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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2010
BEA 10-51
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: SEPTEMBER 2010
Personal income decreased $16.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $20.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $17.3 billion, or 0.2 percent. In August,
personal income increased $54.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $47.9 billion, or 0.4 percent,
and PCE increased $52.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.3 percent in September, in contrast to an increase of 0.2
percent in August. Real PCE increased 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent.
2010
May
June
July
Aug.
(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

Sept.

0.4

0.0

0.2

0.4

-0.1

0.4
0.4

0.0
0.2

0.0
-0.2

0.4
0.2

-0.2
-0.3

0.2
0.3

0.0
0.1

0.5
0.2

0.5
0.3

0.2
0.1

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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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The September change in personal income reflects provisions of unemployment compensation
legislation, which had boosted emergency government unemployment benefits (within current transfer
receipts) in August. Excluding emergency government unemployment insurance benefits, which are
discussed more fully below, personal income increased $8.7 billion, or 0.1 percent, in September,
following an increase of $33.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, in August.

Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements increased $3.3 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $23.6 billion in August. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $1.6 billion, in
contrast to an increase of $6.7 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $1.0 billion, in contrast to an
increase of $2.3 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $5.0 billion, compared with
an increase of $16.8 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements decreased $4.8 billion,
compared with a decrease of $8.2 billion.

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Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $2.4 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $4.2 billion in August.
Proprietors' income increased $5.6 billion in September, compared with an increase of $10.5
billion in August. Farm proprietors' income increased $4.8 billion, the same increase as in August.
Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $0.9 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.7
billion in August.
Rental income of persons increased $3.7 billion in September, compared with an increase of $3.1
billion in August. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $5.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $10.7 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts decreased $21.5 billion in September, in contrast to an increase
of $35.1 billion in August. The September change reflected the effects of unemployment
compensation legislation, which reduced emergency unemployment insurance benefits by $25.5
billion at an annual rate in September, after boosting benefits by $20.5 billion in August.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $0.1 billion in September, in contrast to an increase of $3.0 billion in August.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $3.5 billion in September, compared with an increase of $6.5
billion in August. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -decreased $20.3 billion, or 0.2 percent, in September, in contrast to an increase of $47.9 billion, or 0.4
percent in August.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $14.1 billion in September, compared with an increase of $49.2 billion in August. PCE
increased $17.3 billion, compared with an increase of $52.5 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $607.6 billion in September, compared with
$642.0 billion in August. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 5.3
percent in September, compared with 5.6 percent in August. 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 0.3 percent in September, in
contrast to an increase of 0.2 percent in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in September,
compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in August. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.8
percent, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods
decreased 0.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.8 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.1
percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in September, compared with
an increase of 0.2 percent in August. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less
than 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.

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

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

Personal Income:
Current dollars

August

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

22.0

19.1

0.2

0.2

59.3

54.4

0.5

0.4

5.7
-17.8

2.2
-19.4

0.0
-0.2

0.0
-0.2

52.0
22.9

47.9
23.5

0.5
0.2

0.4
0.2

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
41.4
Chained (2005) dollars
16.5

47.1
23.1

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.2

41.3
15.4

52.5
29.3

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.3

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

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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 – November 24, 2010, at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for October.

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Table 1. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010
March

April

May

June

July r

12,337.2
7,851.0
6,284.8
5,099.7
1,028.8
651.0
4,070.8
986.4
3,084.4
1,185.2
1,566.1

12,389.4
7,868.3
6,298.1
5,110.5
1,030.3
651.3
4,080.2
989.6
3,090.6
1,187.6
1,570.2

12,443.6
7,899.1
6,325.0
5,134.9
1,035.4
654.8
4,099.5
995.8
3,103.6
1,190.1
1,574.1

12,488.2
7,934.7
6,356.0
5,160.1
1,050.0
666.8
4,110.1
998.6
3,111.5
1,195.9
1,578.7

