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NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
BEA 15-51
Technical: James Rankin
(202) 606-5301 (Personal Income)
piniwd@bea.gov
Harvey Davis
(202) 606-5302 (Personal Consumption Expenditures) pce@bea.gov
Media:
Jeannine Aversa (202) 606-2649
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: SEPTEMBER 2015
Personal income increased $18.6 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $19.2 billion, or 0.1 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $15.6 billion, or 0.1 percent. In August,
personal income increased $54.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $49.5 billion, or 0.4 percent,
and PCE increased $44.2 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.2 percent in September, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent in
August. Real PCE increased 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.

May
Personal income, current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

0.4

2015
June
July
Aug.
(Percent change from preceding month)
0.4
0.4
0.4

Sept.
0.1

0.4
0.1

0.4
0.2

0.5
0.4

0.4
0.4

0.1
0.2

0.9
0.6

0.3
0.1

0.3
0.2

0.4
0.4

0.1
0.2

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NOTE. Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Monthto-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 (2009) dollars.

This news release is available on BEA’s Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.

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Compensation
Wages and salaries decreased $3.7 billion in September, in contrast to an increase of $36.0 billion in
August. Private wages and salaries decreased $7.0 billion, in contrast to an increase of $32.2 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $3.3 billion, compared with an increase of $3.8 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $3.3 billion in September, compared with an increase of
$6.4 billion in August.

Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $5.6 billion in September, compared with an increase of $0.6 billion in
August. Farm proprietors' income increased $2.6 billion, the same increase as in August. Nonfarm
proprietors' income increased $3.1 billion in September, in contrast to a decrease of $2.0 billion in August.
Rental income of persons increased $2.5 billion in September, compared with an increase of $1.8
billion in August. Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend
income) increased $5.7 billion, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion. Personal current transfer receipts
increased $4.0 billion, compared with an increase of $9.5 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -decreased $1.0 billion in September, in contrast to an increase of $4.4 billion in August.

Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes decreased $0.6 billion in September, in contrast to an increase of $5.4 billion in
August. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $19.2
billion, or 0.1 percent, compared with an increase of $49.5 billion, or 0.4 percent.

Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -increased $13.7 billion in September, compared with an increase of $42.3 billion in August. PCE increased
$15.6 billion, compared with an increase of $44.2 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $642.8 billion in September, compared with
$637.3 billion in August. The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal
income -- was 4.8 percent, compared with 4.7 percent. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA's
national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board's financial
accounts of the United States and data on changes in net worth, go to
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 -- increased 0.2 percent in September, compared
with an increase of 0.4 percent in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in September, compared
with an increase of 0.4 percent in August. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.6 percent in September,
the same increase as in August. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.3 percent in September, in
contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in August. Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared
with an increase of 0.4 percent.
The price index for PCE decreased 0.1 percent in September, compared with a decrease of less than
0.1 percent in August. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in
September, the same increase as in August.
The September price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent from September a year ago. The September
PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.3 percent from September a year ago.

Revisions
Estimates have been revised for July and August. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar and
chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) 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 Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars
Chained (2009) dollars

August
Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars)
(Percent)

69.6

66.5

0.5

0.4

52.5

54.9

0.3

0.4

63.9
47.7

63.5
47.3

0.5
0.4

0.5
0.4

47.1
42.5

49.5
46.9

0.4
0.3

0.4
0.4

45.7
31.9

41.2
27.8

0.4
0.3

0.3
0.2

54.9
49.5

44.2
41.9

0.4
0.4

0.4
0.4

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Next release – November 25, 2015 at 8:30 A.M. EST for
Personal Income and Outlays for October

Personal Income and Outlays Release Dates for 2016
December 2015.. February 1
January 2016….. February 26
February 2016… March 28
March 2016…… April 29

April 2016…May 31
May 2016… June 29
June 2016… August 2
July 2016…. August 29

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August 2016…… September 30
September 2016…October 31
October 2016……November 30
November 2016…December 22

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

2015
Feb.

1 Personal income .......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees................................................................
3
Wages and salaries ............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ....................................................................
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 (2009) dollars 5 ......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5...............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars......................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ........................................................

