FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION: 8:30 A.M. EDT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1997 Tracey D. Schlitzer: (202) 606-5301 (Personal Income) BEA 97-30 Clinton P. McCully: 606-5302 (Personal Outlays) Recorded message: 606-5303 PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 1997 Personal income increased $39.5 billion, or 0.6 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $31.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, in August, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $16.4 billion, or 0.3 percent. In July, personal income increased $16.4 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $13.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE increased $52.4 billion, or 1.0 percent, based on revised estimates. 1997 Apr. May June July Aug. (Percent change from preceding month) Personal income, current dollars . . . 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 Disposable personal income: Current dollars. . . . .2 .2 .5 .2 .5 Chained (1992) dollars .1 .3 .4 .1 .4 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars. . . . .2 .0 .5 1.0 .3 Chained (1992) dollars .1 .0 .4 .8 .2 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 (1992) dollars. The August increase in personal income reflects the effects of a strike in the transportation industry, which reduced wages and salaries in that industry by approximately $2.5 billion. Because the other effects of the strike are embedded in BEA's source data and cannot easily be separated, BEA does not attempt to quantify their impact. Wages and salaries Private wage and salary disbursements increased $28.1 billion in August, compared with an increase of $0.2 billion in July. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $7.2 billion, compared with an increase of $0.7 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $6.1 billion, compared with an increase of $0.2 billion. Distributive industries' payrolls increased $8.7 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.1 billion. Service industries' payrolls increased $12.3 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.5 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $3.6 billion, compared with an increase of $3.4 billion. Other personal income Proprietors' income decreased $0.3 billion in August, in contrast to an increase of $4.3 billion in July. Farm proprietors' income decreased $1.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $0.5 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $1.1 billion, compared with an increase of $4.9 billion. Personal interest income increased $3.9 billion in August, compared with an increase of $3.1 billion in July. Transfer payments increased $2.7 billion, compared with an increase of $3.4 billion. Personal dividend income increased $2.1 billion, the same as in July. Rental income of persons increased $0.7 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $0.4 billion. Personal taxes and disposable personal income Personal tax and nontax payments increased $7.6 billion in August, compared with an increase of $3.0 billion in July. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax and nontax payments -- increased $31.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, in August, compared with an increase of $13.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, in July. Personal outlays and personal saving Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net) -- increased $16.9 billion in August, compared with an increase of $52.9 billion in July. PCE increased $16.4 billion, compared with an increase of $52.4 billion. Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $226.6 billion in August, compared with $211.6 billion in July. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 3.8 percent in August, compared with 3.6 percent in July. Chained (1992) dollar estimates Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in August, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in July. Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in August, compared with an increase of 0.8 percent in July. Purchases of durable goods increased 0.7 percent, compared with an increase of 3.4 percent; motor vehicles accounted for most of the slowdown in August. Purchases of nondurable goods was essentially unchanged in August, in contrast to an increase of 0.4 percent in July. Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5 percent. Revisions Estimates have been revised for April through July. Changes in personal income, current-dollar and chained (1992) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1992) dollar PCE for June and July -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below. Revisions for April and May were small. Change from preceding month June July Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised (Dollars) (Percent) (Dollars) (Percent) Personal income: Current dollars. . 39.6 40.7 0.6 0.6 9.5 16.4 0.1 0.2 Disposable personal income: Current dollars. . 28.4 30.0 .5 .5 4.4 13.5 .1 .2 Chained (1992) dollars . . 18.9 19.6 .4 .4 -3.7 4.1 -.1 .1 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars. . 