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Personal Income and Outlays, October 2015
Personal income increased $68.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$56.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $15.2 billion, or 0.1 percent. In September, personal income
increased $27.4 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $27.0 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE increased
$9.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased 0.4 percent in October, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in September.
Real PCE increased 0.1 percent in October, the same increase as in September.
2015
June July Aug. Sept. Oct.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4
Chained (2009) dollars 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Chained (2009) dollars 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
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This news release presents revised estimates of wages and salaries, personal taxes, and contributions for
government social insurance for April through June 2015 (second quarter). These estimates reflect the
incorporation of the most recently available second-quarter wage and salary tabulations from the Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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FOOTNOTE._________
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 (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 increased $45.0 billion in October, compared with an increase of $2.5 billion in September.
Private wages and salaries increased $43.0 billion, compared with an increase of $1.5 billion. Government
wages and salaries increased $2.0 billion, compared with an increase of $1.0 billion.
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $6.5 billion in October, compared with an increase of $3.4 billion in September.
Other personal income
Proprietors' income increased $4.3 billion in October, compared with an increase of $5.9 billion in September.
Farm proprietors' income decreased $0.4 billion, in contrast to an increase of $3.4 billion. Nonfarm proprietors'
income increased $4.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.5 billion.
Rental income of persons increased $5.2 billion in October, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion in September.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income) increased $4.7 billion,
compared with an increase of $5.8 billion. Personal current transfer receipts increased $8.0 billion in October,
compared with an increase of $7.2 billion in September.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- increased $5.5 billion in
October, in contrast to a decrease of $0.1 billion in September
Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $11.4 billion in October, compared with an increase of $0.4 billion in September.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $56.8 billion, or 0.4 percent,
compared with an increase of $27.0 billion, or 0.2 percent.
Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -- increased $17.8 billion in
October, compared with an increase of $7.3 billion in September. PCE increased $15.2 billion, compared with an increase
of $9.5 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $761.9 billion in October, compared with $722.9 billion in September.
The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- was 5.6 percent, compared
with 5.3 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.
Real DPI, real PCE, and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in October, compared with an increase of 0.3
percent in September.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in October, the same increase as in September.
Purchases of durable goods increased 0.2 percent in October, the same increase as in September. Purchases of nondurable
goods increased 0.1 percent in October, in contrast to a decrease of 0.2 percent in September. Purchases of services
increased less than 0.1 percent, compared to an increase of 0.2 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in October, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent in September.
The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased less than 0.1 percent, compared to an increase of 0.2 percent.
The October price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent from October a year ago. The October PCE price index, excluding
food and energy, increased 1.3 percent from October a year ago.
Revisions
Estimates have been revised for April through September. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar
DPI, and in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar PCE for August and September -- revised and as published in last month's
release -- are shown below.
Estimates of wages and salaries were revised from April through September. The revision to second-quarter wages and salaries
reflect the incorporation of the most recently available BLS tabulations of second-quarter wages and salaries from the QCEW.
Revised estimates for July, August, and September reflect extrapolation from the revised second-quarter level of wages. In
addition, revisions to August and September reflect revised BLS employment, hours, and earnings data for those months.
Change from preceding month
August September
Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars) (Percent) (Billions of dollars) (Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars 54.9 56.0 0.4 0.4 18.6 27.4 0.1 0.2
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 49.5 51.0 0.4 0.4 19.2 27.0 0.1 0.2
Chained (2009) dollars 46.9 48.9 0.4 0.4 27.3 32.3 0.2 0.3
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 44.2 40.2 0.4 0.3 15.6 9.5 0.1 0.1
Chained (2009) dollars 41.9 38.9 0.4 0.3 23.2 15.6 0.2 0.1
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