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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
BEA 12-60

James Rankin
Kyle Brown

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

(Personal Income)
(Personal Consumption Expenditures)

piniwd@bea.gov
pce@bea.gov

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: NOVEMBER 2012
Personal income increased $85.8 billion, or 0.6 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $74.7 billion, or 0.6 percent, in November, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $41.3 billion, or 0.4 percent. In October,
personal income increased $7.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $6.4 billion, or 0.1 percent,
and PCE decreased $6.6 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income increased 0.8 percent in November, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent
in October. Real PCE increased 0.6 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent.
2012
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

0.4

0.1

0.6

0.1
0.1

0.1
-0.3

0.4
0.1

0.1
-0.1

0.6
0.8

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.0

0.8
0.5

-0.1
-0.2

0.4
0.6

________________________

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 $41.1 billion in November, in contrast to a
decrease of $16.3 billion in October. The October decrease in private wages and salaries reflected
work interruptions caused by Hurricane Sandy, which reduced wages and salaries by $18.2 billion at
an annual rate. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $4.7 billion in November, in contrast
to a decrease of $3.9 billion in October; manufacturing payrolls increased $3.6 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $2.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $36.4 billion, in contrast to
a decrease of $12.4 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $0.6 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $1.6 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $5.9 billion in November, compared with an
increase of $1.6 billion in October.
Proprietors' income increased $8.1 billion in November, compared with an increase of $0.5
billion in October. Farm proprietors' income increased $0.7 billion, the same increase as in October.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $7.5 billion in November, in contrast to a decrease of $0.2
billion in October.
Rental income of persons increased $2.1 billion in November, compared with an increase of $0.6
billion in October. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal
dividend income) increased $26.0 billion, compared with an increase of $25.9 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $7.3 billion in November, in contrast to a decrease of
$5.0 billion in October. Within current transfer receipts, government social benefits to persons for
social security increased $4.8 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $10.3 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $5.3 billion in November, in contrast to a decrease of $1.9 billion in October.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $11.1 billion in November, compared with an increase of $1.1
billion in October. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current
taxes -- increased $74.7 billion, or 0.6 percent, in November, compared with an increase of $6.4
billion, or 0.1 percent, in October.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $42.6 billion in November, in contrast to a decrease of $5.3 billion in October. PCE
increased $41.3 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $6.6 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $436.7 billion in November, compared with
$404.6 billion in October. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
personal income -- was 3.6 percent in November, compared with 3.4 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.

Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.8 percent in November, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent in October.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.6 percent in November, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent in October. Purchases of durable goods increased 2.9 percent, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.9 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for about half
of the increase in November and about half of the decrease in October. Purchases of nondurable
goods increased 0.3 percent in November, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in October.
Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, in contrast a decrease of less than 0.1 percent.
The price index for PCE decreased 0.2 percent in November, in contrast to an increase of 0.1
percent in October. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less than 0.1 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.

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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

47.8

53.9

0.4

0.4

0.4

7.5

0.0

0.1

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

42.1
2.2

47.3
8.0

0.4
0.0

0.4
0.1

0.8
-12.2

6.4
-7.2

0.0
-0.1

0.1
-0.1

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
84.0
Chained (2005) dollars
40.5

86.2
43.5

0.8
0.4

0.8
0.5

-20.2
-29.5

-6.6
-17.5

-0.2
-0.3

-0.1
-0.2

BEA’s national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current
Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov.
By visiting the site, you can also subscribe to receive free e-mail summaries of BEA releases and
announcements.

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Next release – January 31, 2013 at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for December

Release Dates for 2013
December 2012.. January 31
January 2013….. March 1
February 2013… March 29
March 2013…… April 29

April 2013…May 31
May 2013… June 27
June 2013… August 2
July 2013…. August 30
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August 2013…… September 27
September 2013.. October 31
October 2013….. November 27
November 2013.. December 23

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

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received...............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements ......................................................
4
Private industries ..............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries ..........................................................
6
Manufacturing ............................................................................
7
Services-producing industries.......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities ..............................................
9
Other services-producing industries ..........................................
10
Government......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance .................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ................................................................
15
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income .....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts.......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 1 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ........................................................................................
25
Medicaid ...........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance.................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other.................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ....
31 Less: Personal current taxes ..................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income.....................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ............................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................................
35
Goods ..................................................................................................
36
Durable goods ..................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ............................................................................
38
Services ...............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 3 ..................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4.....................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2005) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 5 .......................................................

