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BEA 00-19

Personal Income, May 2000




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                PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  MAY 2000

 Personal income increased $31.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $26.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, in May, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of
Economic Analysis.  Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $16.3 billion, or 0.2
percent.  In April, personal income increased $47.7 billion, or 0.6 percent, DPI increased $33.3
billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE increased $14.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, based on revised estimates.


                                                                             2000
                                               Jan.          Feb.          Mar.          Apr.          May
                                                             (Percent change from preceding month)

Personal income, current dollars               0.7           0.5           0.7           0.6           0.4

Disposable personal income:
     Current dollars                            .4            .4            .7            .5            .4
     Chained (1996) dollars                     .2            .0            .3            .4            .4

Personal consumption expenditures:
     Current dollars                            .7           1.2            .7            .2            .2
     Chained (1996) dollars                     .5            .8            .2            .2            .2


Wages and salaries

 Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $4.5 billion in May, in contrast to an increase
of $33.6 billion in April.  Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $6.2 billion, in contrast to
an increase of $8.6 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $3.8 billion, in contrast to an increase
of $7.9 billion.  Distributive industries' payrolls decreased $2.5 billion, in contrast to an increase of
$8.6 billion.  Service industries' payrolls increased $4.2 billion, compared with an increase of $16.4
billion.

 Government wage and salary disbursements increased $6.5 billion in May, compared with an
increase of $3.4 billion in April.  The hiring of additional temporary workers for Census 2000 added
$5.2 billion at an annual rate to federal civilian payrolls in May and $0.4 billion at an annual rate in
April.


Other personal income

 Proprietors' income increased $0.6 billion in May, compared with an increase of $3.1 billion in
April.  Farm proprietors' income decreased $3.3 billion, in contrast to an increase of $2.6 billion.
The changes in farm proprietors' income reflected the pattern of specially authorized federal farm
subsidy payments, which were $0.5 billion at an annual rate in May, $7.5 billion at an annual rate in
April, and $7.2 billion at an annual rate in March.   Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $4.0
billion in May, compared with an increase of $0.4 billion in April.

 Transfer payments increased $22.5 billion in May, compared with an increase of $2.0 billion in
April.  The May increase included benefit payments of $19.2 billion at an annual rate, resulting from
new legislation the Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000  that eliminated the "retirement
earnings test" and allowed social security beneficiaries aged 65 and older to receive full benefits
regardless of their earnings.  Prior to enactment, these beneficiaries had their benefits reduced by $1
for every $3 earned over the annual earning limit, which is $17,000 for calendar year 2000.

 Personal interest income increased $5.0 billion in May, compared with an increase of $6.2
billion in April.  Personal dividend income increased $1.8 billion, compared with an increase of $1.7
billion.  Rental income of persons decreased $3.9 billion, compared with a decrease of $2.4 billion.

 Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income --
decreased $0.2 billion in May, in contrast to an increase of $2.1 billion in April.


Personal taxes and disposable personal income

 Personal tax and nontax payments increased $4.8 billion in May, compared with an increase of
$14.3 billion in April.  Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax and
nontax payments -- increased $26.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, in May, compared with an increase of
$33.3 billion, or 0.5 percent, in April.


Personal outlays and personal saving

 Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of
the world (net) -- increased $17.7 billion in May, compared with an increase of $15.9 billion in
April.  PCE increased $16.3 billion, compared with an increase of $14.2 billion.

 Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $38.4 billion in May, compared with $29.6
billion in April.  Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 0.6 percent in
May, compared with 0.4 percent in April.


Real DPI and real PCE

 Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in May, the same
increase as in April.

 Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in May, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in April.  Purchases of durable goods decreased 1.1 percent,
compared with a decrease of 0.7 percent.  Purchases of motor vehicles and parts more than
accounted for the May decrease.  Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.4 percent in May,
compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in April.  Purchases of services increased 0.4
percent, the same increase as in April.


Revisions

 Estimates have been revised for January through April.  Changes in personal income, current-
dollar and chained (1996) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1996) dollar PCE for March
and April -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.  A downward
revision for January to DPI was primarily accounted for by an upward revision to personal tax and
nontax payments.


