EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EST, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015 BEA 15-56 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: 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 BOX.______________ 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. __________________ 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. __________________ 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 BEA's national, international, regional, and industry estimates; BEA news releases; and related articles in the Survey of Current Business are available for free on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov. The entire historical time series for these estimates can be accessed in BEA's Interactive Data Application at www.bea.gov/itable/. Stay informed about BEA developments by signing up for our email subscription service or following us on Twitter @BEA_News. 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Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months) [Billions of dollars] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------Seasonally adjusted at annual rates------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April\r\ May\r\ June\r\ July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income........................... 15,095.6 15,192.6 15,282.4 15,356.0 15,422.3 15,478.2 15,505.7 15,573.8 Compensation of employees............... 9,493.2 9,558.7 9,625.8 9,661.0 9,706.6 9,747.5 9,753.4 9,804.9 Wages and salaries.................... 7,684.3 7,742.4 7,801.8 7,831.1 7,870.5 7,905.3 7,907.8 7,952.8 Private industries.................. 6,425.2 6,480.8 6,537.1 6,562.3 6,598.5 6,630.4 6,631.9 6,674.9 Goods-producing industries........ 1,284.5 1,295.9 1,305.6 1,308.2 1,316.6 1,320.0 1,315.9 1,322.1 Manufacturing................... 789.4 796.8 803.5 804.9 810.2 814.0 811.9 813.2 Services-producing industries..... 5,140.7 5,184.9 5,231.4 5,254.1 5,282.0 5,310.4 5,316.0 5,352.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 1,209.3 1,220.7 1,231.9 1,234.8 1,241.1 1,247.7 1,250.5 1,259.4 Other services-producing industries..................... 3,931.5 3,964.2 3,999.6 4,019.4 4,040.9 4,062.7 4,065.5 4,093.4 Government.......................... 1,259.0 1,261.6 1,264.7 1,268.8 1,272.0 1,274.9 1,275.9 1,277.9 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 1,808.9 1,816.3 1,824.0 1,829.8 1,836.1 1,842.2 1,845.6 1,852.1 Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds\1\..... 1,250.5 1,254.4 1,258.3 1,262.4 1,266.4 1,270.4 1,274.1 1,277.9 Employer contributions for government social insurance........ 558.4 562.0 565.7 567.4 569.7 571.8 571.5 574.2 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ 1,365.2 1,368.2 1,376.8 1,386.0 1,399.4 1,401.1 1,407.0 1,411.3 Farm.................................. 52.5 54.0 56.9 59.7 63.1 66.5 69.9 69.6 Nonfarm............................... 1,312.8 1,314.2 1,319.9 1,326.3 1,336.3 1,334.6 1,337.1 1,341.8 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 640.8 647.0 654.2 661.1 661.5 663.4 666.0 671.2 Personal income receipts on assets...... 2,138.0 2,165.4 2,174.3 2,195.3 2,196.3 2,201.8 2,207.6 2,212.3 Personal interest income.............. 1,278.3 1,295.9 1,313.4 1,331.0 1,332.1 1,333.2 1,334.3 1,331.5 Personal dividend income.............. 859.7 869.6 860.8 864.3 864.2 868.6 873.2 880.8 Personal current transfer receipts...... 2,643.9 2,646.0 2,651.7 2,656.3 2,666.9 2,677.1 2,684.3 2,692.3 Government social benefits to persons.............................. 2,601.4 2,603.3 2,608.8 2,613.2 2,623.6 2,633.6 2,640.7 2,648.5 Social security\2\.................. 865.4 867.7 871.8 868.7 872.3 876.0 875.4 877.5 Medicare\3\......................... 611.5 613.3 615.3 617.4 619.8 622.4 625.2 628.2 Medicaid............................ 529.5 528.2 527.9 530.8 536.5 540.1 544.6 548.4 Unemployment insurance.............. 34.6 33.1 32.9 33.4 33.0 33.2 32.6 31.7 Veterans' benefits.................. 92.3 93.6 93.3 95.3 95.1 94.7 95.5 96.2 Other............................... 