2012

Line

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. r

Oct. r

Nov. p

13,302.9
8,525.2
6,848.9
5,648.7
1,160.2
740.3
4,488.5
1,093.6
3,394.9
1,200.1
1,676.3
1,164.9
511.4

13,322.3
8,518.2
6,840.3
5,640.6
1,158.2
742.3
4,482.4
1,097.3
3,385.2
1,199.6
1,678.0
1,167.7
510.3

13,355.9
8,539.7
6,858.5
5,658.7
1,166.9
750.3
4,491.8
1,104.2
3,387.6
1,199.7
1,681.2
1,170.4
510.8

13,374.4
8,554.8
6,869.8
5,669.2
1,171.9
753.9
4,497.3
1,104.4
3,392.9
1,200.7
1,685.0
1,173.2
511.8

13,385.4
8,560.5
6,872.6
5,668.7
1,162.9
746.8
4,505.8
1,105.7
3,400.1
1,203.9
1,687.9
1,176.3
511.6

13,439.3
8,595.6
6,902.6
5,697.4
1,167.3
749.0
4,530.1
1,112.1
3,418.0
1,205.2
1,692.9
1,179.3
513.6

13,446.8
8,579.2
6,884.6
5,681.1
1,163.4
746.4
4,517.7
1,109.6
3,408.2
1,203.6
1,694.5
1,182.2
512.4

13,532.6
8,626.8
6,926.4
5,722.2
1,168.1
750.0
4,554.1
1,121.6
3,432.5
1,204.2
1,700.4
1,185.1
515.3

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

1,192.3
51.9
1,140.3
451.7
1,717.3
1,000.5
716.8
2,361.2
2,315.4
756.8
556.2
408.1
89.5
71.1
433.8
45.8
944.8
1,461.6
11,841.3
11,423.6
11,080.3
3,769.3
1,202.0
2,567.3
7,311.0
175.8
167.5
91.1
76.4
417.7
3.5

1,196.5
52.5
1,144.0
452.8
1,733.6
1,006.1
727.4
2,364.7
2,319.0
756.8
557.4
415.7
83.6
71.9
433.7
45.7
943.5
1,464.1
11,858.2
11,400.7
11,061.7
3,734.1
1,199.1
2,535.0
7,327.6
171.2
167.7
91.3
76.4
457.5
3.9

1,196.0
53.1
1,142.9
454.1
1,741.4
1,011.8
729.7
2,369.7
2,323.9
764.6
557.2
417.8
78.4
71.6
434.3
45.8
945.0
1,470.0
11,885.9
11,394.1
11,059.5
3,721.0
1,199.7
2,521.3
7,338.4
166.7
168.0
91.6
76.4
491.8
4.1

1,197.9
56.2
1,141.7
462.1
1,723.0
993.6
729.5
2,383.0
2,337.0
762.1
564.1
421.8
78.0
73.8
437.3
46.0
946.5
1,472.2
11,902.2
11,440.2
11,102.6
3,741.6
1,202.8
2,538.8
7,361.1
169.1
168.4
91.8
76.6
462.0
3.9

1,203.6
59.4
1,144.2
470.9
1,713.8
975.3
738.5
2,383.3
2,337.2
759.7
566.4
425.2
74.4
74.7
436.8
46.1
946.6
1,473.5
11,912.0
11,477.4
11,137.2
3,785.8
1,214.3
2,571.5
7,351.4
171.6
168.6
92.1
76.6
434.5
3.6

1,214.8
62.6
1,152.2
479.9
1,701.7
957.1
744.6
2,397.6
2,351.3
773.6
568.0
425.7
72.4
73.6
438.1
46.3
950.3
1,480.0
11,959.3
11,566.4
11,223.4
3,850.2
1,239.5
2,610.7
7,373.3
174.1
168.8
92.3
76.6
392.9
3.3

1,215.3
63.3
1,152.0
480.5
1,727.6
977.2
750.5
2,392.6
2,346.2
763.3
566.1
430.4
70.7
75.1
440.6
46.4
948.4
1,481.1
11,965.7
11,561.1
11,216.8
3,832.8
1,225.5
2,607.4
7,384.0
175.3
169.1
92.5
76.6
404.6
3.4

1,223.4
64.0
1,159.5
482.6
1,753.6
997.2
756.4
2,399.9
2,353.3
768.1
565.2
434.2
71.7
74.4
439.6
46.6
953.7
1,492.2
12,040.4
11,603.7
11,258.1
3,840.5
1,258.0
2,582.5
7,417.6
176.4
169.3
92.7
76.6
436.7
3.6