March

April

May

Line
June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

15,095.8 15,095.6 15,155.8 15,220.7 15,281.6 15,348.2 15,403.1 15,421.7 1
9,488.4 9,493.2 9,516.6 9,555.1 9,575.9 9,622.0 9,664.4 9,664.1 2
7,682.9 7,684.3 7,703.1 7,735.8 7,751.7 7,791.4 7,827.4 7,823.8 3
6,426.2 6,425.2 6,441.4 6,471.1 6,482.9 6,518.9 6,551.1 6,544.1 4
1,286.3 1,284.5 1,283.1 1,284.2 1,282.4 1,290.8 1,293.4 1,286.0 5
791.3
789.4
788.7
790.1
788.9
794.2
797.7
792.8 6
5,139.9 5,140.7 5,158.3 5,186.9 5,200.5 5,228.2 5,257.7 5,258.1 7
1,213.2 1,209.3 1,213.0 1,218.9 1,219.0 1,225.4 1,232.5 1,234.3 8
3,926.7 3,931.5 3,945.3 3,968.0 3,981.5 4,002.8 4,025.2 4,023.9 9
1,256.7 1,259.0 1,261.6 1,264.7 1,268.8 1,272.5 1,276.3 1,279.6 10
1,805.5 1,808.9 1,813.5 1,819.3 1,824.1 1,830.6 1,837.0 1,840.3 11
1,246.8 1,250.5 1,254.4 1,258.3 1,262.4 1,266.6 1,270.8 1,274.9 12
558.8
558.4
559.1
561.0
561.7
564.0
566.2
565.4 13
1,367.4 1,365.2 1,368.2 1,376.8 1,386.0 1,398.6 1,399.2 1,404.8 14
60.5
52.5
54.0
56.9
59.7
62.2
64.8
67.4 15
1,306.9 1,312.8 1,314.2 1,319.9 1,326.3 1,336.4 1,334.4 1,337.5 16
636.9
640.8
647.0
654.2
661.1
661.4
663.3
665.8 17
2,165.8 2,138.0 2,165.4 2,174.3 2,195.3 2,195.9 2,201.0 2,206.7 18
1,282.6 1,278.3 1,295.9 1,313.4 1,331.0 1,332.1 1,333.2 1,334.4 19
883.2
859.7
869.6
860.8
864.3
863.8
867.8
872.4 20
2,623.2 2,643.9 2,646.0 2,651.7 2,656.3 2,667.9 2,677.4 2,681.4 21
2,580.8 2,601.4 2,603.3 2,608.8 2,613.2 2,624.7 2,633.9 2,637.8 22
859.6
865.4
867.7
871.8
868.7
872.3
876.0
875.5 23
609.8
611.5
613.3
615.3
617.4
619.8
622.4
625.2 24
525.0
529.5
528.2
527.9
530.8
537.3
539.9
541.7 25
35.3
34.6
33.1
32.9
33.4
33.3
33.7
32.9 26
90.3
92.3
93.6
93.3
95.3
95.1
94.7
95.5 27
460.9
468.1
467.4
467.6
467.5
466.9
467.3
467.0 28
42.4
42.6
42.7
42.9
43.1
43.3
43.4
43.6 29
1,185.9 1,185.5 1,187.4 1,191.3 1,192.9 1,197.7 1,202.2 1,201.1 30
1,900.2 1,902.8 1,916.1 1,929.3 1,936.7 1,939.8 1,945.2 1,944.6 31
13,195.6 13,192.8 13,239.7 13,291.3 13,344.9 13,408.4 13,457.9 13,477.1 32
12,479.5 12,540.3 12,587.6 12,696.6 12,739.2 12,778.3 12,820.6 12,834.3 33
12,042.7 12,105.0 12,146.3 12,250.5 12,288.2 12,329.5 12,373.6 12,389.2 34
3,881.1 3,938.7 3,930.9 4,001.6 4,002.0 4,025.9 4,028.3 4,007.6 35
1,292.2 1,315.3 1,320.6 1,337.4 1,321.0 1,334.4 1,338.0 1,349.3 36
2,588.8 2,623.4 2,610.2 2,664.2 2,680.9 2,691.5 2,690.3 2,658.3 37
8,161.7 8,166.3 8,215.5 8,248.9 8,286.2 8,303.5 8,345.3 8,381.6 38
261.3
259.8
264.6
269.3
274.1
272.0
269.8
267.7 39
175.5
175.5
176.7
176.8
176.9
176.9
177.1
177.4 40
97.0
97.0
97.1
97.2
97.3
97.5
97.7
98.0 41
78.5
78.5
79.6
79.6
79.6
79.4
79.4
79.4 42
716.1
652.5
652.1
594.7
605.7
630.1
637.3
642.8 43
5.4
4.9
4.9
4.5
4.5
4.7
4.7
4.8 44

