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Friday, December 20, 2019
Contact: Jeannine Aversa, (301) 278-9003

Personal Income and Outlays, November 2019
Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Personal
Income

0.3%

0.1%

0.5%

Current-dollar disposable personal income (DPI),
after-tax income, increased 0.5 percent in November after
showing no change in October.

Currentdollar DPI

0.4%

0.0%

0.5%

Real disposable personal income (DPI), adjusted for taxes and
inflation, increased 0.4 percent in November after decreasing
0.2 percent in October.

Real DPI

0.4%

–0.2%

0.4%

Personal income increased 0.5 percent in November after
increasing 0.1 percent in October. Wages and salaries, the
largest component of personal income, increased 0.4 percent in
November after increasing 0.5 percent in October.

Real consumer spending (PCE), adjusted for price changes,
increased 0.3 percent in November after increasing 0.1 percent
in October. Spending on goods increased 0.5 percent in
November after decreasing 0.2 percent in October, while
spending on services increased 0.2 percent in November, the
same increase as in October.

Real PCE

0.2%

0.1%

0.3%

PCE prices increased 0.2 percent in November, the same
increase as in October. Excluding food and energy, PCE prices
increased 0.1 percent in November and in October.

PCE Prices

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

Personal saving rate
Personal saving as a percent of DPI was 7.9 percent in
November and 7.8 percent in October.

Personal
Saving
Rate

8.1%

7.8%

7.9%

Percent Change (Monthly Rate)

Real Disposable Personal Income and
Real Consumer Spending
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
-0.2
Aug.

Sept.

Real Disposable Personal Income

Oct.

Nov.

Real Consum er Spending

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis

BEA statistics—including GDP, personal income, the balance of payments, foreign direct investment, the input-output accounts,
and economic data for states, local areas, and industries—are available at www.bea.gov. E-mail alerts are also available.
NOTE: On January 31, 2020, December estimates of Personal Income and Outlays will be released.