468.1 467.4 467.6 467.5 466.9 467.3 467.3 466.5 Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)....................... 42.6 42.7 42.9 43.1 43.3 43.4 43.6 43.8 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. 1,185.5 1,192.7 1,200.2 1,203.7 1,208.4 1,212.7 1,212.6 1,218.1 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 1,902.8 1,923.3 1,941.4 1,951.3 1,955.1 1,960.1 1,960.5 1,971.9 Equals: Disposable personal income........ 13,192.8 13,269.3 13,341.0 13,404.7 13,467.1 13,518.1 13,545.2 13,601.9 Less: Personal outlays.................... 12,540.3 12,587.6 12,696.6 12,739.2 12,777.0 12,815.0 12,822.3 12,840.0 Personal consumption expenditures....... 12,105.0 12,146.3 12,250.5 12,288.2 12,328.6 12,368.8 12,378.3 12,393.5 Goods................................. 3,938.7 3,930.9 4,001.6 4,002.0 4,025.9 4,032.5 4,010.2 4,013.4 Durable goods....................... 1,315.3 1,320.6 1,337.4 1,321.0 1,334.2 1,338.7 1,345.5 1,345.0 Nondurable goods.................... 2,623.4 2,610.2 2,664.2 2,680.9 2,691.7 2,693.8 2,664.7 2,668.4 Services.............................. 8,166.3 8,215.5 8,248.9 8,286.2 8,302.7 8,336.3 8,368.1 8,380.0 Personal interest payments\4\........... 259.8 264.6 269.3 274.1 271.6 269.2 266.8 269.1 Personal current transfer payments...... 175.5 176.7 176.8 176.9 176.7 177.0 177.2 177.5 To government......................... 97.0 97.1 97.2 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.0 98.3 To the rest of the world (net)........ 78.5 79.6 79.6 79.6 79.2 79.2 79.2 79.2 Equals: Personal saving................... 652.5 681.7 644.3 665.5 690.1 703.1 722.9 761.9 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income............. 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.6 Addenda: Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\...................... 11,422.4 11,502.1 11,544.0 11,580.3 11,620.4 11,664.5 11,690.1 11,737.5 Disposable personal income: Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\........................... 12,102.2 12,164.6 12,193.2 12,223.2 12,268.8 12,317.8 12,350.0 12,394.0 Per capita: Current dollars..................... 41,125 41,341 41,540 41,712 41,878 42,007 42,062 42,210 Chained (2009) dollars.............. 37,726 37,899 37,966 38,035 38,152 38,277 38,350 38,462 Population (midperiod, thousands)\6\.... 320,797 320,975 321,162 321,365 321,578 321,805 322,030 322,243 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. 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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 2014 --------------Seasonally adjusted at annual rates-------------- -------------2014------------- -------------2015------------- II III IV I II\r\ III\r\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income........................... 14,068.4 14,694.2 14,612.8 14,774.8 14,955.7 15,079.8 15,277.0 15,468.7 Compensation of employees............... 8,839.7 9,248.9 9,177.3 9,289.9 9,424.9 9,487.9 9,615.2 9,735.8 Wages and salaries.................... 7,114.4 7,477.8 7,414.5 7,513.9 7,632.6 7,682.4 7,791.8 7,894.5 Private industries.................. 5,906.8 6,240.5 6,180.3 6,270.7 6,384.4 6,425.9 6,526.7 6,620.3 Goods-producing industries........ 1,190.1 1,260.9 1,250.4 1,266.6 1,292.9 1,288.0 1,303.2 1,317.5 Manufacturing................... 746.8 780.9 775.1 781.4 796.5 792.1 801.7 812.0 Services-producing industries..... 4,716.7 4,979.7 4,930.0 5,004.1 5,091.5 5,138.0 5,223.5 5,302.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 1,118.5 1,175.5 1,165.7 1,179.2 1,203.3 1,210.9 1,229.1 1,246.4 Other services-producing industries..................... 3,598.2 3,804.2 3,764.3 3,825.0 3,888.2 3,927.0 3,994.4 4,056.4 Government.......................... 1,207.6 1,237.2 1,234.2 1,243.2 1,248.2 1,256.5 1,265.0 1,274.3 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 1,725.3 1,771.2 1,762.7 1,776.0 1,792.3 1,805.5 1,823.4 1,841.3 Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds\1\..... 