11,466.7 11,422.4 11,468.3 11,487.6 11,512.5 11,552.5 11,595.7 11,618.2 45
12,131.4 12,102.2 12,137.5 12,147.8 12,168.6 12,215.9 12,262.8 12,290.1 46
41,156
37,837
320,621

41,125
37,726
320,797

41,248
37,814
320,975

41,385
37,824
321,162

41,526
37,866
321,365

41,696
37,988
321,578

41,820
38,106
321,805

41,850 47
38,165 48
322,030 49

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. 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

2013

2014

2014
II

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ...............................................................
3
Wages and salaries............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ...................................................................
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 (2009) dollars 5......................................................................
Disposable personal income:
46
Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5 ..............................................
Per capita:
47
Current dollars ..................................................................................
48
Chained (2009) dollars .....................................................................
49 Population (midperiod, thousands) 6 ........................................................

III

2015
IV

I

II

Line
III

14,068.4 14,694.2 14,612.8 14,774.8 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,219.4 15,391.0 1
8,839.7 9,248.9 9,177.3 9,289.9 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,549.2 9,650.2 2
7,114.4 7,477.8 7,414.5 7,513.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,730.2 7,814.2 3
5,906.8 6,240.5 6,180.3 6,270.7 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,465.2 6,538.1 4
1,190.1 1,260.9 1,250.4 1,266.6 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,283.2 1,290.1 5
746.8
780.9
775.1
781.4
796.5
792.1
789.2
794.9 6
4,716.7 4,979.7 4,930.0 5,004.1 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,181.9 5,248.0 7
1,118.5 1,175.5 1,165.7 1,179.2 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,217.0 1,230.7 8
3,598.2 3,804.2 3,764.3 3,825.0 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,964.9 4,017.3 9
1,207.6 1,237.2 1,234.2 1,243.2 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0 1,276.1 10
1,725.3 1,771.2 1,762.7 1,776.0 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,819.0 1,836.0 11
1,197.8 1,224.0 1,219.4 1,227.1 1,236.3 1,246.8 1,258.3 1,270.7 12
527.5
547.2
543.3
548.9
556.0
558.7
560.6
565.2 13
1,285.1 1,346.7 1,346.3 1,357.8 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0 1,400.9 14
88.8
78.1
88.8
77.2
74.8
60.5
56.9
64.8 15
1,196.3 1,268.6 1,257.5 1,280.6 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1 1,336.1 16
563.4
610.8
605.5
618.4
628.4
637.0
654.1
663.5 17
2,060.4 2,117.5 2,121.8 2,115.0 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3 2,201.2 18
1,271.3 1,302.0 1,310.0 1,288.1 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4 1,333.2 19
789.0
815.5
811.9
826.8
840.8
863.0
864.9
868.0 20
2,426.6 2,529.2 2,513.1 2,556.5 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3 2,675.6 21
2,385.5 2,487.2 2,471.1 2,514.4 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4 2,632.1 22
799.0
834.6
833.2
837.2
843.8
861.6
869.4
874.6 23
574.6
597.8
595.6
600.8
605.3
609.8
615.3
622.5 24
439.7
487.4
473.6
505.9
507.1
523.9
529.0
539.6 25
62.3
35.8
36.0
34.6
32.9
35.0
33.1
33.3 26
79.1
83.7
82.3
83.8
86.7
90.7
94.1
95.1 27
430.8
447.9
450.5
452.2
453.3
462.2
467.5
467.1 28
41.2
42.0
42.0
42.1
42.1
42.4
42.9
43.4 29
1,106.8 1,159.0 1,151.2 1,162.9 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,190.6 1,200.3 30
1,672.8 1,780.2 1,754.1 1,792.0 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,927.4 1,943.2 31
12,395.6 12,913.9 12,858.7 12,982.7 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,292.0 13,447.8 32
11,805.7 12,293.7 12,235.2 12,377.0 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5 12,811.1 33
11,392.3 11,865.9 11,813.0 11,949.1 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4 12,364.1 34
3,836.8 3,948.4 3,951.5 3,987.4 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1 4,020.6 35
1,237.8 1,280.2 1,279.1 1,295.1 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4 1,340.6 36
2,598.9 2,668.2 2,672.4 2,692.2 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8 2,680.0 37
7,555.5 7,917.5 7,861.5 7,961.7 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2 8,343.5 38
244.2
254.2
250.5
254.3
263.1
261.3
269.3
269.8 39
169.3
173.6
171.7
173.6
178.0
175.5
176.8
177.1 40
92.6
95.3
95.2
95.7
95.9
97.0
97.2
97.8 41
76.6
78.3
76.5
77.9
82.2
78.5
79.6
79.4 42
589.9
620.2
623.5
605.7
614.3
687.6
617.5
636.7 43
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.7
5.2
4.6
4.7 44

