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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2012
BEA 12-49

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 2012
Personal income increased $48.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $43.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $87.9 billion, or 0.8 percent. In August,
personal income increased $17.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $15.1 billion, or 0.1 percent,
and PCE increased $59.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased less than 0.1 percent in September, compared with a decrease
of 0.3 percent in August. Real PCE increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
2012
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.

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.3
0.5

0.3
0.2

0.2
0.1

0.1
-0.3

0.4
0.0

-0.2
0.0

0.0
-0.1

0.4
0.3

0.5
0.1

0.8
0.4

________________________

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 $19.5 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $4.1 billion in August. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $2.9 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $7.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $0.5 billion, in contrast to a
decrease of $6.3 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $16.6 billion, compared
with an increase of $11.3 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.4 billion,
compared with an increase of $2.8 billion.

Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.7 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $3.3 billion in August.
Proprietors' income increased $13.2 billion in September, compared with an increase of $8.6
billion in August. Farm proprietors' income increased $3.9 billion in September, the same increase as
in August. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $9.4 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $4.8 billion in August.
Rental income of persons increased $5.1 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.0
billion in August. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) decreased $5.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $3.9 billion.
Personal current transfer receipts increased $12.7 billion in September, in contrast to a decrease
of $1.6 billion in August. Within current transfer receipts, government social benefits to persons for
social security benefits increased $14.0 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $2.4 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -increased $2.8 billion in September, compared with an increase of $0.7 billion in August.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $5.2 billion in September, compared with an increase of $2.5
billion in August. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -increased $43.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, in September, compared with an increase of $15.1 billion, or
0.1 percent, in August.

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Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $93.1 billion in September, compared with an increase of $65.0 billion in August. PCE
increased $87.9 billion, compared with an increase of $59.9 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $395.0 billion in September, compared with
$445.1 billion in August. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable
personal income -- was 3.3 percent in September, compared with 3.7 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.

Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased less than 0.1 percent in
September, compared with a decrease of 0.3 percent in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in September,
compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in August. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.3
percent, compared with an increase of 1.5 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.5
percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.4 percent in September, the same increase as in August. The
PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in September, the same increase as
in August.

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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)

August

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)

Previous Revised
(Percent)

Personal Income:
Current dollars

18.5

21.9

0.1

0.2

15.0

17.8

0.1

0.1

Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2005) dollars

15.4
9.7

19.0
10.4

0.1
0.1

0.2
0.1

12.5
-33.9

15.1
-28.6

0.1
-0.3

0.1
-0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
45.4
Chained (2005) dollars
35.8

43.2
31.8

0.4
0.4

0.4
0.3

57.2
7.7

59.9
12.8

0.5
0.1

0.5
0.1

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

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

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

13,234.7
8,501.7
6,831.5
5,632.1
1,145.6
723.5
4,486.4
1,086.4
3,400.0
1,199.4
1,670.2
1,159.5
510.6

13,298.3
8,544.6
6,869.4
5,669.2
1,153.0
729.2
4,516.2
1,088.7
3,427.5
1,200.2
1,675.2
1,162.3
512.9

13,320.1
8,544.6
6,867.0
5,666.8
1,148.8
726.8
4,518.0
1,091.8
3,426.2
1,200.1
1,677.6
1,164.9
512.7

13,355.3
8,555.5
6,874.9
5,675.3
1,142.9
723.4
4,532.4
1,094.6
3,437.8
1,199.6
1,680.5
1,167.7
512.9

13,396.9
8,585.8
6,901.4
5,701.7
1,149.3
728.4
4,552.4
1,101.1
3,451.3
1,199.7
1,684.3
1,170.4
513.9

13,418.8
8,600.9
6,912.8
5,712.1
1,154.3
732.0
4,557.8
1,101.2
3,456.6
1,200.7
1,688.1
1,173.2
515.0

13,436.6
8,611.1
6,919.8
5,716.2
1,147.1
725.7
4,569.1
1,102.6
3,466.6
1,203.5
1,691.4
1,176.3
515.1

13,484.7
8,636.7
6,940.6
5,735.7
1,150.0
726.2
4,585.7
1,106.7
3,479.1
1,204.9
1,696.1
1,179.4
516.7

