9
0.2
0.3
1.2
0.0

8.5
9.3
2.2
7.2
–4.9
–5.2
0.6
–0.7
–1.1
–3.9
–0.6
0.6
0.3

8.9
6.4
2.1
4.3
1.6
1.6
1.2
–1.0
0.6
–0.7
–0.8
2.3
0.0

0.3
10.2
18.7
28.7
30.4
19.7
–3.3
23.0
10.6
–1.9
0.3
0.2
0.0
–10.0

0.9
9.5
8.9
18.7
20.5
–21.6
–13.3
–8.3
42.2
–2.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
–9.8

–0.7
5.8
7.2
–23.5
–21.7
–29.9
–15.1
–14.8
8.1
–1.9
0.3
0.2
0.0
30.7

3.1
2.7
6.3
83.8
81.0
47.7
25.3
22.3
33.4
2.2
0.5
0.2
0.3
–77.5

–0.5
0.0
–9.7
16.5
14.0
–3.2
–11.1
8.0
17.2
2.2
0.2
0.3
0.0
–26.2

3.6
7.9
12.9
79.6
77.2
60.3
33.2
27.1
16.8
2.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
–66.7

5.0
19.9
27.2
11.4
11.3
8.9
14.0
–5.1
2.4
–0.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
15.8

–1.0
13.6
–5.0
13.1
13.1
2.5
9.1
–6.6
10.6
–0.3
0.4
0.3
0.0
–18.2

–17.4
–18.2

–3.5
–10.1

17.6
19.1

–15.4
–31.7

–28.5
–35.9

2.0
–5.6

50.7
29.4

9.6
–0.6

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. 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
2009

2010

2010
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 .........................................
Social security 1 .........................................................................
Medicare 2 ..................................................................................
Medicaid .....................................................................................
Unemployment insurance...........................................................
Veterans’ 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 3 ............................................................
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 4 ................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4.....

2011

III

IV

I

III r

II

–530.0
–271.9
–280.6
–311.8
–144.3
–80.0
–167.3
–60.1
–107.3
31.2
8.6

443.3
170.0
137.9
122.4
–4.2
13.3
126.5
16.4
110.2
15.5
32.0

187.9
107.5
98.2
90.5
21.7
18.3
68.9
17.1
51.7
7.7
9.3

127.6
62.2
54.7
61.2
11.9
8.6
49.3
11.4
37.9
–6.4
7.5

124.4
28.6
22.5
23.7
0.3
3.3
23.4
0.2
23.2
–1.3
6.0

269.3
121.7
101.2
98.7
21.5
14.9
77.1
18.3
58.8
2.5
20.7

108.4
47.2
38.9
38.1
4.6
0.0
33.6
8.7
24.8
0.8
8.3

24.3
30.3
24.8
27.4
4.0
1.2
23.4
0.3
23.2
–2.6
5.4

20.7
–12.1

16.8
15.2

4.2
5.1

4.4
3.1

4.8
1.2

6.2
14.5

5.7
2.6

3.9
1.5

–156.7
–12.6
–144.1

95.2
13.0
82.2

43.9
1.2
42.6

31.4
12.5
19.0

24.5
1.8
22.7

14.1
6.0
8.1

10.9
1.2
9.7

7.2
0.2
7.0

74.3
–457.7
–273.1
–184.6
258.9
257.5
59.0
32.2
35.9
79.7
6.5
44.3
1.4

44.3
13.5
–105.5
118.9
143.1
143.0
25.7
24.6
31.3
8.1
6.4
47.0
0.1

5.0
31.2
–12.0
43.2
10.0
10.0
9.7
5.9
3.2
–15.4
1.5
5.1
0.0

3.7
–1.1
–30.2
29.0
37.3
37.3
5.6
9.9
15.4
–1.6
1.7
6.2
–0.1

2.0
20.1
5.7
14.5
51.8
50.5
6.0
13.9
34.6
–7.1
0.4
2.6
1.4

30.2
33.7
15.1
18.6
–13.1
–13.3
3.2
12.5
–7.7
–11.2
1.9
–11.8
0.2

11.9
25.1
11.2
13.9
19.2
19.3
9.1
6.1
5.3
–8.7
1.5
5.8
–0.1

9.4
–8.1
–21.1
13.0
–10.7
–10.7
4.1
3.9
–21.0
–5.8
2.2
5.9
0.0

–23.2
–294.3
–235.7
–195.9
–169.4
–184.2
–79.3
–105.0
14.9
–31.9
5.5
4.2
1.2
–39.7