1,197.8 1,224.0 1,219.4 1,227.1 1,236.3 1,246.8 1,258.3 1,270.3 Employer contributions for government social insurance........ 527.5 547.2 543.3 548.9 556.0 558.7 565.0 571.0 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ 1,285.1 1,346.7 1,346.3 1,357.8 1,377.9 1,369.4 1,377.0 1,402.5 Farm.................................. 88.8 78.1 88.8 77.2 74.8 60.5 56.9 66.5 Nonfarm............................... 1,196.3 1,268.6 1,257.5 1,280.6 1,303.0 1,308.9 1,320.1 1,336.0 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 563.4 610.8 605.5 618.4 628.4 637.0 654.1 663.7 Personal income receipts on assets...... 2,060.4 2,117.5 2,121.8 2,115.0 2,130.6 2,145.5 2,178.3 2,201.9 Personal interest income.............. 1,271.3 1,302.0 1,310.0 1,288.1 1,289.8 1,282.6 1,313.4 1,333.2 Personal dividend income.............. 789.0 815.5 811.9 826.8 840.8 863.0 864.9 868.7 Personal current transfer receipts...... 2,426.6 2,529.2 2,513.1 2,556.5 2,571.0 2,625.8 2,651.3 2,676.1 Government social benefits to persons.............................. 2,385.5 2,487.2 2,471.1 2,514.4 2,528.9 2,583.4 2,608.4 2,632.6 Social security\2\.................. 799.0 834.6 833.2 837.2 843.8 861.6 869.4 874.6 Medicare\3\......................... 574.6 597.8 595.6 600.8 605.3 609.8 615.3 622.5 Medicaid............................ 439.7 487.4 473.6 505.9 507.1 523.9 529.0 540.4 Unemployment insurance.............. 62.3 35.8 36.0 34.6 32.9 35.0 33.1 32.9 Veterans' benefits.................. 79.1 83.7 82.3 83.8 86.7 90.7 94.1 95.1 Other............................... 430.8 447.9 450.5 452.2 453.3 462.2 467.5 467.2 Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)....................... 41.2 42.0 42.0 42.1 42.1 42.4 42.9 43.4 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. 1,106.8 1,159.0 1,151.2 1,162.9 1,177.2 1,185.8 1,198.9 1,211.3 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 1,672.8 1,780.2 1,754.1 1,792.0 1,838.8 1,900.1 1,938.7 1,958.6 Equals: Disposable personal income........ 12,395.6 12,913.9 12,858.7 12,982.7 13,116.8 13,179.8 13,338.3 13,510.1 Less: Personal outlays.................... 11,805.7 12,293.7 12,235.2 12,377.0 12,502.5 12,492.2 12,674.5 12,804.7 Personal consumption expenditures....... 11,392.3 11,865.9 11,813.0 11,949.1 12,061.4 12,055.5 12,228.4 12,358.6 Goods................................. 3,836.8 3,948.4 3,951.5 3,987.4 3,980.1 3,901.5 3,978.1 4,022.9 Durable goods....................... 1,237.8 1,280.2 1,279.1 1,295.1 1,303.5 1,301.8 1,326.4 1,339.5 Nondurable goods.................... 2,598.9 2,668.2 2,672.4 2,692.2 2,676.6 2,599.7 2,651.8 2,683.4 Services.............................. 7,555.5 7,917.5 7,861.5 7,961.7 8,081.3 8,153.9 8,250.2 8,335.7 Personal interest payments\4\........... 244.2 254.2 250.5 254.3 263.1 261.3 269.3 269.2 Personal current transfer payments...... 169.3 173.6 171.7 173.6 178.0 175.5 176.8 177.0 To government......................... 92.6 95.3 95.2 95.7 95.9 97.0 97.2 97.8 To the rest of the world (net)........ 76.6 78.3 76.5 77.9 82.2 78.5 79.6 79.2 Equals: Personal saving................... 589.9 620.2 623.5 605.7 614.3 687.6 663.9 705.4 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income............. 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.7 5.2 5.0 5.2 Addenda: Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\...................... 10,822.3 11,149.8 11,089.0 11,164.6 11,329.0 11,447.6 11,542.2 11,658.3 Disposable personal income: Total, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\........................... 11,523.1 11,836.3 11,784.7 11,863.1 11,998.7 12,114.7 12,193.6 12,312.2 Per capita: Current dollars..................... 39,123 40,461 40,331 40,638 40,977 41,107 41,531 41,982 Chained (2009) dollars.............. 36,369 37,084 36,962 37,134 37,484 37,785 37,967 38,260 Population (midperiod, thousands)\6\.... 316,839 319,173 318,833 319,470 320,100 320,623 321,167 321,804 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. 