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

9,463.9

9,496.6

9,513.5

9,512.0

9,487.8

9,491.6

9,490.6

9,578.8 45

10,242.0

10,277.2

10,292.6

10,300.2

10,272.4

10,280.4

10,273.2

10,359.7 46

37,737
32,640
313,788

37,768
32,733
313,972

37,833
32,762
314,168

37,860
32,764
314,376

37,865
32,653
314,589

37,990
32,657
314,801

37,985
32,613
315,006

38,200 47
32,868 48
315,192 49

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
Line

2010

2011

2011
II

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received...............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements ......................................................
4
Private industries ..............................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries ..........................................................
6
Manufacturing ............................................................................
7
Services-producing industries.......................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities ..............................................
9
Other services-producing industries ..........................................
10
Government......................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries ................................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance .................
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments ................................................................
15
Farm.....................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm ...............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment....
18 Personal income receipts on assets ...................................................
19
Personal interest income .....................................................................
20
Personal dividend income....................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts.......................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons................................................
23
Social security 1 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ........................................................................................
25
Medicaid ...........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance.................................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits .............................................................................
28
Other.................................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ............................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic ....
31 Less: Personal current taxes ..................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income.....................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ............................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures .......................................................
35
Goods ..................................................................................................
36
Durable goods ..................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods ............................................................................
38
Services ...............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 3 ..................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ........................................................
41
To government .....................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net) ................................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving ..........................................................................
44 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ...
Addenda:
45 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4.....................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 .............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2005) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 5 .......................................................

III

2012
IV

I

II

Line
III r

12,321.9
7,970.0
6,404.6
5,213.3
1,057.5
674.1
4,155.8
1,005.5
3,150.3
1,191.3
1,565.4
1,097.3
468.1

12,947.3
8,295.2
6,661.3
5,466.0
1,108.6
706.6
4,357.4
1,050.1
3,307.3
1,195.3
1,633.9
1,139.0
494.9

12,938.9
8,286.4
6,656.2
5,458.8
1,107.9
707.0
4,351.0
1,046.8
3,304.2
1,197.4
1,630.2
1,135.4
494.8

12,976.3
8,318.1
6,678.1
5,480.4
1,116.4
710.1
4,364.0
1,054.2
3,309.9
1,197.7
1,640.0
1,144.2
495.8

13,017.4
8,340.1
6,692.4
5,499.9
1,107.4
701.0
4,392.5
1,056.6
3,335.9
1,192.5
1,647.7
1,151.5
496.2

13,227.1
8,495.7
6,825.9
5,626.8
1,144.0
723.1
4,482.7
1,083.3
3,399.4
1,199.1
1,669.8
1,159.6
510.2

13,327.0
8,527.7
6,849.2
5,649.4
1,161.8
744.3
4,487.6
1,098.4
3,389.2
1,199.8
1,678.5
1,167.7
510.8

13,399.7
8,570.3
6,881.7
5,678.4
1,167.4
749.9
4,511.1
1,107.4
3,403.7
1,203.3
1,688.6
1,176.2
512.4

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

1,103.4
44.3
1,059.1
349.2
1,598.3
1,016.6
581.7
2,284.3
2,236.9
690.2
515.3
396.6
138.9
57.9
438.1
47.4
983.3
1,194.8
11,127.1
10,560.4
10,215.7
3,364.9
1,079.4
2,285.5
6,850.9
183.8
160.9
87.4
73.5
566.7
5.1

1,157.3
54.6
1,102.8
409.7
1,685.1
1,008.8
676.3
2,319.2
2,274.3
713.3
545.1
403.9
108.0
63.3
440.8
44.9
919.3
1,398.0
11,549.3
11,059.9
10,729.0
3,624.8
1,146.4
2,478.4
7,104.2
168.0
162.8
88.9
73.9
489.4
4.2

1,154.7
52.6
1,102.1
404.7
1,692.4
1,025.3
667.1
2,319.9
2,274.8
712.0
543.1
408.7
108.8
62.4
439.8
45.1
919.2
1,396.6
11,542.3
11,015.1
10,684.9
3,604.3
1,131.8
2,472.4
7,080.6
167.8
162.4
88.6
73.8
527.2
4.6

1,161.4
55.3
1,106.1
413.8
1,689.1
1,004.4
684.7
2,314.7
2,270.4
716.0
549.1
396.1
103.0
64.9
441.3
44.3
920.8
1,403.8
11,572.6
11,120.9
10,791.2
3,643.6
1,144.8
2,498.7
7,147.6
167.3
162.4
89.1
73.3
451.6
3.9

1,165.3
54.4
1,110.9
430.3
1,684.6
988.0
696.6
2,319.9
2,276.0
721.9
553.1
392.0
100.9
64.7
443.5
43.9
922.8
1,419.1
11,598.3
11,205.6
10,873.8
3,690.0
1,175.1
2,515.0
7,183.8
167.0
164.8
89.8
75.1
392.7
3.4