12,489.7
7,927.2
6,346.6
5,153.2
1,039.3
658.4
4,113.9
996.0
3,117.9
1,193.4
1,580.6

12,508.8
7,955.6
6,371.1
5,179.2
1,046.2
663.8
4,133.0
1,001.7
3,131.2
1,191.9
1,584.5

12,563.2
7,975.2
6,386.5
5,202.8
1,052.9
666.1
4,149.8
1,004.2
3,145.6
1,183.7
1,588.7

12,546.4
7,976.1
6,385.0
5,206.1
1,051.3
665.1
4,154.8
1,006.5
3,148.2
1,178.9
1,591.1

1,095.8
470.3

1,098.5
471.7

1,100.7
473.3

1,103.1
475.6

1,105.5
475.1

1,107.8
476.7

1,110.2
478.4

1,112.9
478.2

1,028.0
36.8
991.2
292.5
1,916.1
1,208.7
707.4
2,236.3
2,199.7
1,190.7
138.2
870.8
36.6
986.7
1,133.6
11,203.6
10,602.9
10,229.9
3,375.3
1,052.2
2,323.1
6,854.6
203.8
169.2
98.5
70.7
600.6
5.4

1,037.2
36.2
1,001.0
298.0
1,903.8
1,204.7
699.0
2,271.4
2,234.7
1,195.9
156.8
882.1
36.7
989.3
1,137.4
11,252.1
10,654.6
10,279.7
3,417.9
1,089.0
2,328.9
6,861.8
205.2
169.7
99.0
70.7
597.4
5.3

1,049.2
37.6
1,011.6
298.1
1,911.1
1,205.0
706.0
2,279.0
2,242.3
1,207.9
137.2
897.2
36.7
992.9
1,135.0
11,308.6
10,652.6
10,275.2
3,396.4
1,078.1
2,318.3
6,878.8
205.6
171.7
99.5
72.2
656.0
5.8

1,051.7
38.9
1,012.7
298.8
1,915.0
1,205.3
709.7
2,285.4
2,248.4
1,207.9
137.1
903.4
37.0
997.4
1,139.7
11,348.5
10,670.4
10,292.1
3,374.8
1,074.6
2,300.1
6,917.3
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
678.1
6.0

1,048.3
40.3
1,008.0
299.6
1,917.3
1,205.6
711.8
2,293.8
2,256.5
1,208.6
136.1
911.9
37.2
996.5
1,137.2
11,352.5
10,668.1
10,288.8
3,361.2
1,069.5
2,291.7
6,927.6
206.5
172.8
100.6
72.2
684.4
6.0

1,049.9
45.0
1,004.9
302.1
1,907.4
1,194.4
713.1
2,293.6
2,256.2
1,219.5
121.6
915.1
37.4
999.9
1,154.1
11,354.7
10,711.4
10,335.9
3,384.2
1,081.0
2,303.1
6,951.7
202.7
172.8
101.2
71.6
643.4
5.7

1,060.4
49.8
1,010.6
305.2
1,896.7
1,183.2
713.5
2,328.7
2,291.4
1,221.5
147.5
922.4
37.3
1,002.9
1,160.6
11,402.6
10,760.6
10,388.4
3,416.7
1,081.5
2,335.1
6,971.7
198.8
173.4
101.8
71.6
642.0
5.6

1,066.0
54.6
1,011.5
308.9
1,891.0
1,172.0
719.0
2,307.2
2,270.2
1,229.3
120.7
920.1
37.0
1,002.8
1,164.1
11,382.3
10,774.7
10,405.7
3,426.3
1,089.6
2,336.7
6,979.4
195.0
174.0
102.4
71.6
607.6
5.3