22.7
52.5
390.9
350.6
379.4
189.5
55.9
133.7
189.8
–40.3
11.5
6.0
5.5
40.2

9.7
29.0
158.9
69.8
81.1
2.0
13.7
–11.8
79.1
–13.9
2.6
1.4
1.0
89.2

5.8
37.4
90.2
87.8
91.8
46.4
15.8
30.7
45.4
–6.3
2.3
1.0
1.4
2.3

2.6
28.1
96.3
133.8
140.5
96.9
37.2
59.7
43.6
–5.4
–1.2
0.7
–1.8
–37.5

–82.6
125.0
144.3
153.5
154.6
108.8
29.8
79.1
45.7
–2.4
1.2
0.1
1.0
–9.2

5.9
30.3
78.2
100.5
104.3
30.5
–10.7
41.1
73.9
–4.4
0.6
0.5
0.0
–22.4

3.8
12.3
11.9
112.0
108.5
38.5
14.5
24.1
69.9
2.5
0.9
0.7
0.3
–100.0

–742.6
–236.8

113.3
178.9

153.1
135.3

59.2
56.6

21.0
37.6

163.1
31.2

3.1
–13.5

–23.2
–48.1

r Revised
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. 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
2011
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..................................................................................

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.1
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.1
0.1

0.1
0.3
0.3
0.1

–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.1

0.2
–0.5
0.7
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.7
0.2

0.1
–0.4
0.6
0.5
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.7
0.1

0.1
–0.3
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.3
–0.1
0.4
0.1

0.2
1.3
–0.4
–1.3
0.8
–0.5
0.3
0.2
0.1

0.6
1.4
–0.6
–1.3
0.2
–0.3
–0.1
0.0
–0.1

0.0
1.4
–0.7
–1.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.6
0.1

–0.2
2.1
0.5
0.2
0.9
–0.2
0.5
1.4
0.2

–0.3
2.1
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.1
–0.1
0.9
0.0

0.3
0.5
–0.3
0.9
0.2

0.2
–0.6
–1.2
–0.3
0.6

–0.2
–0.8
–1.3
–0.6
0.1

0.8
1.3
2.2
0.9
0.5

0.1
–0.1
–1.0
0.3
0.2

0.7
1.7
2.9
1.1
0.2

0.1
0.2
1.2
–0.2
0.0

0.1
0.1
0.8
–0.3
0.1

0.0
–0.1

0.5
0.3

0.1
0.0

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

–0.2
–0.2

0.0
–0.1

0.2
0.2

–0.2
–0.3

–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
2009

2010

2010
II

2011

III

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

–4.3
–3.4
–4.3
0.6

3.7
2.2
2.2
2.1

6.3
5.6
6.4
2.4

4.2
3.2
3.5
1.9

4.1
1.4
1.4
1.6

8.8
6.2
6.4
5.4

3.4
2.3
2.4
2.1

0.8
1.5
1.5
1.3

–14.3
32.1
–21.1
–19.8
–23.6
13.8
–2.3
–20.5
–2.1

10.1
14.5
0.8
–9.5
19.9
6.7
2.4
4.6
3.6

19.1
5.9
7.6
–4.6
28.5
1.8
4.0
10.5
5.9

12.8
4.3
–0.3
–11.4
17.4
6.8
2.4
13.4
3.3

9.6
2.4
4.7
2.3
8.1
9.4
1.1
9.6
3.5

5.3
38.6
8.0
6.3
10.2
–2.2
–29.3
46.8
5.2

4.0
13.0
5.8
4.5
7.4
3.3
2.6
9.2
2.8

2.6
9.8
–1.8
–8.1
6.8
–1.8
1.7
3.6
0.4

–1.7
–5.4
–7.1
–4.6
0.2

3.8
5.9
5.4
6.2
2.8

3.2
0.2
5.3
–2.0
4.8

3.7
5.7
6.0
5.5
2.7

5.6
11.9
14.4
10.8
2.6

6.1
13.1
11.0
14.1
2.7

4.0
3.4
–3.7
6.9
4.3

4.1
4.3
5.2
3.9
4.0

7.3
1.2

0.1
–0.5

–1.0
–1.9

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

–7.6
–2.3

1.3
1.8

7.0
5.6

2.6
2.3

0.9
1.5

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2011
April

May

June

July

r

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

9,394.2
3,348.0
1,277.3
2,078.8
6,052.7

9,395.7
3,328.4
1,261.1
2,073.2
6,072.6

9,388.4
3,317.3
1,242.1
2,077.7
6,075.7

9,425.1
3,338.6
1,270.8
2,075.1
6,091.8

9,411.8
3,321.9
1,260.4
2,067.8
6,094.5

9,463.5
3,367.8
1,302.2
2,078.1
6,102.0

9,478.7
3,385.2
1,318.7
2,081.6
6,100.5

9,493.8
3,395.7
1,332.9
2,080.5
6,105.4

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

–5.3
–3.0
–6.8
2.6
–2.5

1.5
–19.6
–16.2
–5.6
19.9

–7.3
–11.1
–19.0
4.5
3.1

36.7
21.3
28.7
–2.6
16.1

–13.3
–16.7
–10.4
–7.3
2.7

51.7
45.9
41.8
10.3
7.5

15.2
17.4
16.5
3.5
–1.5

15.1
10.5
14.2
–1.1
4.9

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

–0.1
–0.1
–0.5
0.1
0.0

0.0
–0.6
–1.3
–0.3
0.3

–0.1
–0.3
–1.5
0.2
0.1

0.4
0.6
2.3
–0.1
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
–0.8
–0.4
0.0