10,822.3 11,149.8 11,089.0 11,164.6 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,489.5 11,588.8 45
11,523.1 11,836.3 11,784.7 11,863.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,151.3 12,256.3 46
39,123
36,369
316,839

40,461
37,084
319,173

40,331
36,962
318,833

40,638
37,134
319,470

40,977
37,484
320,100

41,107
37,785
320,623

41,386
37,835
321,167

41,789 47
38,086 48
321,804 49

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. The current-dollar measure is deflated by the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.
6. 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

2015
Feb.

1 Personal income.......................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees...............................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...........................................................................
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 1
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 2 ................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 .........................................................................................
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 4 ...................................................................
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
(2009) dollars 5 .....................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5............

March

April

May

Line
June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

47.7
6.3
2.7
–0.3
–6.9
–4.3
6.6
2.8
3.8
3.0
3.5
3.7
–0.2

–0.2
4.7
1.3
–1.0
–1.8
–1.9
0.9
–3.9
4.8
2.3
3.4
3.8
–0.4

60.1
23.4
18.8
16.2
–1.4
–0.7
17.6
3.7
13.8
2.6
4.6
3.8
0.8

64.9
38.5
32.8
29.7
1.1
1.4
28.6
5.9
22.7
3.1
5.8
3.9
1.8

61.0
20.8
15.9
11.8
–1.8
–1.2
13.6
0.2
13.4
4.1
4.9
4.1
0.7

66.5
46.2
39.7
36.0
8.4
5.2
27.7
6.4
21.3
3.7
6.5
4.2
2.3

54.9
42.4
36.0
32.2
2.7
3.5
29.5
7.1
22.4
3.8
6.4
4.2
2.2

18.6
–0.3
–3.7
–7.0
–7.4
–4.9
0.5
1.8
–1.3
3.3
3.3
4.1
–0.8

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

–8.2
–8.0
–0.2
3.6
32.9
–4.2
37.2
13.0
12.8
–0.2
1.5
7.7
0.0
0.5
3.2
0.2
–0.1
3.0
44.6
22.7
24.1
–3.7
–5.7
2.0
27.9
–1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.0

–2.2
–8.0
5.8
3.9
–27.8
–4.2
–23.5
20.7
20.5
5.8
1.7
4.6
–0.7
2.0
7.2
0.2
–0.5
2.6
–2.8
60.8
62.3
57.7
23.1
34.6
4.6
–1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
–63.6

3.0
1.6
1.4
6.2
27.4
17.5
9.9
2.1
1.9
2.3
1.8
–1.3
–1.5
1.3
–0.7
0.2
2.0
13.3
46.9
47.3
41.3
–7.9
5.3
–13.2
49.2
4.8
1.2
0.1
1.1
–0.4