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

1,188.6
52.3
1,136.3
445.3
1,695.8
991.8
704.0
2,346.5
2,301.2
752.1
555.7
397.7
94.1
68.5
433.1
45.3
943.2
1,452.0
11,782.7
11,367.2
11,025.8
3,765.7
1,208.8
2,556.9
7,260.1
175.4
166.1
90.5
75.5
415.4
3.5

1,190.4
51.4
1,139.0
451.3
1,703.2
994.9
708.3
2,356.2
2,310.9
758.2
557.9
400.3
91.0
70.7
432.8
45.4
947.4
1,460.6
11,837.7
11,400.8
11,054.1
3,780.2
1,207.1
2,573.1
7,273.9
180.4
166.3
90.8
75.5
436.8
3.7

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
947.0
1,464.8
11,855.2
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
431.6
3.6

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
947.7
1,470.4
11,884.9
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
484.2
4.1

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
950.2
1,477.8
11,919.1
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
525.0
4.4

1,202.8
56.9
1,145.8
458.7
1,728.6
999.7
729.0
2,379.6
2,333.6
762.1
564.1
418.3
78.0
73.8
437.3
46.0
951.7
1,480.8
11,938.1
11,443.1
11,102.7
3,741.7
1,203.0
2,538.7
7,361.0
171.6
168.7
91.8
76.9
495.0
4.1

1,211.4
60.8
1,150.6
463.7
1,724.7
987.6
737.1
2,378.0
2,331.8
759.7
566.4
419.4
74.4
74.7
437.1
46.1
952.4
1,483.3
11,953.2
11,508.1
11,162.6
3,800.1
1,218.5
2,581.6
7,362.4
176.6
169.0
92.1
76.9
445.1
3.7

1,224.6
64.7
1,160.0
468.8
1,719.0
975.5
743.5
2,390.7
2,344.4
773.7
568.0
418.8
72.6
73.6
437.8
46.3
955.2
1,488.5
11,996.2
11,601.2
11,250.5
3,856.7
1,231.9
2,624.7
7,393.8
181.5
169.2
92.3
76.9
395.0
3.3

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

9,440.8

9,465.6

9,478.8

9,525.2

9,548.9

9,553.9

9,532.0

9,526.1 45

10,216.4

10,240.4

10,254.1

10,300.4

10,321.3

10,331.7

10,303.1

10,300.8 46

37,591
32,594
313,440

37,747
32,653
313,610

37,781
32,678
313,788

37,854
32,807
313,972

37,939
32,853
314,168

37,974
32,864
314,376

37,996
32,751
314,590

38,107 47
32,721 48
314,803 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

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

13,357.4
8,561.9
6,881.1
5,681.3
1,147.0
726.2
4,534.3
1,095.8
3,438.4
1,199.8
1,680.8
1,167.7
513.2

13,446.7
8,616.2
6,924.4
5,721.4
1,150.5
728.0
4,570.9
1,103.5
3,467.4
1,203.0
1,691.9
1,176.3
515.6

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
948.3
1,471.0
11,886.4
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
480.3
4.0

1,212.9
60.8
1,152.1
463.7
1,724.1
987.6
736.5
2,382.7
2,336.6
765.2
566.2
418.8
75.0
74.0
437.4
46.1
953.1
1,484.2
11,962.5
11,517.5
11,171.9
3,799.5
1,217.8
2,581.7
7,372.4
176.6
169.0
92.0
76.9
445.0
3.7

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

9,517.6

9,537.2 45

10,016.5

10,149.7

10,157.8

10,125.6

10,121.5

10,213.9

10,291.9

10,311.8 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

37,858
32,779
313,976

38,026 47
32,778 48
314,590 49

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
Feb.

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 ........