1,184.3
52.3
1,132.1
445.3
1,696.4
991.8
704.6
2,348.0
2,302.7
753.2
555.9
397.6
94.2
68.8
433.0
45.3
942.6
1,450.8
11,776.4
11,348.7
11,007.2
3,755.9
1,204.6
2,551.3
7,251.3
175.4
166.1
90.5
75.5
427.7
3.6

1,194.9
52.5
1,142.4
452.8
1,730.8
1,006.1
724.6
2,365.2
2,319.5
759.4
556.9
413.9
83.8
71.5
433.9
45.8
944.4
1,465.2
11,861.8
11,406.1
11,067.2
3,741.5
1,200.3
2,541.2
7,325.7
171.2
167.7
91.3
76.4
455.7
3.8

1,205.4
59.4
1,146.0
471.0
1,712.8
975.3
737.5
2,388.0
2,341.8
765.1
566.2
424.2
74.9
74.0
437.4
46.1
947.8
1,475.2
11,924.5
11,494.7
11,154.4
3,792.5
1,218.9
2,573.6
7,361.9
171.6
168.6
92.0
76.6
429.8
3.6

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44

9,035.8

9,340.0

9,345.2

9,328.6

9,335.4

9,435.7

9,491.3

9,497.0 45

10,016.5

10,149.7

10,157.8

10,125.6

10,121.5

10,213.9

10,270.6

10,284.2 46

35,920
32,335
309,774

37,012
32,527
312,040

37,028
32,587
311,717

37,052
32,420
312,330

37,064
32,345
312,929

37,571
32,586
313,443

37,779
32,711
313,976

37,905 47
32,691 48
314,589 49

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
Line

2012
April

1 Personal income ....................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received ............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements....................................................
4
Private industries ...........................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries........................................................
6
Manufacturing..........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries ....................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................
9
Other services-producing industries........................................
10
Government ...................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries..............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ...............
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments..............................................................
15
Farm ..................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm.............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
18 Personal income receipts on assets.................................................
19
Personal interest income ...................................................................
20
Personal dividend income .................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons .............................................
23
Social security 1 .............................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid.........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance...............................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits...........................................................................
28
Other ..............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ..........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
31 Less: Personal current taxes ................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ..................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ..........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures.....................................................
35
Goods................................................................................................
36
Durable goods................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods..........................................................................
38
Services ............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 3 ................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ......................................................
41
To government...................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)..............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ....................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 ........

May

June

July r

Line
Aug. r

Sept. r

Oct. r

Nov. p

4.6
–19.4
–20.5
–20.5
7.2
11.1
–27.7
4.9
–32.6
–0.1
1.1
2.6
–1.5

19.4
–7.0
–8.6
–8.1
–2.0
2.0
–6.1
3.7
–9.7
–0.5
1.7
2.8
–1.1

33.6
21.5
18.2
18.1
8.7
8.0
9.4
6.9
2.4
0.1
3.2
2.7
0.5

18.5
15.1
11.3
10.5
5.0
3.6
5.5
0.2
5.3
1.0
3.8
2.8
1.0

11.0
5.7
2.8
–0.5
–9.0
–7.1
8.5
1.3
7.2
3.2
2.9
3.1
–0.2

53.9
35.1
30.0
28.7
4.4
2.2
24.3
6.4
17.9
1.3
5.0
3.0
2.0

7.5
–16.4
–18.0
–16.3
–3.9
–2.6
–12.4
–2.5
–9.8
–1.6
1.6
2.9
–1.2

85.8
47.6
41.8
41.1
4.7
3.6
36.4
12.0
24.3
0.6
5.9
2.9
2.9

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

1.9
0.5
1.3
0.4
14.1
5.6
8.5
5.0
4.5
–1.4
–1.7
7.8
–1.5
0.4
1.0
0.4
–2.6
1.0
3.6
22.8
26.2
–10.9
–5.1
–5.8
37.1
–4.6
1.2
0.3
0.9
–19.1

4.2
0.6
3.7
1.1
16.3
5.6
10.6
3.5
3.6
0.0
1.2
7.6
–5.9
0.8
–0.1
–0.1
–1.3
2.5
16.9
–22.9
–18.6
–35.2
–2.9
–32.3
16.6
–4.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
39.8

–0.5
0.6
–1.1
1.3
7.8
5.7
2.3
5.0
4.9
7.8
–0.2
2.1
–5.2
–0.3
0.6
0.1
1.5
5.9
27.7
–6.6
–2.2
–13.1
0.6
–13.7
10.8
–4.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
34.3