8.6
2.8
5.7
7.2
8.8
17.5
–8.7
5.7
5.5
4.1
2.0
–0.3
–0.2
–0.3
0.2
0.2
3.8
13.3
51.7
109.1
104.2
70.8
16.8
54.0
33.5
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
–57.4

9.2
2.8
6.4
7.0
21.0
17.5
3.5
4.6
4.4
–3.2
2.2
3.0
0.6
2.0
–0.1
0.2
1.7
7.4
53.6
42.6
37.7
0.4
–16.4
16.7
37.3
4.8
0.1
0.1
0.0
11.0

12.6
2.6
10.1
0.3
0.6
1.1
–0.5
11.6
11.5
3.6
2.4
6.5
–0.2
–0.2
–0.6
0.2
4.8
3.0
63.5
39.1
41.2
23.9
13.4
10.5
17.3
–2.1
0.0
0.2
–0.2
24.4

0.6
2.6
–2.0
1.8
5.1
1.1
4.0
9.5
9.3
3.7
2.6
2.6
0.4
–0.4
0.4
0.2
4.4
5.4
49.5
42.3
44.2
2.4
3.6
–1.2
41.8
–2.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
7.2

5.6
2.6
3.1
2.5
5.7
1.1
4.6
4.0
3.9
–0.4
2.8
1.7
–0.8
0.8
–0.3
0.2
–1.0
–0.6
19.2
13.7
15.6
–20.7
11.3
–32.0
36.3
–2.1
0.3
0.3
0.0
5.5

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

12.8
20.8

–44.3
–29.1

45.9
35.2

19.3
10.3

24.9
20.9

40.0
47.3

43.1
46.9

22.5 44
27.3 45

p Preliminary
r Revised
1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

1 Personal income........................................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ................................................................
3
Wages and salaries ............................................................................
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 1
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 2 .................................................................................
24
Medicare 3 ..........................................................................................
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 4 ....................................................................
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
(2009) dollars 5 ......................................................................................
45 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars 5.............

2013

2014

2014

2015

Line

II

III

IV

I

II

III

153.3
229.8
184.1
174.7
34.6
12.5
140.1
25.9
114.3
9.4
45.6
32.5
13.1

625.8
409.3
363.4
333.8
70.8
34.0
263.0
57.0
206.0
29.6
45.9
26.2
19.7

179.2
73.6
64.5
53.8
16.7
4.6
37.1
11.9
25.1
10.8
9.0
6.3
2.8

162.0
112.6
99.4
90.4
16.2
6.3
74.2
13.5
60.7
9.0
13.3
7.7
5.6

180.9
135.0
118.7
113.7
26.3
15.0
87.4
24.1
63.3
5.0
16.3
9.1
7.1

124.2
63.0
49.8
41.5
–4.9
–4.4
46.4
7.6
38.8
8.3
13.2
10.5
2.7

139.5
61.2
47.8
39.2
–4.8
–2.9
44.0
6.1
37.9
8.6
13.5
11.6
1.9

171.6
101.0
84.0
72.9
6.8
5.6
66.1
13.7
52.4
11.1
17.0
12.4
4.6

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

43.7
27.2
16.5
38.1
–63.4
–17.5
–45.9
60.3
61.9
36.9
18.2
22.4
–21.5
8.9
–3.2
–1.6
155.2
161.4
–8.1
348.7
341.7
97.7
45.9
51.7
244.0
3.5
3.5
1.6
1.9
–356.8

61.6
–10.6
72.2
47.4
57.1
30.7
26.5
102.5
101.7
35.6
23.2
47.7
–26.5
4.7
17.1
0.8
52.2
107.5
518.3
488.0
473.7
111.7
42.4
69.3
362.0
10.1
4.3
2.7
1.6
30.3

41.5
17.1
24.5
14.6
19.2
–10.2
29.4
37.1
36.9
8.7
6.1
10.5
–3.7
0.3
15.0
0.2
6.7
18.0
161.2
174.9
172.7
76.8
36.0
40.8
96.0
1.5
0.8
0.8
0.0
–13.7