9,111.8

9,112.9

9,157.5

9,200.0

9,205.5

9,203.6

9,203.4

9,200.0

10,106.5

10,134.3

10,188.1

10,233.1

10,249.7

10,230.3

10,253.8

10,227.1

36,244
32,695
309,119

36,378
32,764
309,312

36,537
32,917
309,509

36,642
33,040
309,718

36,627
33,069
309,946

36,606
32,981
310,185

36,731
33,030
310,439

36,634
32,916
310,702

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

August r

September p

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

Table 2. Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2009
II

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

III

2010
IV

I

II

III

12,391.1
8,065.8
6,559.0
5,415.1
1,207.6
741.2
4,207.4
1,050.9
3,156.6
1,144.0
1,506.8

12,174.9
7,806.7
6,274.1
5,100.5
1,064.0
661.5
4,036.6
990.5
3,046.1
1,173.6
1,532.6

12,203.4
7,819.0
6,287.7
5,111.4
1,063.0
659.1
4,048.5
989.9
3,058.5
1,176.2
1,531.4

12,164.0
7,798.7
6,263.9
5,088.3
1,046.7
649.8
4,041.6
986.9
3,054.7
1,175.6
1,534.8

12,239.0
7,831.4
6,284.9
5,110.0
1,046.1
658.3
4,064.0
988.2
3,075.7
1,174.9
1,546.5

12,350.3
7,858.1
6,291.4
5,105.9
1,032.2
652.6
4,073.7
988.0
3,085.8
1,185.5
1,566.7

12,473.8
7,920.3
6,342.5
5,149.4
1,041.6
660.0
4,107.8
996.8
3,111.0
1,193.1
1,577.8

12,539.5
7,968.9
6,380.9
5,196.0
1,050.2
665.0
4,145.9
1,004.2
3,141.7
1,184.8
1,588.1

1,036.6
470.1

1,072.0
460.6

1,069.9
461.5

1,074.0
460.8

1,084.0
462.5

1,095.8
470.9

1,103.1
474.7

1,110.3
477.8

1,102.0
50.8
1,051.2
222.0
2,109.3
1,314.7
794.6
1,879.2
1,842.6
1,068.3
50.7
723.6
36.7
987.2
1,438.2
10,952.9
10,505.0
10,104.5
3,379.5
1,083.5
2,296.0
6,725.0
246.2
154.3
89.7
64.6
447.9
4.1

1,011.9
30.5
981.5
274.0
1,919.7
1,222.3
697.4
2,132.8
2,096.8
1,164.5
128.6
803.7
36.0
970.3
1,140.0
11,034.9
10,379.6
10,001.3
3,230.7
1,026.5
2,204.2
6,770.6
216.8
161.4
95.0
66.5
655.3
5.9

1,000.5
28.0
972.5
269.4
1,925.9
1,229.5
696.4
2,160.2
2,124.1
1,158.2
127.7
838.1
36.1
971.6
1,112.5
11,090.9
10,297.4
9,920.1
3,175.4
1,004.7
2,170.7
6,744.7
218.4
158.9
94.3
64.6
793.5
7.2

1,006.4
28.0
978.4
279.1
1,891.1
1,213.3
677.8
2,159.3
2,123.4
1,172.6
145.0
805.9
35.8
970.6
1,117.0
11,047.0
10,423.6
10,040.7
3,276.1
1,045.2
2,231.0
6,764.6
220.9
161.9
95.6
66.3
623.4
5.6

1,022.1
36.2
985.9
282.8
1,889.2
1,205.8
683.4
2,188.2
2,152.5
1,188.8
143.4
820.2
35.8
974.8
1,117.2
11,121.7
10,505.7
10,131.5
3,312.9
1,043.9
2,269.0
6,818.6
207.8
166.4
97.0
69.5
616.0
5.5

1,030.7
36.8
994.0
292.7
1,911.1
1,208.7
702.4
2,245.5
2,208.9
1,191.3
146.1
871.5
36.6
987.8
1,134.7
11,215.6
10,603.9
10,230.8
3,380.0
1,060.7
2,319.3
6,850.9
203.8
169.2
98.5
70.7
611.8
5.5