1.9
3.1
–1.2
8.0
–18.4
–18.2
–0.2
13.3
13.1
–2.5
6.9
4.0
–0.4
2.2
3.0
0.2
1.5
2.2
16.3
46.1
43.1
20.6
3.1
17.5
22.7
2.4
0.4
0.2
0.2
–29.8

5.7
3.2
2.5
8.8
–9.2
–18.3
9.0
0.3
0.2
–2.4
2.3
3.4
–3.6
0.9
–0.5
0.1
0.1
1.3
9.8
37.2
34.6
44.2
11.5
32.7
–9.7
2.5
0.2
0.3
0.0
–27.5

11.2
3.2
8.0
9.0
–12.1
–18.2
6.1
14.3
14.1
13.9
1.6
0.5
–2.0
–1.1
1.3
0.2
3.7
6.5
47.3
89.0
86.2
64.4
25.2
39.2
21.9
2.5
0.2
0.2
0.0
–41.6

0.5
0.7
–0.2
0.6
25.9
20.1
5.9
–5.0
–5.1
–10.3
–1.9
4.7
–1.7
1.5
2.5
0.1
–1.9
1.1
6.4
–5.3
–6.6
–17.4
–14.0
–3.3
10.7
1.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
11.7

8.1
0.7
7.5
2.1
26.0
20.0
5.9
7.3
7.1
4.8
–0.9
3.8
1.0
–0.7
–1.0
0.2
5.3
11.1
74.7
42.6
41.3
7.7
32.5
–24.9
33.6
1.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
32.1

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

–1.7
1.6

32.7
35.2

16.9
15.4

–1.5
7.6

–24.2
–27.8

3.8
8.0

–1.0
–7.2

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.

88.2 44
86.5 45

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

2010

2011

2011
II

1 Personal income ....................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received ............................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements....................................................
4
Private industries ...........................................................................
5
Goods-producing industries........................................................
6
Manufacturing..........................................................................
7
Services-producing industries ....................................................
8
Trade, transportation, and utilities............................................
9
Other services-producing industries........................................
10
Government ...................................................................................
11
Supplements to wages and salaries..............................................
12
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds
13
Employer contributions for government social insurance ...............
14 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments..............................................................
15
Farm ..................................................................................................
16
Nonfarm.............................................................................................
17 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
18 Personal income receipts on assets.................................................
19
Personal interest income ...................................................................
20
Personal dividend income .................................................................
21 Personal current transfer receipts ....................................................
22
Government social benefits to persons .............................................
23
Social security 1 .............................................................................
24
Medicare 2 ......................................................................................
25
Medicaid.........................................................................................
26
Unemployment insurance...............................................................
27
Veterans’ benefits...........................................................................
28
Other ..............................................................................................
29
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ..........................
30 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
31 Less: Personal current taxes ................................................................
32 Equals: Disposable personal income ..................................................
33 Less: Personal outlays ..........................................................................
34 Personal consumption expenditures.....................................................
35
Goods................................................................................................
36
Durable goods................................................................................
37
Nondurable goods..........................................................................
38
Services ............................................................................................
39 Personal interest payments 3 ................................................................
40 Personal current transfer payments ......................................................
41
To government...................................................................................
42
To the rest of the world (net)..............................................................
43 Equals: Personal saving........................................................................
Addenda:
44 Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 4 ....................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 4 ........

III

2012
IV

I

II

Line
III r

454.9
175.6
134.3
118.2
–5.8
12.6
124.0
16.4
107.6
16.1
41.4
30.1
11.2

625.4
325.2
256.7
252.7
51.1
32.5
201.6
44.6
157.0
4.0
68.5
41.7
26.8

82.4
50.1
37.7
34.1
5.3
–1.3
28.9
3.7
25.1
3.6
12.4
10.4
2.1

37.4
31.7
21.9
21.6
8.5
3.1
13.0
7.4
5.7
0.3
9.8
8.8
1.0

41.1
22.0
14.3
19.5
–9.0
–9.1
28.5
2.4
26.0
–5.2
7.7
7.3
0.4

209.7
155.6
133.5
126.9
36.6
22.1
90.2
26.7
63.5
6.6
22.1
8.1
14.0

99.9
32.0
23.3
22.6
17.8
21.2
4.9
15.1
–10.2
0.7
8.7
8.1
0.6

72.7
42.6
32.5
29.0
5.6
5.6
23.5
9.0
14.5
3.5
10.1
8.5
1.6

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

124.0
4.4
119.6
59.5
–28.2
–76.7
48.5
144.2
136.4
25.7
20.8
27.4
7.7
6.4
48.4
7.8
20.2
50.2
404.7
346.1
369.8
170.5
49.8
120.7
199.4
–33.3
9.6
2.2
7.4
58.5

