Personal income decreased $0.1 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income
(DPI) decreased $0.2 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, inSeptember, according to the Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $47.2 billion, or 0.5 percent. In
August, personal income increased $17.4 billion, or 0.1 percent, DPI increased $14.1 billion, or
0.1 percent, and PCE increased $139.8 billion, or 1.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable income decreased 0.1 percent in September, compared with a decrease of 0.2
percent in August. Real PCE decreased 0.6 percent, in contrast to an increase of 1.0 percent.
2009
May June July Aug. Sept.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars 1.3 -1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 1.6 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0
Chained (2005) dollars 1.5 -1.6 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.1 0.7 0.2 1.4 -0.5
Chained (2005) dollars 0.0 0.2 0.2 1.0 -0.6
Wages and salaries
Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $11.2 billion in September, in contrast to an increase
of $10.1 billion in August. Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $7.8 billion, compared
with a decrease of $6.3 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $1.5 billion, compared with a
decrease of $4.1 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls decreased $3.4 billion, in contrast
to an increase of $16.4 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $0.2 billion
compared with an increase of $2.4 billion.
Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $0.1 billion in September, compared with an increase of $2.0 billion in August.
Proprietors' income increased $0.7 billion in September, compared with an increase of $3.4 billion in August.
Farm proprietors' income decreased $1.6 billion, compared with a decrease of $1.2 billion. Nonfarm proprietors'
income increased $2.3 billion, compared with an increase of $4.6 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $5.4 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.2 billion in August.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income) decreased $13.8 billion,
the same decrease as in August. Personal current transfer receipts increased $17.3 billion in September,
compared with an increase of $9.6 billion in August.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- decreased
$1.4 billion in September, in contrast to an increase of $1.7 billion in August.
Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $0.1 billion in September, compared with an increase of $3.3 billion in August.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- decreased $0.2 billion,
or less than 0.1 percent, in September, in contrast to an increase of $14.1 billion, or 0.1 percent, in August.
Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -- decreased
$48.8 billion inSeptember, in contrast to an increase of $138.2 billion in August. PCE decreased $47.2
billion, in contrast to an increase of $139.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $355.6 billion in September, compared with $307.0 billion in
August. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 3.3 percent in September, compared with
2.8 percent in August. For a comparison of personal saving in BEAs national income and product accounts with personal
saving in the Federal Reserve Boards flow of funds accounts and data on changes in net worth, go to
/national/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp.
Real DPI, real PCE and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.1 percent in September, compared with a decrease of 0.2
percent in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.6 percent in September, in contrast to an increase of 1.0
percent in August. Purchases of durable goods decreased 7.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 6.7 percent. Purchases
of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most of the decrease in September and for most of the increase in August,
reflecting the impact of the federal CARS program (popularly called cash for clunkers). The program, which provided a
credit for customers who purchased a qualifying new, more fuel efficient auto or light truck, ended on August 24, 2009. For
further information on how the CARS program is reflected in the GDP statistics, please see the FAQ at BEAs Web site,
www.bea.gov, How will the federal Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (i.e., the CARS program) be
reflected in the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs)? Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.5 percent
in September, compared with an increase of 0.9 percent in August. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in September, compared with an increase of 0.3
percent in August. The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent, the same increase as in August.
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 August
Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars) (Percent) (Billions of dollars) (Percent)
Personal Income:
Current dollars 19.4 10.4 0.2 0.1 19.3 17.4 0.2 0.1
Disposable personal income:
Current Dollars -2.0 -7.6 0.0 -0.1 15.5 14.1 0.1 0.1
Chained (2005) dollars -5.6 -10.8 -0.1 -0.1 -19.7 -21.2 -0.2 -0.2
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 25.2 23.5 0.3 0.2 129.6 139.8 1.3 1.4
Chained (2005) dollars 19.5 17.9 0.2 0.2 86.9 96.0 0.9 1.0
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Next release -- November 25, 2009 at 8:30 A.M. EST for Personal Income and Outlays for October.
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NOTE. - - Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified.
Month-to-month dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month percent
changes are calculated from unrounded data and are not annualized. Real estimates are in chained (2005) dollars.
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