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------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April\r\ May\r\ June\r\ July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income........................... -0.2 97.0 89.8 73.6 66.3 56.0 27.4 68.1 Compensation of employees............... 4.7 65.6 67.1 35.2 45.6 40.9 5.9 51.4 Wages and salaries.................... 1.3 58.1 59.4 29.4 39.3 34.8 2.5 45.0 Private industries.................. -1.0 55.6 56.3 25.3 36.2 31.9 1.5 43.0 Goods-producing industries........ -1.8 11.4 9.7 2.6 8.3 3.4 -4.1 6.2 Manufacturing................... -1.9 7.3 6.7 1.5 5.3 3.8 -2.1 1.2 Services-producing industries..... 0.9 44.1 46.6 22.7 27.8 28.5 5.6 36.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... -3.9 11.4 11.2 2.9 6.3 6.6 2.8 8.9 Other services-producing industries..................... 4.8 32.7 35.4 19.8 21.5 21.8 2.8 27.9 Government.......................... 2.3 2.6 3.1 4.1 3.2 3.0 1.0 2.0 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 3.4 7.4 7.7 5.8 6.3 6.1 3.4 6.5 Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds\1\..... 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.6 3.8 Employer contributions for government social insurance........ -0.4 3.6 3.8 1.7 2.3 2.1 -0.2 2.7 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ -2.2 3.0 8.6 9.2 13.4 1.7 5.9 4.3 Farm.................................. -8.0 1.6 2.8 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.4 -0.4 Nonfarm............................... 5.8 1.4 5.7 6.4 10.0 -1.7 2.5 4.7 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 3.9 6.2 7.2 7.0 0.4 1.9 2.6 5.2 Personal income receipts on assets...... -27.8 27.4 8.8 21.0 1.0 5.5 5.8 4.7 Personal interest income.............. -4.2 17.5 17.5 17.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 -2.9 Personal dividend income.............. -23.5 9.9 -8.7 3.5 -0.2 4.4 4.6 7.6 Personal current transfer receipts...... 20.7 2.1 5.7 4.6 10.6 10.2 7.2 8.0 Government social benefits to persons.............................. 20.5 1.9 5.5 4.4 10.4 10.0 7.0 7.8 Social security\2\.................. 5.8 2.3 4.1 -3.2 3.6 3.7 -0.6 2.1 Medicare\3\......................... 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 Medicaid............................ 4.6 -1.3 -0.3 3.0 5.7 3.6 4.5 3.7 Unemployment insurance.............. -0.7 -1.5 -0.2 0.6 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 -0.9 Veterans' benefits.................. 2.0 1.3 -0.3 2.0 -0.2 -0.4 0.8 0.7 Other............................... 7.2 -0.7 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.8 Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)....................... 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. -0.5 7.3 7.5 3.5 4.7 4.3 -0.1 5.5 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 2.6 20.5 18.1 9.9 3.9 5.0 0.4 11.4 Equals: Disposable personal income........ -2.8 76.5 71.7 63.7 62.4 51.0 27.0 56.8 Less: Personal outlays.................... 60.8 47.3 109.1 42.6 37.8 38.0 7.3 17.8 Personal consumption expenditures....... 62.3 41.3 104.2 37.7 40.4 40.2 9.5 15.2 Goods................................. 57.7 -7.9 70.8 0.4 23.9 6.6 -22.3 3.2 Durable goods....................... 23.1 5.3 16.8 -16.4 13.2 4.5 6.8 -0.5 Nondurable goods.................... 34.6 -13.2 54.0 16.7 10.7 2.1 -29.1 3.8 Services.............................. 4.6 49.2 33.5 37.3 16.5 33.6 31.8 12.0 Personal interest payments\4\........... -1.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 -2.4 -2.4 -2.4 2.3 Personal current transfer payments...... 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 To government......................... 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 To the rest of the world (net)........ 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 Equals: Personal saving................... -63.6 29.2 -37.4 21.1 24.6 13.0 19.7 39.0 Addenda: Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\...................... -44.3 79.7 41.9 36.3 40.1 44.1 25.6 47.4 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\.............. -29.1 62.4 28.5 30.0 45.6 48.9 32.3 43.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. 