0.5
1.4
3.3
0.5
0.1

0.2
0.5
1.3
0.2
0.0

0.2
0.3
1.1
–0.1
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
2009

2010

2010
II

2011

III

IV

I

II

III r

9,376.7
3,344.4
1,277.4
2,075.4
6,039.1

9,392.7
3,331.2
1,260.2
2,076.6
6,067.0

9,433.5
3,342.7
1,277.8
2,073.7
6,096.1

16.0
–13.2
–17.2
1.2
27.9

40.8
11.5
17.6
–2.9
29.1

0.7
–1.6
–5.3
0.2
1.9

1.7
1.4
5.7
–0.5
1.9

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

9,037.5
3,098.0
1,108.3
1,983.4
5,935.5

9,220.9
3,230.7
1,188.3
2,041.3
5,991.8

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

–174.2
–94.9
–63.5
–35.7
–81.5

183.4
132.7
80.0
57.9
56.3

9,186.9
3,202.9
1,169.3
2,030.8
5,984.3

9,247.1
3,240.8
1,194.1
2,045.8
6,008.1

9,328.4
3,306.0
1,242.4
2,067.4
6,027.5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
65.7
29.6
21.8
9.7
36.9

60.2
37.9
24.8
15.0
23.8

81.3
65.2
48.3
21.6
19.4

48.3
38.4
35.0
8.0
11.6

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

–1.9
–3.0
–5.4
–1.8
–1.4

2.0
4.3
7.2
2.9
0.9

2.9
3.8
7.8
1.9
2.5

2.6
4.8
8.8
3.0
1.6

3.6
8.3
17.2
4.3
1.3

2.1
4.7
11.7
1.6
0.8

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2011
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:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 2 .....................................................
Market-based PCE 3 ..................................................................
Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 .......................

113.580
108.935
90.619
119.756
116.026

113.780
108.929
90.720
119.681
116.341

113.637
108.391
90.897
118.711
116.413

114.054
109.130
90.838
119.932
116.654

114.364
109.582
90.705
120.741
116.886

114.554
109.879
90.340
121.447
117.017

114.491
109.578
90.275
120.999
117.085

114.447
109.311
89.993
120.743
117.165

111.329
117.595
145.959
113.402
110.767

111.622
118.000
144.180
113.580
111.049

111.804
118.171
137.723
113.452
111.299

112.024
118.603
141.639
113.885
111.507

112.222
119.315
143.359
114.230
111.729

112.222
119.942
146.341
114.485
111.774

112.296
120.118
143.438
114.391
111.833

112.388
119.950
141.105
114.362
111.963

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

0.3
0.6
0.2
0.8
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
0.2
–0.8
0.1

0.4
0.7
–0.1
1.0
0.2

0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.7
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.4
0.6
0.1

–0.1
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.1

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
–0.2
0.1

0.2
0.4
2.3
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.3
–1.2
0.2
0.3

0.2
0.1
–4.5
–0.1
0.2

0.2
0.4
2.8
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.6
1.2
0.3
0.2

0.0
0.5
2.1
0.2
0.0

0.1
0.1
–2.0
–0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–1.6
0.0
0.1

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
2011
April
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

May
1.6
2.5
4.7
9.2
2.6
1.4

July r

June
0.9
2.2
4.0
7.8
2.2
1.4

0.8
2.0
3.4
6.3
1.9
1.4

August r
0.5
2.3
3.9
7.1
2.3
1.5

–0.2
1.7
2.4
6.1
0.7
1.4

September r
–0.1
2.1
3.2
7.8
1.1
1.5

October r
–0.1
1.9
2.7
6.6
0.9
1.4

November p
–0.1
1.7
2.6
7.5
0.4
1.3

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2011
April
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)..............................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................
Addenda:
PCE excluding food and energy.................................................
Food 1 ........................................................................................
Energy goods and services 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

2.4
3.9
–1.4
6.5
1.6

2.6
4.4
–1.0
7.1
1.7

2.6
4.5
–0.5
7.0
1.7

2.8
4.7
–0.2
7.2
1.8

2.9
4.8
–0.5
7.4
1.9

2.9
4.9
–0.7
7.6
2.0

2.7
4.2
–0.5
6.5
1.9

2.5
3.9
–0.6
6.1
1.8

1.2
3.3
19.8
2.5
1.1

1.3
3.6
21.9
2.7
1.3

1.4
3.9
20.8
2.8
1.4

1.6
4.3
20.2
2.9
1.5

1.7
4.8
19.6
3.0
1.6

1.6
5.1
20.7
3.1
1.6

1.7
5.1
15.1
2.8
1.7

1.7
5.0
13.1
2.7
1.7

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.