1,049.7
38.9
1,010.8
298.8
1,914.4
1,205.3
709.2
2,286.1
2,249.1
1,208.1
136.8
904.2
37.0
995.6
1,137.3
11,336.5
10,663.7
10,285.4
3,377.5
1,074.1
2,303.4
6,907.9
206.0
172.3
100.1
72.2
672.8
5.9

1,058.8
49.8
1,009.0
305.4
1,898.4
1,183.2
715.2
2,309.8
2,272.6
1,223.5
129.9
919.2
37.2
1,001.9
1,159.6
11,379.9
10,748.9
10,376.7
3,409.0
1,084.1
2,325.0
6,967.6
198.8
173.4
101.8
71.6
631.0
5.5

9,638.5

9,191.1

9,230.2

9,128.7

9,109.7

9,111.7

9,187.6

9,202.4

10,042.9

10,099.8

10,193.0

10,079.7

10,080.4

10,113.3

10,223.6

10,237.1

35,931
32,946
304,831

35,888
32,847
307,483

36,115
33,191
307,101

35,888
32,746
307,815

36,049
32,673
308,521

36,282
32,717
309,120

36,602
33,009
309,724

36,657
32,976
310,442

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

Table 3. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2010
February
Personal income...................................................................................
Compensation of employees, received ..........................................
Wage and salary disbursements ..................................................
Private industries..........................................................................
Goods-producing industries ......................................................
Manufacturing ........................................................................
Services-producing industries...................................................
Trade, transportation, and utilities..........................................
Other services-producing industries ......................................
Government..................................................................................
Supplements to wages and salaries............................................
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance
funds .........................................................................................
Employer contributions for government social insurance .............
Proprietors’ income with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments............................................................
Farm ................................................................................................
Nonfarm...........................................................................................
Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment
Personal income receipts on assets ...............................................
Personal interest income .................................................................
Personal dividend income................................................................
Personal current transfer receipts ..................................................
Government social benefits to persons ...........................................
Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits ........
Government unemployment insurance benefits ...........................
Other ............................................................................................
Other current transfer receipts, from business (net) ........................
Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic
Less: Personal current taxes ..............................................................
Equals: Disposable personal income.................................................
Less: Personal outlays ........................................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ...................................................
Goods ..............................................................................................
Durable goods ..............................................................................
Nondurable goods ........................................................................
Services...........................................................................................
Personal interest payments 1 ..............................................................
Personal current transfer payments ....................................................
To government .................................................................................
To the rest of the world (net) ............................................................
Equals: Personal saving ......................................................................
Addenda:
Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of
chained (2005) dollars 2 ..................................................................
Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2005) dollars 2 .......

March

April

May

June

July r

August r

September p

12.9
–4.0
–6.5
–7.9
–8.6
–4.6
0.7
–1.5
2.2
1.5
2.4

52.2
17.3
13.3
10.8
1.5
0.3
9.4
3.2
6.2
2.4
4.1

54.2
30.8
26.9
24.4
5.1
3.5
19.3
6.2
13.0
2.5
3.9

44.6
35.6
31.0
25.2
14.6
12.0
10.6
2.8
7.9
5.8
4.6

1.5
–7.5
–9.4
–6.9
–10.7
–8.4
3.8
–2.6
6.4
–2.5
1.9

19.1
28.4
24.5
26.0
6.9
5.4
19.1
5.7
13.3
–1.5
3.9

54.4
19.6
15.4
23.6
6.7
2.3
16.8
2.5
14.4
–8.2
4.2

–16.8
0.9
–1.5
3.3
–1.6
–1.0
5.0
2.3
2.6
–4.8
2.4

2.7
–0.3

2.7
1.4

2.2
1.6

2.4
2.3

2.4
–0.5

2.3
1.6

2.4
1.7

2.7
–0.2

1.0
–0.6
1.5
5.1
2.8
–3.9
6.7
7.6
7.6
3.4
–5.1
9.2
0.0
–0.6
0.5
12.4
48.9
47.1
28.5
11.2
17.3
18.5
1.3
0.5
0.6
0.0
–36.6