12.2 29.5 .2 .5 41.3 52.4 .8 1.0 Chained (1992) dollars . . 4.9 19.7 .1 .4 29.6 39.2 .6 .8 * * * BEA estimates are available in several forms in addition to printed news releases. 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Table 1. -- Personal Income [Billions of dollars] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasonally adjusted at annual rates ----------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 Mar. 97 Apr. 97r May 97r June 97r July 97r Aug. 97p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income..................... 6,150.8 6,495.2 6,788.2 6,800.9 6,822.8 6,863.5 6,879.9 6,919.4 Wage and salary disbursements..... 3,429.5 3,632.5 3,821.3 3,822.1 3,835.1 3,867.6 3,871.2 3,902.9 Private industries.............. 2,806.5 2,989.9 3,161.7 3,161.2 3,173.1 3,204.5 3,204.7 3,232.8 Goods-producing industries.... 864.4 909.1 948.8 950.3 953.7 954.5 955.2 962.4 Manufacturing............... 648.4 674.7 698.4 699.5 700.3 701.2 701.4 707.5 Distributive industries....... 783.1 823.3 864.8 863.1 865.0 872.9 872.8 881.5 Service industries............ 1,159.0 1,257.5 1,348.1 1,347.7 1,354.5 1,377.1 1,376.6 1,388.9 Government...................... 623.0 642.6 659.7 660.9 661.9 663.1 666.5 670.1 Other labor income................ 406.8 407.6 413.9 414.4 415.3 415.6 416.3 417.0 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj........................... 488.9 520.3 537.2 540.9 543.6 546.5 550.8 550.5 Farm............................ 23.4 37.2 41.4 43.0 43.8 44.0 43.5 42.1 Nonfarm......................... 465.5 483.1 495.8 497.9 499.8 502.4 507.3 508.4 Rental income of persons with CCAdj........................... 132.8 146.3 149.2 149.3 148.9 147.8 147.4 148.1 Personal dividend income.......... 251.9 291.2 314.4 316.3 318.3 320.3 322.4 324.5 Personal interest income.......... 718.9 735.7 760.4 763.4 766.0 768.9 772.0 775.9 Transfer payments to persons...... 1,015.0 1,068.0 1,111.9 1,114.6 1,116.6 1,119.7 1,123.1 1,125.8 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits. 507.8 537.6 561.5 562.4 564.8 565.9 568.0 570.4 Government unemployment insurance benefits............ 21.4 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.9 21.9 21.7 21.8 Other........................... 485.7 508.4 528.4 530.2 529.9 531.9 533.4 533.5 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance................ 293.1 306.3 320.1 320.1 320.9 323.0 323.2 325.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 1995 1996 Mar. 97 Apr. 97r May 97r June 97r July 97r Aug. 97p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 6,150.8 6,495.2 6,788.2 6,800.9 6,822.8 6,863.5 6,879.9 6,919.4 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments........................... 795.1 886.9 967.0 970.4 978.3 988.9 991.9 999.5 Equals: Disposable personal income... 5,355.7 5,608.3 5,821.2 5,830.5 5,844.5 5,874.5 5,888.0 5,919.9 Less: Personal outlays............... 5,101.1 5,368.8 5,579.5 5,592.3 5,592.7 5,623.5 5,676.4 5,693.3 Personal consumption expenditures... 4,957.7 5,207.6 5,410.8 5,422.0 5,422.4 5,451.9 5,504.3 5,520.7 Interest paid by persons............ 128.5 145.2 151.6 152.7 152.7 154.0 154.5 155.0 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net)........... 14.8 15.9 17.0 17.6 17.6 17.6 17.6 17.6 Equals: Personal saving.............. 254.6 239.6 241.7 238.2 251.8 251.0 211.6 226.6 Addenda: Disposable personal income: Chained (1992) dollars 1/........... 4,964.2 5,076.9 5,181.4 5,185.5 5,198.7 5,218.3 5,222.4 5,245.3 Per capita: Current dollars................... 20,349 21,117 21,789 21,808 21,845 21,941 21,974 22,075 Chained (1992) dollars............ 18,861 19,116 19,394 19,396 19,431 19,490 19,490 19,560 Population (thousands).............. 263,194 265,579 267,161 267,354 267,541 267,741 267,952 268,171 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ......... 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.6 3.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary. r Revised. 1/ Disposable personal income in chained (1992) 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 1995 1996 Mar. 97 Apr. 97r May 97r June 97r July 97r Aug. 97p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 359.0 344.4 37.9 12.7 21.9 40.7 16.4 39.5 Wage and salary disbursements........ 188.8 203.0 22.2 0.8 13.0 32.5 3.6 31.7 Private industries................ 168.0 183.4 20.8 -0.5 11.9 31.4 0.2 28.1 Goods-producing industries...... 40.0 44.7 5.4 1.5 3.4 0.8 0.7 7.2 Manufacturing................. 27.6 26.3 5.0 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.2 6.1 Distributive industries......... 41.7 40.2 6.9 -1.7 1.9 7.9 -0.1 8.7 Service industries.............. 86.3 98.5 8.5 -0.4 6.8 22.6 -0.5 12.3 Government........................ 20.8 19.6 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.2 3.4 3.6 Other labor income.................. 1.8 0.8 1.4 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.7 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj............................. 17.3 31.4 2.7 3.7 2.7 2.9 4.3 -0.3 Farm.............................. -13.5 13.8 1.5 1.6 0.8 0.2 -0.5 -1.4 Nonfarm........................... 30.8 17.6 1.2 2.1 1.9 2.6 4.9 1.1 Rental income of persons with CCAdj............................. 