11.5
–11.6
23.1
12.9
–6.9
–21.8
15.0
43.4
43.3
4.0
5.2
32.3
–1.3
1.5
1.6
0.1
11.6
38.0
124.0
141.8
136.1
35.9
16.0
19.8
100.2
3.8
1.9
0.5
1.4
–17.8

20.1
–2.3
22.4
10.0
15.6
1.7
13.9
14.5
14.5
6.6
4.5
1.2
–1.8
2.9
1.1
0.0
14.3
46.8
134.1
125.6
112.3
–7.2
8.4
–15.6
119.6
8.8
4.5
0.2
4.3
8.6

–8.4
–14.3
5.9
8.5
14.9
–7.3
22.2
54.8
54.5
17.9
4.5
16.9
2.2
4.1
9.0
0.3
8.6
61.2
62.9
–10.3
–5.9
–78.6
–1.7
–76.9
72.7
–1.8
–2.6
1.1
–3.7
73.2

7.5
–3.6
11.2
17.1
32.8
30.8
2.0
25.5
25.0
7.8
5.5
5.1
–1.9
3.3
5.2
0.5
4.7
27.3
112.2
182.3
172.9
76.6
24.5
52.1
96.3
8.0
1.3
0.2
1.1
–70.1

23.9
7.9
15.9
9.4
22.9
19.8
3.1
24.2
23.7
5.2
7.1
10.7
0.2
1.0
–0.4
0.5
9.8
15.8
155.9
136.6
135.7
42.5
14.2
28.2
93.3
0.5
0.3
0.6
–0.2
19.3

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

–60.3
–165.2

327.5
313.2

72.0
85.9

75.5
78.4

164.4
135.6

118.7
115.9

41.8
36.6

99.3 44
105.0 45

1. Includes actual employer contributions and actuarially imputed employer contributions to reflect benefits accrued by defined benefit pension plan participants through service to employers in the
current period.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Consists of nonmortgage interest paid by households.
5. 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
Line

2015
Feb.

March

April

May

Line
June

July

r

Aug.

r

Sept.

p

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
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.................................................................................

0.3
0.1
0.0
0.2

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4

0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3

0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2

1
2
3
4

–0.6
0.6
1.5
–0.3
4.4
0.5
0.0
0.2
0.3

–0.2
0.6
–1.3
–0.3
–2.7
0.8
0.0
0.1
0.0

0.2
1.0
1.3
1.4
1.1
0.1
0.2
0.7
0.4

0.6
1.1
0.4
1.4
–1.0
0.2
0.3
0.7
0.4

0.7
1.1
1.0
1.3
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.4

0.9
0.0
0.0
0.1
–0.1
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.5

0.0
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.5
0.2
–0.1
0.0
0.1

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

0.2
–0.1
–0.4
0.1
0.3

0.5
1.5
1.8
1.3
0.1

0.3
–0.2
0.4
–0.5
0.6

0.9
1.8
1.3
2.1
0.4

0.3
0.0
–1.2
0.6
0.5

0.3
0.6
1.0
0.4
0.2

0.4
0.1
0.3
0.0
0.5

0.1
–0.5
0.8
–1.2
0.4

14
15
16
17
18

0.2
0.1

0.2
0.2

0.3
0.4

0.4
0.4

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

0.1
0.2

–0.4
–0.2

0.4
0.3

0.2 19
0.2 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

2013

2014

2014
II

III

2015
IV

I

II

Line
III

Based on current-dollar measures
1 Personal income.........................................................................
2 Compensation of employees ....................................................
3
Wages and salaries ...............................................................
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.................................................................................