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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 2014 --------------Seasonally adjusted at annual rates-------------- -------------2014------------- -------------2015------------- II III IV I II\r\ III\r\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income........................... 153.3 625.8 179.2 162.0 180.9 124.2 197.2 191.7 Compensation of employees............... 229.8 409.3 73.6 112.6 135.0 63.0 127.2 120.7 Wages and salaries.................... 184.1 363.4 64.5 99.4 118.7 49.8 109.3 102.8 Private industries.................. 174.7 333.8 53.8 90.4 113.7 41.5 100.8 93.5 Goods-producing industries........ 34.6 70.8 16.7 16.2 26.3 -4.9 15.2 14.2 Manufacturing................... 12.5 34.0 4.6 6.3 15.0 -4.4 9.6 10.3 Services-producing industries..... 140.1 263.0 37.1 74.2 87.4 46.4 85.5 79.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 25.9 57.0 11.9 13.5 24.1 7.6 18.2 17.3 Other services-producing industries..................... 114.3 206.0 25.1 60.7 63.3 38.8 67.3 62.0 Government.......................... 9.4 29.6 10.8 9.0 5.0 8.3 8.6 9.2 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 45.6 45.9 9.0 13.3 16.3 13.2 17.9 17.9 Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds\1\..... 32.5 26.2 6.3 7.7 9.1 10.5 11.6 12.0 Employer contributions for government social insurance........ 13.1 19.7 2.8 5.6 7.1 2.7 6.3 6.0 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ 43.7 61.6 41.5 11.5 20.1 -8.4 7.5 25.5 Farm.................................. 27.2 -10.6 17.1 -11.6 -2.3 -14.3 -3.6 9.7 Nonfarm............................... 16.5 72.2 24.5 23.1 22.4 5.9 11.2 15.9 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 38.1 47.4 14.6 12.9 10.0 8.5 17.1 9.5 Personal income receipts on assets...... -63.4 57.1 19.2 -6.9 15.6 14.9 32.8 23.6 Personal interest income.............. -17.5 30.7 -10.2 -21.8 1.7 -7.3 30.8 19.8 Personal dividend income.............. -45.9 26.5 29.4 15.0 13.9 22.2 2.0 3.8 Personal current transfer receipts...... 60.3 102.5 37.1 43.4 14.5 54.8 25.5 24.8 Government social benefits to persons.............................. 61.9 101.7 36.9 43.3 14.5 54.5 25.0 24.2 Social security\2\.................. 36.9 35.6 8.7 4.0 6.6 17.9 7.8 5.1 Medicare\3\......................... 18.2 23.2 6.1 5.2 4.5 4.5 5.5 7.1 Medicaid............................ 22.4 47.7 10.5 32.3 1.2 16.9 5.1 11.5 Unemployment insurance.............. -21.5 -26.5 -3.7 -1.3 -1.8 2.2 -1.9 -0.2 Veterans' benefits.................. 8.9 4.7 0.3 1.5 2.9 4.1 3.3 1.0 Other............................... -3.2 17.1 15.0 1.6 1.1 9.0 5.2 -0.3 Other current transfer receipts, from business (net)....................... -1.6 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.5 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. 155.2 52.2 6.7 11.6 14.3 8.6 13.1 12.4 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 161.4 107.5 18.0 38.0 46.8 61.2 38.6 19.9 Equals: Disposable personal income........ -8.1 518.3 161.2 124.0 134.1 62.9 158.6 171.8 Less: Personal outlays.................... 348.7 488.0 174.9 141.8 125.6 -10.3 182.3 130.3 Personal consumption expenditures....... 341.7 473.7 172.7 136.1 112.3 -5.9 172.9 130.2 Goods................................. 97.7 111.7 76.8 35.9 -7.2 -78.6 76.6 44.7 Durable goods....................... 45.9 42.4 36.0 16.0 8.4 -1.7 24.5 13.1 Nondurable goods.................... 51.7 69.3 40.8 19.8 -15.6 -76.9 52.1 31.6 Services.............................. 244.0 362.0 96.0 100.2 119.6 72.7 96.3 85.5 Personal interest payments\4\........... 3.5 10.1 1.5 3.8 8.8 -1.8 8.0 -0.1 Personal current transfer payments...... 3.5 4.3 0.8 1.9 4.5 -2.6 1.3 0.2 To government......................... 1.6 2.7 0.8 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.6 To the rest of the world (net)........ 