9.2
–0.6
9.8
5.5
–12.3
–4.0
–8.4
35.1
35.0
5.2
18.6
11.3
0.1
2.6
3.8
48.5
51.7
49.8
42.6
36.8
5.8
7.2
1.4
0.5
0.5
0.0
–3.2

12.0
1.4
10.6
0.1
7.3
0.3
7.0
7.6
7.6
12.0
–19.6
15.1
0.0
3.6
–2.4
56.5
–2.0
–4.5
–21.5
–10.9
–10.6
17.0
0.4
2.0
0.5
1.5
58.6

2.5
1.3
1.1
0.7
3.9
0.3
3.7
6.4
6.1
0.0
–0.1
6.2
0.3
4.5
4.7
39.9
17.8
16.9
–21.6
–3.5
–18.2
38.5
0.4
0.6
0.6
0.0
22.1

–3.4
1.4
–4.7
0.8
2.3
0.3
2.1
8.4
8.1
0.7
–1.0
8.5
0.2
–0.9
–2.5
4.0
–2.3
–3.3
–13.6
–5.1
–8.4
10.3
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
6.3

1.6
4.7
–3.1
2.5
–9.9
–11.2
1.3
–0.2
–0.3
10.9
–14.5
3.2
0.2
3.4
16.9
2.2
43.3
47.1
23.0
11.5
11.4
24.1
–3.8
0.0
0.6
–0.6
–41.0

10.5
4.8
5.7
3.1
–10.7
–11.2
0.4
35.1
35.2
2.0
25.9
7.3
–0.1
3.0
6.5
47.9
49.2
52.5
32.5
0.5
32.0
20.0
–3.9
0.6
0.6
0.0
–1.4

5.6
4.8
0.9
3.7
–5.7
–11.2
5.5
–21.5
–21.2
7.8
–26.8
–2.3
–0.3
–0.1
3.5
–20.3
14.1
17.3
9.6
8.1
1.6
7.7
–3.8
0.6
0.6
0.0
–34.4

1.3
7.2

1.1
27.8

44.6
53.8

42.5
45.0

5.5
16.6

–1.9
–19.4

–0.2
23.5

–3.4
–26.7

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

Table 4. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
[Billions of dollars]
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2009
II

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

III

2010
IV

I

II

III

478.8
203.6
137.3
82.4
–5.8
–11.0
88.1
5.7
82.5
55.0
66.4

–216.2
–259.1
–284.9
–314.6
–143.6
–79.7
–170.8
–60.4
–110.5
29.6
25.8

110.2
41.3
27.7
18.9
–37.2
–19.5
56.2
–7.1
63.2
8.6
13.7

–39.4
–20.3
–23.8
–23.1
–16.3
–9.3
–6.9
–3.0
–3.8
–0.6
3.4

75.0
32.7
21.0
21.7
–0.6
8.5
22.4
1.3
21.0
–0.7
11.7

111.3
26.7
6.5
–4.1
–13.9
–5.7
9.7
–0.2
10.1
10.6
20.2

123.5
62.2
51.1
43.5
9.4
7.4
34.1
8.8
25.2
7.6
11.1

65.7
48.6
38.4
46.6
8.6
5.0
38.1
7.4
30.7
–8.3
10.3

56.1
10.2

35.4
–9.5

9.7
4.1

4.1
–0.7

10.0
1.7

11.8
8.4

7.3
3.8

7.2
3.1

11.6
13.0
–1.4
78.3
52.3
49.6
2.7
160.7
154.7
65.1
18.4
71.2
6.2
27.7
–50.5
529.3
296.1
298.2
21.8
–75.9
97.8
276.4
–14.7
12.6
7.3
5.3
233.2