March

April

May

Line
June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

86.3
61.0
54.8
53.1
12.1
7.1
40.8
11.6
29.2
1.8
6.2
2.6
3.5

63.6
42.9
37.9
37.1
7.4
5.7
29.8
2.3
27.5
0.8
5.0
2.8
2.3

21.8
0.0
–2.4
–2.4
–4.2
–2.4
1.8
3.1
–1.3
–0.1
2.4
2.6
–0.2

35.2
10.9
7.9
8.5
–5.9
–3.4
14.4
2.8
11.6
–0.5
2.9
2.8
0.2

41.6
30.3
26.5
26.4
6.4
5.0
20.0
6.5
13.5
0.1
3.8
2.7
1.0

21.9
15.1
11.4
10.4
5.0
3.6
5.4
0.1
5.3
1.0
3.8
2.8
1.1

17.8
10.2
7.0
4.1
–7.2
–6.3
11.3
1.4
10.0
2.8
3.3
3.1
0.1

48.1
25.6
20.8
19.5
2.9
0.5
16.6
4.1
12.5
1.4
4.7
3.1
1.6

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

14.5
–0.8
15.3
6.1
5.7
3.0
2.7
5.2
5.2
2.9
1.6
2.9
–3.4
1.2
0.1
0.1
6.2
12.4
73.9
89.2
84.0
43.9
10.9
33.0
40.1
5.0
0.3
0.2
0.0
–15.4

1.8
–0.9
2.7
6.0
7.4
3.1
4.3
9.7
9.7
6.1
2.2
2.6
–3.1
2.2
–0.3
0.1
4.2
8.6
55.0
33.6
28.3
14.5
–1.7
16.2
13.8
5.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
21.4

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
–0.4
4.2
17.5
22.8
26.2
–10.9
–5.1
–5.8
37.1
–4.6
1.2
0.3
0.9
–5.2

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
0.7
5.6
29.7
–22.9
–18.6
–35.2
–2.9
–32.3
16.6
–4.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
52.6

–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
2.5
7.4
34.2
–6.6
–2.2
–13.1
0.6
–13.7
10.8
–4.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
40.8

6.8
3.8
2.9
4.6
–12.8
–12.1
–0.7
9.9
9.7
–2.5
6.9
0.5
–0.4
2.2
3.0
0.2
1.5
3.0
19.0
49.0
43.2
20.7
3.3
17.4
22.6
4.9
0.7
0.2
0.5
–30.0

8.6
3.9
4.8
5.0
–3.9
–12.1
8.1
–1.6
–1.8
–2.4
2.3
1.1
–3.6
0.9
–0.2
0.1
0.7
2.5
15.1
65.0
59.9
58.4
15.5
42.9
1.4
5.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
–49.9

13.2
3.9
9.4
5.1
–5.7
–12.1
6.4
12.7
12.6
14.0
1.6
–0.6
–1.8
–1.1
0.7
0.2
2.8
5.2
43.0
93.1
87.9
56.6
13.4
43.1
31.4
4.9
0.2
0.2
0.0
–50.1

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

40.1
31.4

24.8
24.0

13.2
13.7

46.4
46.3

23.7
20.9

5.0
10.4

–21.9
–28.6

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Social security benefits include old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust fund.
2. Medicare benefits include hospital and supplementary medical insurance benefits that are distributed from the federal hospital insurance trust fund and the supplementary medical insurance trust fund.
3. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
4. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

–5.9 44
–2.3 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

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

130.3
66.2
55.2
54.5
3.0
3.1
51.6
12.5
39.0
0.7
11.0
8.1
3.0

89.3
54.3
43.3
40.1
3.5
1.8
36.6
7.7
29.0
3.2
11.1
8.6
2.4

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
5.7
20.2
110.0
57.4
60.0
–14.4
–4.3
–10.1
74.4
–4.2
1.6
0.8
0.9
52.6

18.0
8.3
9.7
10.9
–6.7
–18.5
11.9
17.5
17.1
5.8
9.3
4.9
–8.8
2.5
3.5
0.3
4.8
13.2
76.1
111.4
104.7
58.0
17.5
40.5
46.7
5.4
1.3
0.7
0.5
–35.3

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

81.9
78.0

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.

19.6 44
19.9 45

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

2012
Feb.

March

April

May

Line
June

July

r

Aug.

r

Sept.