                                                      Change from preceding month
                                            March                                     April
                          Previous   Revised    Previous  Revised     Previous  Revised    Previous  Revised
                               (Dollars)             (Percent)             (Dollars)            (Percent)

Personal Income:
   Current dollars..         54.2       59.9      0.7        0.7        57.1      47.7       0.7        0.6
Disposable personal income:
   Current dollars..         46.8       51.1       .7         .7        45.0      33.3        .7         .5
   Chained (1996) dollars..  14.1       17.9       .2         .3        39.8      28.0        .6         .4

Personal consumption expenditures:
   Current dollars..         38.9       43.7       .6         .7        24.1      14.2        .4         .2
   Chained (1996) dollars..   7.9       12.1       .1         .2        20.2      10.2        .3         .2


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                     Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts

           As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts, revised
    estimates of personal income and outlays for January 1997 through May 2000 will be released
    along with preliminary estimates for June 2000 on August 1.  Information about the revision will
    be available in the August 1 news release and in an article describing the revision, which will
    appear in the August 2000 issue of the Survey of Current Business.


                       Next release -- August 1, 2000 at 8:30 A.M. EDT for:
                          Annual revision (1997 through May 2000) and
                         June estimates of personal income and outlays.


                                                                                                Table 1. -- Personal Income
                                                                                                [Billions of dollars]

                                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
                                                             1998         1999        1999                                   2000
                                                                                       Dec.      Jan./r/      Feb./r/      Mar./r/      Apr./r/      May/p/

Personal income                                           7,358.9      7,791.8      7,998.6      8,051.7      8,094.9      8,154.8      8,202.5      8,233.8

   Wage and salary disbursements                          4,186.0      4,472.3      4,600.5      4,634.5      4,655.8      4,683.3      4,720.4      4,722.3
          Private industries                              3,493.2      3,745.8      3,859.0      3,883.2      3,902.2      3,925.2      3,958.8      3,954.3
               Goods-producing industries                 1,038.7      1,082.4      1,102.5      1,114.3      1,116.8      1,125.8      1,134.4      1,128.2
                    Manufacturing                           757.5        779.7        789.0        795.0        797.2        799.5        807.4        803.6
               Distributive industries                      944.6      1,005.8      1,037.4      1,039.6      1,043.3      1,045.4      1,054.0      1,051.5
               Service industries                         1,509.9      1,657.6      1,719.1      1,729.3      1,742.1      1,754.0      1,770.4      1,774.6
          Government                                        692.8        726.5        741.5        751.2        753.6        758.1        761.5        768.0

     Other labor income                                     515.7        535.8        545.4        548.2        550.2        552.5        554.7        557.8

     Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj                 606.1        658.5        675.9        677.9        683.0        700.5        703.6        704.2
          Farm                                               25.1         31.3         21.8         22.1         22.6         27.1         29.7         26.4
          Nonfarm                                           581.0        627.3        654.1        655.8        660.4        673.4        673.8        677.8

     Rental income of persons with CCAdj                    137.4        145.9        144.4        144.8        145.8        147.6        145.2        141.3

     Personal dividend income                               348.3        364.3        375.2        377.5        379.7        381.6        383.3        385.1

     Personal interest income                               897.8        931.3        964.6        972.1        979.3        986.9        993.1        998.1

     Transfer payments  to persons                          983.6      1,018.2      1,034.4      1,042.8      1,048.3      1,051.2      1,053.2      1,075.7
          Old-age, survivors, disability, and health
               insurance  benefits                          578.1        596.4        607.4        615.1        618.5        620.9        623.2        643.8
          Government unemployment insurance benefits         19.8         20.3         20.4         20.1         20.5         19.9         19.6         19.4
          Other                                             385.7        401.5        406.6        407.7        409.3        410.4        410.4        412.5

     Less:  Personal contributions for social insurance     315.9        334.6        341.8        346.1        347.3        348.9        351.0        350.8

     p  Preliminary.
     r  Revised.
     IVA  Inventory valuation adjustment.
     CCAdj  Capital consumption adjustment.

     Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

                                                                               Table 2. -- The Disposition of Personal Income
                                                                                           [Billions of dollars]

                                                                                                    Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
                                                        1998         1999       1999                                    2000
                                                                                 Dec.       Jan./r/      Feb./r/      Mar./r/      Apr./r/      May/p/

Personal income                                      7,358.9      7,791.8      7,998.6      8,051.7      8,094.9      8,154.8      8,202.5      8,233.8

Less: Personal tax and nontax payments               1,072.6      1,152.1      1,192.9      1,215.7      1,229.1      1,238.0      1,252.3      1,257.1

Equals: Disposable personal income                   6,286.2      6,639.7      6,805.7      6,836.0      6,865.8      6,916.9      6,950.2      6,976.7

Less: Personal outlays                               6,056.6      6,483.3      6,732.7      6,783.4      6,860.1      6,904.7      6,920.6      6,938.3