53.9
10.3
43.7
60.5
86.8
–7.8
94.6
34.9
37.4
23.1
29.8
7.3
–30.9
5.4
2.7
–2.5
–64.0
203.2
422.2
499.5
513.3
259.9
67.0
192.9
253.3
–15.8
1.9
1.5
0.4
–77.3

6.7
–3.4
10.1
14.7
18.1
7.8
10.2
–2.6
–1.2
8.9
8.0
–10.1
–10.3
1.2
1.1
–1.4
4.7
24.1
58.2
117.0
118.6
42.9
–2.1
44.9
75.7
–2.3
0.7
0.3
0.3
–58.7

6.7
2.7
4.0
9.1
–3.3
–20.9
17.6
–5.2
–4.4
4.0
6.0
–12.6
–5.8
2.5
1.5
–0.8
1.6
7.2
30.3
105.8
106.3
39.3
13.0
26.3
67.0
–0.5
0.0
0.5
–0.5
–75.6

3.9
–0.9
4.8
16.5
–4.5
–16.4
11.9
5.2
5.6
5.9
4.0
–4.1
–2.1
–0.2
2.2
–0.4
2.0
15.3
25.7
84.7
82.6
46.4
30.3
16.3
36.2
–0.3
2.4
0.7
1.8
–58.9

19.0
–2.1
21.2
15.0
11.8
3.8
8.0
28.1
26.7
31.3
2.8
5.6
–6.7
4.1
–10.5
1.4
19.8
31.7
178.1
143.1
133.4
65.9
29.5
36.3
67.5
8.4
1.3
0.7
0.4
35.0

10.6
0.2
10.3
7.5
34.4
14.3
20.0
17.2
16.8
6.2
1.0
16.3
–10.4
2.7
0.9
0.5
1.8
14.4
85.4
57.4
60.0
–14.4
–4.3
–10.1
74.4
–4.2
1.6
0.8
0.9
28.0

10.5
6.9
3.6
18.2
–18.0
–30.8
12.9
22.8
22.3
5.7
9.3
10.3
–8.9
2.5
3.5
0.3
3.4
10.0
62.7
88.6
87.2
51.0
18.6
32.4
36.2
0.4
0.9
0.7
0.2
–25.9

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

112.4
179.8

304.2
133.2

–7.1
–37.9

–16.6
–32.2

6.8
–4.1

100.3
92.4

55.6
56.7

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.

5.7 44
13.6 45

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

2012
April

May

June

July

r

Line
Aug.

r

Sept.

r

Oct.

r

Nov.

p

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income ..........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received .......................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements .............................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries........................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets ...........................................
8
Personal interest income .........................................................
9
Personal dividend income .......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts...............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ......................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ........................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures...........................................
15
Goods......................................................................................
16
Durable goods......................................................................
17
Nondurable goods................................................................
18
Services ..................................................................................

0.0
–0.2
–0.3
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.1

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.1
–0.2
–0.3
0.1

0.6
0.6
0.6
0.3

1
2
3
4

0.2
0.1
0.8
0.6
1.2
0.2
–0.3
0.1
0.0

0.4
0.2
0.9
0.6
1.5
0.1
–0.1
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.2

0.2
1.8
–1.1
–1.8
0.0
0.6
0.2
0.1
0.1

0.5
1.9
–0.5
–1.8
1.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1

0.9
1.9
–0.7
–1.9
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.0
0.1
1.5
2.1
0.8
–0.2
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.7
0.4
1.5
2.1
0.8
0.3
0.6
0.7
0.6

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.2
–0.3
–0.4
–0.2
0.5

–0.2
–0.9
–0.2
–1.3
0.2

0.0
–0.4
0.1
–0.5
0.1

0.4
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.3

0.3
1.2
1.0
1.3
–0.1

0.8
1.7
2.1
1.5
0.3

–0.1
–0.5
–1.1
–0.1
0.1

0.4
0.2
2.7
–1.0
0.5

14
15
16
17
18

0.0
0.1

–0.3
–0.3

0.0
0.1

0.0
–0.1

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.0
0.0

0.3
0.3

0.2
0.2

0.9 19
0.8 20

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2010

2011

2011
II

2012

III

IV

I

Line

II

III

r

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income ..........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees, received .......................................
3
Wage and salary disbursements .............................................
4
Supplements to wages and salaries........................................
5 Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments........................................................
6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
7 Personal income receipts on assets ...........................................
8
Personal interest income .........................................................
9
Personal dividend income .......................................................
10 Personal current transfer receipts...............................................
11 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
12 Less: Personal current taxes ......................................................
13 Equals: Disposable personal income ........................................
Addenda:
14 Personal consumption expenditures...........................................
15
Goods......................................................................................
16
Durable goods......................................................................
17
Nondurable goods................................................................
18
Services ..................................................................................