8.4 13.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.7 Personal dividend income............ 47.1 39.3 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 Personal interest income............ 50.8 16.8 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.9 Transfer payments to persons........ 60.3 53.0 7.8 2.7 2.0 3.1 3.4 2.7 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits... 34.8 29.8 5.9 0.9 2.4 1.1 2.1 2.4 Government unemployment insurance benefits.............. -2.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.1 Other............................. 27.5 22.7 1.9 1.8 -0.3 2.0 1.5 0.1 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance.................. 15.6 13.2 1.4 0.0 0.8 2.1 0.2 2.0 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments............................ 56.0 91.8 9.3 3.4 7.9 10.6 3.0 7.6 Equals: Disposable personal income.... 303.0 252.6 28.5 9.3 14.0 30.0 13.5 31.9 Less: Personal outlays................ 259.0 267.7 1.0 12.8 0.4 30.8 52.9 16.9 Personal consumption expenditures... 240.7 249.9 1.1 11.2 0.4 29.5 52.4 16.4 Interest paid by persons............ 17.6 16.7 -0.1 1.1 0.0 1.3 0.5 0.5 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net)........... 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Equals: Personal saving............... 44.0 -15.0 27.5 -3.5 13.6 -0.8 -39.4 15.0 Addenda: Disposable personal income, chained (1992) dollars.......... 159.1 112.7 22.0 4.1 13.2 19.6 4.1 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 Mar. 97 Apr. 97r May 97r June 97r July 97r Aug. 97p ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of current dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 4,957.7 5,207.6 5,410.8 5,422.0 5,422.4 5,451.9 5,504.3 5,520.7 Durable goods....................... 608.5 634.5 654.4 642.9 643.5 647.0 667.9 669.6 Nondurable goods.................... 1,475.8 1,534.7 1,588.6 1,577.0 1,577.1 1,582.6 1,591.4 1,594.7 Services............................ 2,873.4 3,038.4 3,167.8 3,202.1 3,201.8 3,222.3 3,245.0 3,256.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (1992) dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 4,595.3 4,714.1 4,816.1 4,822.2 4,823.2 4,842.9 4,882.1 4,891.6 Durable goods....................... 583.6 611.1 633.8 625.9 628.1 633.0 654.5 658.9 Nondurable goods.................... 1,412.6 1,432.3 1,459.2 1,446.3 1,449.1 1,454.7 1,460.4 1,460.2 Services............................ 2,599.6 2,671.0 2,724.2 2,749.1 2,745.5 2,755.0 2,768.5 2,774.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Implicit price deflators (Index numbers, 1992 = 100) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 107.89 110.47 112.35 112.44 112.42 112.58 112.75 112.86 Durable goods....................... 104.27 103.83 103.25 102.72 102.45 102.22 102.05 101.62 Nondurable goods.................... 104.48 107.15 108.87 109.03 108.83 108.79 108.96 109.21 Services............................ 110.53 113.76 116.28 116.48 116.62 116.96 117.21 117.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from preceding period ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of current dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 240.7 249.9 1.1 11.2 0.4 29.5 52.4 16.4 Durable goods....................... 29.0 26.0 -5.4 -11.5 0.6 3.5 20.9 1.7 Nondurable goods.................... 47.4 58.9 -0.4 -11.6 0.1 5.5 8.8 3.3 Services............................ 164.3 165.0 6.9 34.3 -0.3 20.5 22.7 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (1992) dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 109.3 118.8 -2.2 6.1 1.0 19.7 39.2 9.5 Durable goods....................... 22.4 27.5 -4.6 -7.9 2.2 4.9 21.5 4.4 Nondurable goods.................... 22.7 19.7 1.1 -12.9 2.8 5.6 5.7 -0.2 Services............................ 64.1 71.4 1.0 24.9 -3.6 9.5 13.5 5.5 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 5. -- Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 Mar. 97 Apr. 97r May 97r June 97r July 97r Aug. 97p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on current dollars --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 6.2 5.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.6 Disposable personal income............ 6.0 4.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 Personal consumption expenditures..... 5.1 5.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.0 0.3 Durable goods....................... 5.0 4.3 -0.8 -1.7 0.1 0.6 3.2 0.3 Nondurable goods.................... 3.3 4.0 0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.2 Services............................ 6.1 5.7 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on chained (1992) dollars --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disposable personal income............ 3.3 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.4 Personal consumption expenditures..... 2.4 2.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.2 Durable goods....................... 4.0 4.7 -0.7 -1.2 0.3 0.8 3.4 0.7 Nondurable goods.................... 1.6 1.4 0.1 -0.9 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 Services............................ 2.5 2.7 0.0 0.9 -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.