1.1
2.7
2.7
2.7

4.4
4.6
5.1
2.7

5.1
3.3
3.6
2.1

4.5
5.0
5.5
3.0

5.0
5.9
6.5
3.7

3.4
2.7
2.6
3.0

3.8
2.6
2.5
3.0

4.6
4.3
4.4
3.8

1
2
3
4

3.5
7.2
–3.0
–1.4
–5.5
2.5
16.3
10.7
–0.1

4.8
8.4
2.8
2.4
3.4
4.2
4.7
6.4
4.2

13.4
10.2
3.7
–3.1
15.9
6.1
2.4
4.2
5.2

3.5
8.8
–1.3
–6.5
7.6
7.1
4.1
9.0
3.9

6.1
6.6
3.0
0.5
6.9
2.3
5.0
10.9
4.2

–2.4
5.5
2.8
–2.2
11.0
8.8
3.0
14.0
1.9

2.2
11.2
6.3
10.0
0.9
3.9
1.6
5.9
3.4

7.1
5.9
4.3
6.2
1.4
3.7
3.3
3.3
4.8

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

3.1
2.6
3.9
2.0
3.3

4.2
2.9
3.4
2.7
4.8

6.1
8.2
12.1
6.3
5.0

4.7
3.7
5.1
3.0
5.2

3.8
–0.7
2.6
–2.3
6.1

–0.2
–7.7
–0.5
–11.0
3.6

5.9
8.1
7.8
8.3
4.8

4.5
4.3
4.4
4.3
4.6

14
15
16
17
18

2.8
2.7

6.0
4.7

4.3
3.9

1.5
1.2

3.5 19
3.5 20

Based on chained (2009) dollar measures
19
20

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

–0.6
–1.4

3.0
2.7

2.6
3.0

Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
2015

Line

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

11,274.8
3,903.4
1,481.9
2,449.0
7,374.1

11,298.0
3,903.5
1,490.9
2,441.6
7,396.6

Line

Billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods...........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

11,071.5
3,783.1
1,418.5
2,388.3
7,286.9

11,104.4
3,829.7
1,445.7
2,409.6
7,276.1

11,135.1
3,827.8
1,449.3
2,404.9
7,307.7

11,196.5
3,872.2
1,470.1
2,429.4
7,326.6

11,205.1
3,864.9
1,455.3
2,434.7
7,341.7

11,232.9
3,887.3
1,473.8
2,440.6
7,348.2

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates
6
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
7 Goods..........................................................................................
8 Durable goods...........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

3.7
–15.4
–8.7
–7.2
17.7

32.8
46.6
27.2
21.2
–10.8

30.8
–1.8
3.6
–4.7
31.5

61.4
44.4
20.8
24.6
18.9

8.6
–7.4
–14.8
5.3
15.1

27.8
22.4
18.4
5.9
6.5

41.9
16.1
8.1
8.4
25.9

23.2 6
0.1 7
9.0 8
–7.4 9
22.4 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates
11
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
12 Goods..........................................................................................
13 Durable goods...........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................

0.0
–0.4
–0.6
–0.3
0.2

0.3
1.2
1.9
0.9
–0.1

0.3
0.0
0.2
–0.2
0.4

0.6
1.2
1.4
1.0
0.3

0.1
–0.2
–1.0
0.2
0.2

0.2
0.6
1.3
0.2
0.1

0.4
0.4
0.6
0.3
0.4

0.2
0.0
0.6
–0.3
0.3

11
12
13
14
15

p Preliminary
r Revised

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

2013

2014

2014
II

2015

III

IV

I

II

Line
III

Billions of chained (2009) dollars
1
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
2 Goods..........................................................................................
3 Durable goods...........................................................................
4 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
5 Services ......................................................................................

10,590.4
3,612.8
1,307.6
2,319.8
6,977.0

10,875.7
3,731.2
1,384.1
2,367.8
7,144.6

10,826.3
3,718.0
1,377.2
2,361.0
7,108.5

10,918.6
3,755.2
1,402.5
2,375.2
7,163.8

11,033.3
3,793.2
1,423.5
2,393.7
7,240.4

11,081.2
3,803.7
1,430.4
2,397.8
7,277.4

11,178.9
3,855.0
1,458.3
2,423.0
7,325.3

114.7
38.0
21.0
18.5
76.5

48.0
10.5
7.0
4.1
37.0

97.7
51.3
27.8
25.2
47.9

4.3
4.1
6.1
3.1
4.3

1.8
1.1
2.0
0.7
2.1

3.6
5.5
8.0
4.3
2.7

11,268.6
3,898.0
1,482.2
2,443.7
7,373.0

1
2
3
4
5

Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars
6
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
7 Goods..........................................................................................
8 Durable goods...........................................................................
9 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
10 Services ......................................................................................