–90.1
–20.3
–69.7
52.0
–189.6
–92.4
–97.2
253.6
254.2
96.2
77.9
80.1
–0.7
–16.9
–298.2
82.0
–125.4
–103.2
–148.8
–57.0
–91.8
45.6
–29.4
7.1
5.3
1.9
207.4

–18.2
–1.6
–16.5
4.7
–46.8
–11.0
–35.8
136.5
136.9
19.6
29.5
87.7
–0.4
7.4
–100.9
211.1
5.8
7.1
17.0
–7.5
24.5
–9.9
–1.7
0.4
1.2
–0.8
205.3

5.9
0.0
5.9
9.7
–34.8
–16.2
–18.6
–0.9
–0.7
14.4
17.3
–32.2
–0.3
–1.0
4.5
–43.9
126.2
120.6
100.7
40.5
60.3
19.9
2.5
3.0
1.3
1.7
–170.1

15.7
8.2
7.5
3.7
–1.9
–7.5
5.6
28.9
29.1
16.2
–1.6
14.3
0.0
4.2
0.2
74.7
82.1
90.8
36.8
–1.3
38.0
54.0
–13.1
4.5
1.4
3.2
–7.4

8.6
0.6
8.1
9.9
21.9
2.9
19.0
57.3
56.4
2.5
2.7
51.3
0.8
13.0
17.5
93.9
98.2
99.3
67.1
16.8
50.3
32.3
–4.0
2.8
1.5
1.2
–4.2

19.0
2.1
16.8
6.1
3.3
–3.4
6.8
40.6
40.2
16.8
–9.3
32.7
0.4
7.8
2.6
120.9
59.8
54.6
–2.5
13.4
–15.9
57.0
2.2
3.1
1.6
1.5
61.0

9.1
10.9
–1.8
6.6
–16.0
–22.1
6.0
23.7
23.5
15.4
–6.9
15.0
0.2
6.3
22.3
43.4
85.2
91.3
31.5
10.0
21.6
59.7
–7.2
1.1
1.7
–0.6
–41.8

–18.0
168.7

–447.4
56.9

–68.5
146.1

–101.5
–113.3

–19.0
0.7

2.0
32.9

75.9
110.3

14.8
13.5

1. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
2. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Table 5. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
Seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
2010
February

March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September 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...................................................................................