3.8
2.3
2.1
2.7

5.1
4.1
4.0
4.4

2.6
2.5
2.3
3.1

1.2
1.5
1.3
2.4

1.3
1.1
0.9
1.9

6.6
7.7
8.2
5.5

3.1
1.5
1.4
2.1

2.2
2.0
1.9
2.4

1
2
3
4

12.7
20.5
–1.7
–7.0
9.1
6.7
2.1
4.4
3.8

4.9
17.3
5.4
–0.8
16.3
1.5
–6.5
17.0
3.8

2.3
15.9
4.4
3.1
6.4
–0.4
2.1
7.2
2.0

2.4
9.4
–0.8
–7.9
10.9
–0.9
0.7
2.1
1.1

1.3
16.9
–1.0
–6.4
7.2
0.9
0.9
4.4
0.9

6.7
14.7
2.8
1.5
4.6
4.9
8.8
9.2
6.3

3.6
7.0
8.4
5.9
11.9
3.0
0.8
4.0
2.9

3.6
17.0
–4.1
–11.7
7.3
3.9
1.4
2.8
2.1

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.8
5.3
4.8
5.6
3.0

5.0
7.7
6.2
8.4
3.7

4.6
4.9
–0.7
7.6
4.4

4.0
4.4
4.7
4.3
3.8

3.1
5.2
11.0
2.6
2.0

5.0
7.3
10.4
5.9
3.8

2.2
–1.5
–1.4
–1.6
4.2

3.2
5.6
6.3
5.2
2.0

14
15
16
17
18

–0.7
–1.3

0.3
–0.2

4.4
3.7

2.4
2.2

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

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

r Revised

1.3
1.8

3.4
1.3

–0.3
–1.5

0.2 19
0.5 20

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2012
Line

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. r

Oct. r

Nov. p

Line

Billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................

9,583.8
3,415.3
1,336.8
2,096.2
6,173.9

9,586.9
3,410.3
1,333.2
2,094.3
6,181.6

9,577.0
3,402.6
1,335.8
2,085.4
6,179.0

9,608.2
3,420.6
1,343.5
2,096.0
6,192.8

9,604.3
3,432.5
1,358.7
2,095.6
6,177.9

9,647.8
3,465.9
1,389.8
2,103.0
6,189.5

9,630.3
3,448.8
1,376.8
2,097.0
6,188.2

9,686.6
3,487.4
1,416.0
2,103.4
6,207.3

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
7 Goods .........................................................................................
8
Durable goods .........................................................................
9
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
10 Services......................................................................................

21.3
0.2
–3.4
2.7
20.6

3.1
–5.0
–3.6
–1.9
7.7

–9.9
–7.7
2.6
–8.9
–2.6

31.2
18.0
7.7
10.6
13.8

–3.9
11.9
15.2
–0.4
–14.9

43.5
33.4
31.1
7.4
11.6

–17.5
–17.1
–13.0
–6.0
–1.3

0.5
1.0
2.3
0.4
0.2

–0.2
–0.5
–0.9
–0.3
0.0

56.3 6
38.6 7
39.2 8
6.4 9
19.1 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................

0.2
0.0
–0.3
0.1
0.3

0.0
–0.1
–0.3
–0.1
0.1

–0.1
–0.2
0.2
–0.4
0.0

0.3
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.2

0.0
0.3
1.1
0.0
–0.2

0.6
1.1
2.9
0.3
0.3

11
12
13
14
15

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2010

2011

2011
II

III

2012
IV

I

II

Line
III

r

Billions of chained (2005) dollars
1 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................

9,196.2
3,209.1
1,178.3
2,029.3
5,987.6

9,428.8
3,331.0
1,262.6
2,075.2
6,101.5

9,403.2
3,312.2
1,242.3
2,073.5
6,094.0

9,441.9
3,323.5
1,258.6
2,071.4
6,121.1

9,489.3
3,367.9
1,300.1
2,080.5
6,126.0

9,546.8
3,406.6
1,336.1
2,088.9
6,145.9

9,582.5
3,409.4
1,335.3
2,092.0
6,178.2

47.4
44.4
41.5
9.1
4.9

57.5
38.7
36.0
8.4
19.9

35.7
2.8
–0.8
3.1
32.3

2.0
5.4
13.9
1.8
0.3

2.4
4.7
11.5
1.6
1.3

1.5
0.3
–0.2
0.6
2.1

9,620.1
3,439.7
1,364.0
2,098.2
6,186.7

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
6 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
7 Goods .........................................................................................
8
Durable goods .........................................................................
9
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
10 Services......................................................................................