     Personal consumption expenditures               5,848.6      6,257.3      6,498.3      6,546.8      6,622.7      6,666.4      6,680.6      6,696.9
     Interest paid by persons                          185.7        201.7        209.7        210.8        211.6        212.5        214.2        215.6
     Personal transfer payments to the
          rest of the world (net)                       22.3         24.3         24.7         25.8         25.8         25.8         25.8         25.8

Equals: Personal saving                                229.7        156.3         73.0         52.6          5.7         12.1         29.6         38.4

Addenda:

     Disposable personal income:

          Chained (1996) dollars /1/                 6,107.1      6,349.4      6,444.8      6,455.6      6,458.1      6,476.0      6,504.0      6,527.8

          Per capita:
               Current dollars                        23,231       24,307       24,802       24,898       24,994       25,164       25,268       25,346
               Chained (1996) dollars                 22,569       23,244       23,487       23,512       23,509       23,560       23,646       23,716
          Population (thousands)                     270,595      273,161      274,399      274,562      274,704      274,875      275,060      275,255

     Personal saving as a percentage of
          disposable personal income                     3.7          2.4          1.1          0.8          0.1          0.2          0.4          0.6

p  Preliminary.
r  Revised.
   1.  Disposable personal income in chained (1996) dollars equals the current-dollar figure divided by
the implicit price deflator for personal consumption expenditures.

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

                                                                 Table 3. -- Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change From Preceding Period
                                                                                                      [Billions of dollars]

                                                                                                  Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
                                                       1998        1999         1999                                  2000
                                                                                Dec.        Jan./r/      Feb./r/      Mar./r/      Apr./r/      May/p/

Personal income                                       407.8       432.9         21.8         53.1         43.2         59.9         47.7         31.3

     Wage and salary disbursements                    297.1       286.3         31.0         34.0         21.3         27.5         37.1          1.9
          Private industries                          268.8       252.6         27.7         24.2         19.0         23.0         33.6         -4.5
               Goods-producing industries              63.2        43.7          2.2         11.8          2.5          9.0          8.6         -6.2
                    Manufacturing                      38.7        22.2         -0.3          6.0          2.2          2.3          7.9         -3.8
               Distributive industries                 65.5        61.2         16.3          2.2          3.7          2.1          8.6         -2.5
               Service industries                     140.1       147.7          9.2         10.2         12.8         11.9         16.4          4.2
          Government                                   28.4        33.7          3.2          9.7          2.4          4.5          3.4          6.5

     Other labor income                                14.8        20.1          1.7          2.8          2.0          2.3          2.2          3.1

     Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj            27.5        52.4        -18.9          2.0          5.1         17.5          3.1          0.6
          Farm                                         -4.4         6.2        -24.3          0.3          0.5          4.5          2.6         -3.3
          Nonfarm                                      31.9        46.3          5.4          1.7          4.6         13.0          0.4          4.0

     Rental income of persons with CCAdj                7.2         8.5         -4.8          0.4          1.0          1.8         -2.4         -3.9

     Personal dividend income                          14.9        16.0          2.1          2.3          2.2          1.9          1.7          1.8

     Personal interest income                          42.9        33.5          6.0          7.5          7.2          7.6          6.2          5.0

     Transfer payments to persons                      21.2        34.6          6.6          8.4          5.5          2.9          2.0         22.5
          Old-age, survivors, disability, and health
               insurance benefits                      12.3        18.3          5.0          7.7          3.4          2.4          2.3         20.6
          Government unemployment insurance benefits   -0.2         0.5          0.1         -0.3          0.4         -0.6         -0.3         -0.2
          Other                                         9.1        15.8          1.5          1.1          1.6          1.1          0.0          2.1

     Less: Personal contributions for social
          insurance                                    17.8        18.7          1.9          4.3          1.2          1.6          2.1         -0.2

Less: Personal tax and nontax payments                104.3        79.5         10.9         22.8         13.4          8.9         14.3          4.8

Equals: Disposable personal income                    303.4       353.5         10.9         30.3         29.8         51.1         33.3         26.5

Less: Personal outlays                                344.9       426.7         73.4         50.7         76.7         44.6         15.9         17.7

     Personal consumption expenditures                324.2       408.7         71.0         48.5         75.9         43.7         14.2         16.3
     Interest paid by persons                          19.0        16.0          2.4          1.1          0.8          0.9          1.7          1.4
     Personal transfer payments to the rest of the
          world (net)                                   1.7         2.0          0.0          1.1          0.0          0.0          0.0          0.0

Equals: Personal saving                               -41.4       -73.4        -62.5        -20.4        -46.9          6.4         17.5          8.8

Addendum:
     Disposable personal income,
          chained (1996) dollars                      240.4       242.3         -2.4         10.8          2.5         17.9         28.0         23.8

p  Preliminary.
r  Revised.
IVA  Inventory valuation adjustment.
CCAdj  Capital consumption adjustment.