0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.3

0.0
–0.1
–0.1
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

–0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2

0.1
1.8
0.1
–0.3
1.0
0.3
–0.1
0.0
0.1

0.9
1.9
–0.6
–0.3
–1.2
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.4

1.2
0.0
0.4
0.0
1.0
0.3
0.4
–0.2
0.5

0.2
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.4
0.4

–0.3
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.3
0.4
–0.1
–0.2
0.0

0.2
0.8
–0.5
–0.9
0.2
0.0
0.3
1.5
0.0

1.0
1.0
–0.6
–0.9
0.1
1.5
0.3
0.6
0.4

0.5
1.2
–0.3
–0.9
0.8
–0.9
0.0
0.3
–0.2

0.5
0.9
1.1
0.8
0.3

0.5
1.3
3.5
0.2
0.1

0.0
–0.6
–1.0
–0.5
0.2

0.2
–0.6
–0.3
–0.8
0.6

0.0
–0.4
–0.5
–0.4
0.1

0.5
0.7
1.1
0.5
0.3

0.5
1.0
0.0
1.4
0.3

0.2
0.3
0.7
0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.2

0.0
0.2

0.0
–0.3

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

0.0
0.1

0.0
0.3

0.5
0.5

0.5
0.4

0.1
0.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
2008

2009

2009
II

III

2010
IV

I

II

III

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

4.0
2.6
2.1
4.6

–1.7
–3.2
–4.3
1.7

3.7
2.1
1.8
3.7

–1.3
–1.0
–1.5
0.9

2.5
1.7
1.3
3.1

3.7
1.4
0.4
5.3

4.1
3.2
3.3
2.9

2.1
2.5
2.4
2.6

1.1
54.5
2.5
3.9
0.3
9.4
2.9
–3.4
5.1

–8.2
23.4
–9.0
–7.0
–12.2
13.5
–1.7
–20.7
0.7

–6.9
7.3
–9.2
–3.5
–18.2
29.8
3.1
–29.4
8.0

2.4
15.3
–7.0
–5.2
–10.2
–0.2
–0.4
1.6
–1.6

6.4
5.4
–0.4
–2.5
3.3
5.5
1.7
0.1
2.7

3.4
14.7
4.7
1.0
11.6
10.9
5.4
6.4
3.4

7.6
8.7
0.7
–1.1
3.9
7.4
3.2
0.9
4.4

3.5
9.0
–3.3
–7.1
3.5
4.2
2.5
8.1
1.5

3.0
0.7
–6.6
4.4
4.3

–1.0
–4.4
–5.3
–4.0
0.7

0.3
2.2
–3.0
4.7
–0.6

5.0
13.3
17.1
11.6
1.2

3.7
4.6
–0.5
7.0
3.2

4.0
8.3
6.6
9.2
1.9

2.1
–0.3
5.1
–2.7
3.4

3.6
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.5

0.0
1.3

0.8
4.4

0.2
0.5

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

–0.2
1.7

–4.6
0.6

–0.7
5.9

–1.1
–4.4

–0.2
0.0

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2010
February

March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September p

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

9,228.2
3,193.0
1,131.0
2,057.7
6,034.6

9,258.6
3,233.3
1,169.2
2,064.0
6,026.7

9,257.2
3,223.7
1,159.1
2,063.4
6,034.4

9,280.5
3,221.8
1,158.2
2,062.3
6,058.9

9,289.3
3,222.3
1,156.2
2,064.4
6,066.9

9,312.4
3,231.9
1,171.8
2,060.5
6,080.6

9,341.7
3,249.2
1,172.0
2,076.6
6,093.2

9,349.6
3,253.8
1,181.8
2,072.8
6,096.6

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

38.9
33.1
14.5
19.0
7.2

30.4
40.3
38.2
6.3
–7.9

–1.4
–9.6
–10.1
–0.6
7.7

23.3
–1.9
–0.9
–1.1
24.5

8.8
0.5
–2.0
2.1
8.0

23.1
9.6
15.6
–3.9
13.7

29.3
17.3
0.2
16.1
12.6

7.9
4.6
9.8
–3.8
3.4

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

0.4
1.0
1.3
0.9
0.1

0.3
1.3
3.4
0.3
–0.1

0.0
–0.3
–0.9
0.0
0.1

0.3
–0.1
–0.1
–0.1
0.4

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.3
1.3
–0.2
0.2

0.3
0.5
0.0
0.8
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.8
–0.2
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
2008

2009

2009
II

III

2010
IV

I

II

III

9,225.4
3,195.4
1,138.9
2,053.5
6,029.6

9,275.7
3,222.6
1,157.8
2,063.4
6,053.4

9,334.6
3,245.0
1,175.2
2,070.0
6,090.1

50.3
27.2
18.9
9.9
23.8

58.9
22.4
17.4
6.6
36.7

2.2
3.4
6.8
1.9
1.6

2.6
2.8
6.1
1.3
2.5

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

9,265.0
3,180.3
1,136.4
2,041.2
6,082.3

9,153.9
3,117.4
1,094.6
2,017.4
6,032.7

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

–24.5
–81.3
–62.2
–23.1
54.0

–111.1
–62.9
–41.8
–23.8
–49.6

9,117.0
3,084.0
1,068.2
2,008.3
6,027.7

9,161.6
3,138.2
1,118.3
2,016.9
6,020.7

9,182.9
3,151.8
1,115.1
2,032.3
6,028.7

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2005) dollars
–37.1
–11.7
–8.4
–3.7
–25.9