177.2
108.5
71.4
42.3
68.9

285.3
118.4
76.5
48.0
167.6

101.6
59.7
44.0
19.7
42.9

92.3
37.2
25.2
14.2
55.3

89.7 6
43.1 7
24.0 8
20.7 9
47.6 10

Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars
11
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)......................
12 Goods..........................................................................................
13 Durable goods...........................................................................
14 Nondurable goods.....................................................................
15 Services ......................................................................................

1.7
3.1
5.8
1.9
1.0

2.7
3.3
5.9
2.1
2.4

3.8
6.7
13.9
3.4
2.4

3.5
4.1
7.5
2.4
3.1

3.2
4.5
6.7
3.5
2.6

11
12
13
14
15

Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
2015

Line

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

Sept. p

Line

Chain-type price indexes (2009=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 .......................

108.776
102.587
91.085
108.394
112.011

109.015
102.845
90.968
108.873
112.240

109.085
102.689
91.106
108.541
112.429

109.418
103.339
90.955
109.667
112.595

109.670
103.545
90.755
110.116
112.872

109.765
103.562
90.529
110.280
113.008

109.749
103.195
90.275
109.849
113.177

109.661
102.662
90.485
108.872
113.324

1
2
3
4
5

108.732
111.012
103.597
107.646
107.407

108.952
110.684
105.107
107.844
107.576

109.123
110.493
103.580
107.946
107.799

109.254
110.451
108.423
108.281
107.904

109.416
110.769
110.321
108.494
108.007

109.500
111.006
110.386
108.582
108.082

109.597
111.176
107.867
108.531
108.155

109.757 6
111.374 7
102.571 8
108.458 9
108.366 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 .......................

0.2
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.1

0.2
0.3
–0.1
0.4
0.2

0.1
–0.2
0.2
–0.3
0.2

0.3
0.6
–0.2
1.0
0.1

0.2
0.2
–0.2
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0
–0.2
0.1
0.1

0.0
–0.4
–0.3
–0.4
0.1

–0.1
–0.5
0.2
–0.9
0.1

11
12
13
14
15

0.1
0.1
1.1
0.2
0.1

0.2
–0.3
1.5
0.2
0.2

0.2
–0.2
–1.5
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.0
4.7
0.3
0.1

0.1
0.3
1.8
0.2
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2
–2.3
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.2
–4.9
–0.1
0.2

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
2015

Line

Feb.

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

March
3.6
3.2
3.2
6.5
1.7
3.1

3.0
3.0
3.4
5.6
2.4
2.8

April

May
3.2
3.1
3.1
6.0
1.8
3.0

June
3.2
3.5
4.4
6.9
3.2
3.1

3.0
3.2
3.5
4.8
2.9
3.0

July r
3.3
3.3
4.0
6.0
3.0
3.0

Aug. r
3.3
3.1
3.5
4.8
2.8
2.9

Sept. p
3.4
3.2
3.9
6.2
2.8
2.8

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

2015
Feb.

March

April

May

June

July r

Aug. r

0.3
–3.1
–2.3
–3.6
2.0

0.3
–2.8
–2.3
–3.1
1.8

0.2
–3.2
–2.2
–3.8
1.9

0.3
–2.8
–2.0
–3.1
1.8

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–3.0
1.9

0.3
–2.7
–2.1
–2.9
1.8

0.3
–2.7
–2.2
–3.0
1.8

1.3
2.4
–20.1
–0.1
1.1

1.3
1.7
–18.9
–0.1
1.1

1.3
1.3
–20.1
–0.1
1.1

1.3
0.7
–16.9
0.0
1.1

1.3
1.0
–15.9
0.0
1.1

1.2
0.9
–15.7
0.0
1.0

1.3
0.7
–16.2
0.0
1.0

Sept. p
0.2
–3.2
–1.8
–3.9
1.8

Line
1
2
3
4
5

1.3 6
0.7 7
–19.6 8
–0.2 9
1.1 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.