Source:  U.S.  Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

                                                      Table 4. -- Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product

                                                                                                    Seasonally adjusted at annual rates
                                                        1998         1999        1999                                   2000
                                                                                  Dec.       Jan./r/     Feb./r/      Mar./r/      Apr./r/      May/p/

                                                                                              Billions of current dollars

Personal consumption expenditures                    5,848.6      6,257.3      6,498.3      6,546.8      6,622.7      6,666.4      6,680.6      6,696.9
     Durable goods                                     698.2        758.6        794.4        811.8        832.2        821.4        815.8        808.0
     Nondurable goods                                1,708.9      1,843.1      1,938.0      1,933.2      1,960.0      1,982.0      1,978.9      1,982.1
     Services                                        3,441.5      3,655.6      3,765.9      3,801.8      3,830.5      3,863.1      3,886.0      3,906.8

                                                                                       Billions of chained (1996) dollars

Personal consumption expenditures                    5,681.8      5,983.6      6,153.7      6,182.5      6,229.4      6,241.5      6,251.7      6,266.0
     Durable goods                                     731.5        815.7        862.0        881.9        905.8        894.5        888.6        879.1
     Nondurable goods                                1,685.3      1,776.1      1,837.8      1,831.2      1,840.6      1,842.0      1,842.5      1,850.2
     Services                                        3,268.0      3,400.1      3,466.0      3,483.7      3,500.0      3,519.9      3,534.2      3,548.5

                                                                              Implicit price deflators (Index numbers, 1996 = 100)

Personal consumption expenditures                     102.93       104.58       105.60       105.89       106.31       106.81       106.86       106.88
     Durable goods                                     95.45        93.00        92.15        92.04        91.87        91.83        91.81        91.90
     Nondurable goods                                 101.40       103.77       105.45       105.57       106.49       107.60       107.40       107.13
     Services                                         105.31       107.52       108.65       109.13       109.44       109.75       109.95       110.10

                                                                                        Change From Preceding Period
                                                                                     Billions of current dollars

Personal consumption expenditures                      324.2        408.7         71.0         48.5         75.9         43.7         14.2         16.3
     Durable goods                                      55.3         60.4          9.5         17.4         20.4        -10.8         -5.6         -7.8
     Nondurable goods                                   67.2        134.3         42.1         -4.8         26.8         22.0         -3.1          3.2
     Services                                          201.7        214.1         19.4         35.9         28.7         32.6         22.9         20.8

                                                                                        Billions of chained (1996) dollars

Personal consumption expenditures                      264.6        301.8         55.2         28.8         46.9         12.1         10.2         14.3
     Durable goods                                      74.1         84.2         12.7         19.9         23.9        -11.3         -5.9         -9.5
     Nondurable goods                                   65.4         90.8         32.0         -6.6          9.4          1.4          0.5          7.7
     Services                                          127.7        132.1         11.7         17.7         16.3         19.9         14.3         14.3

                                                          Table 5.-- Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series
                                                                                              Based on current dollars

Personal income                                          5.9          5.9          0.3          0.7          0.5          0.7          0.6          0.4
Disposable personal income                               5.1          5.6          0.2          0.4          0.4          0.7          0.5          0.4

Personal consumption expenditures                        5.9          7.0          1.1          0.7          1.2          0.7          0.2          0.2
     Durable goods                                       8.6          8.7          1.2          2.2          2.5         -1.3         -0.7         -1.0
     Nondurable goods                                    4.1          7.9          2.2         -0.2          1.4          1.1         -0.2          0.2
     Services                                            6.2          6.2          0.5          1.0          0.8          0.8          0.6          0.5

                                                                                      Based on chained (1996) dollars

Disposable personal income                               4.1          4.0          0.0          0.2          0.0          0.3          0.4          0.4

Personal consumption expenditures                        4.9          5.3          0.9          0.5          0.8          0.2          0.2          0.2
     Durable goods                                      11.3         11.5          1.5          2.3          2.7         -1.3         -0.7         -1.1
     Nondurable goods                                    4.0          5.4          1.8         -0.4          0.5          0.1          0.0          0.4
     Services                                            4.1          4.0          0.3          0.5          0.5          0.6          0.4          0.4

p  Preliminary.
r  Revised.

Source:  U.S.  Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.