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

0.7
0.7
0.8
0.4

0.5
0.5
0.6
0.3

0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1

0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2

0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

1
2
3
4

1.2
1.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.7
0.9
0.6

0.2
1.3
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.5

0.2
0.1
0.8
0.6
1.2
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.1

0.4
0.2
0.9
0.6
1.5
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.3

0.0
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.3

0.6
1.0
–0.7
–1.2
–0.1
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.7
1.1
–0.2
–1.2
1.1
–0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1

1.1
1.1
–0.3
–1.2
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.4

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.8
1.2
0.9
1.3
0.6

0.3
0.4
–0.1
0.6
0.2

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

0.5
1.6
1.3
1.7
0.0

0.8
1.5
1.1
1.7
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.5
0.5

0.2
0.2

0.1
0.1

–0.2
–0.3

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.2

0.1
0.1

–0.1 19
0.0 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

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

4.0
3.2
3.3
2.7

2.7
2.6
2.5
2.7

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
2.5
5.7
3.8

6.2
10.0
–1.5
–7.2
6.7
3.0
2.0
3.6
2.6

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

3.8
6.3
6.0
6.5
2.6

14
15
16
17
18

–0.7
–1.3

0.3
–0.2

4.4
3.7

3.5
3.1

Based on chained (2005) dollar measures
19
20

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

1.3
1.8

3.4
1.3

–0.3
–1.5

0.8 19
0.8 20

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

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

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

9,608.8
3,420.8
1,343.8
2,096.0
6,193.1

Sept. 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......................................................................................

9,560.1
3,412.4
1,340.2
2,091.0
6,153.5

9,562.5
3,415.1
1,340.2
2,093.5
6,153.3

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

9,621.6
3,445.4
1,363.4
2,103.8
6,182.8

9,660.5
3,471.4
1,381.4
2,114.1
6,196.7

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

42.2
20.0
12.4
8.8
22.6

2.4
2.7
0.0
2.5
–0.2

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

31.8
18.2
8.0
10.6
14.1

12.8
24.6
19.6
7.8
–10.3

0.3
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.2

0.1
0.7
1.5
0.4
–0.2

38.9 6
26.0 7
18.0 8
10.3 9
13.9 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......................................................................................

0.4
0.6
0.9
0.4
0.4

0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0

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

0.4
0.8
1.3
0.5
0.2

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

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

9,630.3
3,445.9
1,362.9
2,104.6
6,190.9

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

47.8 6
36.5 7
27.6 8
12.6 9
12.7 10

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

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

2.0
4.4
8.5
2.4
0.8

11
12
13
14
15

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

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. 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 ........................

115.335
110.358
90.187
122.283
117.986

115.602
110.696
90.065
122.912
118.214

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

115.551
109.386
89.523
121.121
118.859

116.020
110.301
89.366
122.718
119.081

116.463
111.107
89.178
124.159
119.322

1
2
3
4
5

113.104
120.437
146.004
115.282
112.686

113.313
120.597
147.531
115.530
112.863

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

113.872
120.862
135.657
115.453
113.487

113.963
120.956
143.527
115.940
113.541

114.093 6
120.885 7
150.399 8
116.386 9
113.626 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 ........................

0.3
0.6
0.0
0.9
0.2

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.5
0.2

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
0.2

0.4
0.7
–0.2
1.2
0.2

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.0
3.6
0.3
0.1

0.2
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2

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
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.1
5.8
0.4
0.0

0.1
–0.1
4.8
0.4
0.1

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

Feb.

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

March
0.1
1.9
2.7
7.4
0.6
1.5

April

0.7
1.6
2.6
6.6
0.7
1.1

May
0.8
1.8
2.4
6.5
0.5
1.5

July r

June
1.5
1.9
3.0
7.4
1.0
1.4

1.6
2.0
3.5
8.6
1.2
1.3

Aug. r
1.8
1.9
3.1
7.3
1.2
1.2

1.8
2.0
4.1
9.3
1.8
1.0

Sept. p
1.9
2.1
3.8
8.2
1.8
1.2

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

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

2.4
2.9
–0.7
4.7
2.2

2.2
2.5
–0.8
4.0
2.1

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

1.5
0.6
–1.8
1.7
2.0

1.9
3.9
8.0
2.6
2.0

2.0
3.2
5.4
2.3
2.0

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

1.6
1.5
0.0
1.5
1.6

Sept. p
1.7
1.1
–1.6
2.4
2.0

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.7 6
0.9 7
3.2 8
1.7 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.