163.6
110.9
69.2
46.5
57.0

232.6
121.9
84.3
45.9
113.9

22.3
–8.1
–7.1
–1.8
29.2

38.7
11.3
16.3
–2.1
27.1

37.6 6
30.3 7
28.7 8
6.2 9
8.5 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2005) dollars
11 Personal consumption expenditures .........................................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................
r Revised

1.8
3.6
6.2
2.3
1.0

2.5
3.8
7.2
2.3
1.9

1.0
–1.0
–2.3
–0.3
1.9

1.7
1.4
5.4
–0.4
1.8

1.6
3.6
8.9
1.2
0.6

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2012
Line

April

May

July r

June

Aug. r

Sept. r

Oct. r

Nov. p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2005=100), seasonally adjusted
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
7 Food 1 .........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

115.618
110.369
89.917
122.473
118.420

115.386
109.499
89.938
121.043
118.541

115.483
109.361
89.809
120.900
118.766

115.556
109.388
89.525
121.123
118.867

115.964
110.299
89.370
122.711
118.996

116.335
111.095
89.180
124.143
119.129

116.478
111.143
89.006
124.335
119.326

116.227
110.132
88.838
122.778
119.500

1
2
3
4
5

113.460
120.716
144.835
115.526
113.007

113.574
120.576
138.079
115.301
113.183

113.774
120.869
135.958
115.396
113.398

113.878
120.862
135.633
115.475
113.512

113.902
120.955
143.471
115.959
113.565

113.955
120.884
150.360
116.399
113.650

114.103
121.238
150.097
116.537
113.793

114.148 6
121.505 7
143.507 8
116.240 9
113.829 10

Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
12 Goods .........................................................................................
13
Durable goods .........................................................................
14
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
15 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
16 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
17 Food 1 .........................................................................................
18 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
19 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
20 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

0.0
–0.3
–0.2
–0.4
0.2

–0.2
–0.8
0.0
–1.2
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.3
0.2
0.1

0.4
0.8
–0.2
1.3
0.1

0.3
0.7
–0.2
1.2
0.1

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.2
0.2

–0.2
–0.9
–0.2
–1.3
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.1
–1.8
0.0
0.1

0.1
–0.1
–4.7
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.2
–1.5
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.1
5.8
0.4
0.0

0.0
–0.1
4.8
0.4
0.1

0.1
0.3
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.2
–4.4
–0.3
0.0

16
17
18
19
20

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

Table 10. Real Disposable Personal Income and Real Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2012
Line

April

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

May
0.7
1.8
2.4
6.5
0.5
1.5

June
1.3
1.9
3.0
7.4
1.0
1.4

July

r

1.3
2.0
3.5
8.6
1.2
1.3

Aug. r
1.5
1.9
3.1
7.3
1.2
1.2

1.5
1.9
3.7
8.9
1.4
0.9

Sept. r

Oct. r

1.7
1.9
3.7
8.9
1.3
1.1

Nov. p
1.3
1.5
2.4
6.4
0.6
1.1

2.5
2.1
3.6
9.0
1.1
1.3

Line
1
2
3
4
5
6

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2012
Line
1 Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) ..............................
2 Goods .........................................................................................
3
Durable goods .........................................................................
4
Nondurable goods ...................................................................
5 Services......................................................................................
Addenda:
6 PCE excluding food and energy .................................................
7 Food 1 .........................................................................................
8 Energy goods and services 2......................................................
9 Market-based PCE 3 ...................................................................
10 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy 3 ........................

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. r

Oct. r

1.9
1.6
–1.2
2.9
2.1

1.5
0.6
–1.3
1.4
2.0

1.5
0.4
–1.6
1.3
2.1

1.3
0.1
–1.8
1.0
2.0

1.4
0.6
–1.8
1.7
1.9

1.6
1.1
–1.6
2.4
1.9

1.7
1.3
–1.8
2.8
1.9

1.9
2.9
1.5
2.0
2.0

1.7
2.4
–3.3
1.6
1.9

1.8
2.4
–3.6
1.6
1.9

1.7
2.0
–4.7
1.4
1.8

1.5
1.5
0.0
1.5
1.7

1.5
0.9
3.2
1.7
1.7

1.6
1.0
4.8
1.9
1.7

Nov. p
1.4
0.5
–1.7
1.5
1.9

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.5 6
1.3 7
0.8 8
1.5 9
1.6 10

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