44.6
54.2
50.1
8.6
–7.0

21.3
13.6
–3.2
15.4
8.0

42.5
43.6
23.8
21.2
0.9

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

–0.3
–2.5
–5.2
–1.1
0.9

–1.2
–2.0
–3.7
–1.2
–0.8

–1.6
–1.5
–3.1
–0.7
–1.7

2.0
7.2
20.1
1.7
–0.5

0.9
1.7
–1.1
3.1
0.5

1.9
5.7
8.8
4.2
0.1

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2010
February

March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September 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 ........................

110.858
105.716
93.013
112.903
113.589

111.032
105.714
93.126
112.838
113.856

111.000
105.364
93.001
112.360
113.994

110.902
104.755
92.775
111.537
114.169

110.762
104.318
92.488
111.016
114.186

110.993
104.719
92.243
111.781
114.326

111.206
105.162
92.272
112.458
114.418

111.298
105.309
92.187
112.736
114.480

109.856
113.391
123.286
110.792
109.610

110.030
113.746
123.189
110.906
109.715

110.071
113.989
121.491
110.881
109.776

110.188
113.987
117.572
110.752
109.892

110.255
113.771
114.081
110.655
110.042

110.335
113.836
117.088
110.920
110.138

110.409
113.919
119.843
111.174
110.237

110.435
114.212
120.786
111.259
110.244

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

0.0
–0.2
–0.2
–0.2
0.2

0.2
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.2

0.0
–0.3
–0.1
–0.4
0.1

–0.1
–0.6
–0.2
–0.7
0.2

–0.1
–0.4
–0.3
–0.5
0.0

0.2
0.4
–0.3
0.7
0.1

0.2
0.4
0.0
0.6
0.1

0.1
0.1
–0.1
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.1
–0.6
0.0
0.1

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.1
0.1

0.0
0.2
–1.4
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.0
–3.2
–0.1
0.1

0.1
–0.2
–3.0
–0.1
0.1

0.1
0.1
2.6
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.1
2.4
0.2
0.1

0.0
0.3
0.8
0.1
0.0

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
2010
February
Disposable personal income......................................................
Personal consumption expenditures ........................................
Goods ........................................................................................
Durable goods ........................................................................
Nondurable goods ..................................................................
Services .....................................................................................

0.9
0.7
2.8
4.5
2.0
–0.3

March

April

1.0
1.5
5.1
10.0
2.8
–0.2

May
0.6
1.6
5.0
9.8
2.9
–0.1

July r

June
–0.7
1.8
4.3
8.1
2.5
0.6

1.0
1.9
4.2
7.3
2.9
0.7

August r
1.3
2.0
3.9
6.5
2.7
1.1

September p

1.7
1.4
1.8
–0.4
2.8
1.2

1.6
2.3
4.6
9.6
2.3
1.2

p Preliminary
r Revised

Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
2010
February
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 .......................

March

April

May

July r

June

August r

September p

2.3
3.3
–1.1
5.4
1.8

2.5
3.4
–1.0
5.6
2.0

2.3
2.9
–1.1
4.8
2.0

2.1
2.2
–1.3
3.8
2.0

1.4
0.3
–1.7
1.2
1.9

1.5
0.8
–1.4
1.8
1.9

1.4
0.6
–1.0
1.4
1.8

1.4
0.5
–1.4
1.4
1.8

1.7
–1.0
16.5
2.1
1.4

1.8
–0.5
20.1
2.2
1.3

1.5
0.1
19.7
2.0
1.1

1.5
0.4
15.3
1.8
1.1

1.4
0.2
3.4
1.1
1.1

1.4
0.7
5.5
1.3
1.1

1.3
0.7
3.9
1.2
1.1

1.2
1.3
4.1
1.2
0.9

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.