1.9 1.6 0.0 1.4 4.3 -3.7 1.1 -0.4 Equals: Personal saving................... -356.8 30.3 -13.7 -17.8 8.6 73.2 -23.7 41.5 Addenda: Personal income excluding current transfer receipts, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\...................... -60.3 327.5 72.0 75.5 164.4 118.7 94.5 116.2 Disposable personal income, billions of chained (2009) dollars\5\.............. -165.2 313.2 85.9 78.4 135.6 115.9 78.9 118.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. 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------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April\r\ May\r\ June\r\ July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on current-dollar measures Personal income........................... 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 Compensation of employees............... 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 Wages and salaries.................... 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.6 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ -0.2 0.2 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 Personal income receipts on assets...... -1.3 1.3 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 Personal interest income.............. -0.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.2 Personal dividend income.............. -2.7 1.1 -1.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 Personal current transfer receipts...... 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.5 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 0.1 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.6 Equals: Disposable personal income........ 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 Addenda: Personal consumption expenditures....... 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 Goods................................. 1.5 -0.2 1.8 0.0 0.6 0.2 -0.6 0.1 Durable goods....................... 1.8 0.4 1.3 -1.2 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.0 Nondurable goods.................... 1.3 -0.5 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.1 -1.1 0.1 Services.............................. 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.1 Based on chained (2009) dollar measures Real personal income excluding transfer receipts............................... -0.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 Real disposable personal income......... -0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. Table 6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change From Preceding Period (Years and Quarters) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 2014 --------------Seasonally adjusted at annual rates-------------- -------------2014------------- -------------2015------------- II III IV I II\r\ III\r\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on current-dollar measures Personal income........................... 1.1 4.4 5.1 4.5 5.0 3.4 5.3 5.1 Compensation of employees............... 2.7 4.6 3.3 5.0 5.9 2.7 5.5 5.1 Wages and salaries.................... 2.7 5.1 3.6 5.5 6.5 2.6 5.8 5.4 Supplements to wages and salaries..... 2.7 2.7 2.1 3.0 3.7 3.0 4.0 4.0 Proprietors' income with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments............................ 3.5 4.8 13.4 3.5 6.1 -2.4 2.2 7.6 Rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment................. 7.2 8.4 10.2 8.8 6.6 5.5 11.2 6.0 Personal income receipts on assets...... -3.0 2.8 3.7 -1.3 3.0 2.8 6.3 4.4 Personal interest income.............. -1.4 2.4 -3.1 -6.5 0.5 -2.2 10.0 6.2 Personal dividend income.............. -5.5 3.4 15.9 7.6 6.9 11.0 0.9 1.7 Personal current transfer receipts...... 2.5 4.2 6.1 7.1 2.3 8.8 3.9 3.8 Less: Contributions for government social insurance, domestic............. 16.3 4.7 2.4 4.1 5.0 3.0 4.5 4.2 Less: Personal current taxes.............. 10.7 6.4 4.2 9.0 10.9 14.0 8.4 4.2 Equals: Disposable personal income........ -0.1 4.2 5.2 3.9 4.2 1.9 4.9 5.3 Addenda: Personal consumption expenditures....... 3.1 4.2 6.1 4.7 3.8 -0.2 5.9 4.3 Goods................................. 2.6 2.9 8.2 3.7 -0.7 -7.7 8.1 4.6 Durable goods....................... 3.9 3.4 12.1 5.1 2.6 -0.5 7.8 4.0 Nondurable goods.................... 2.0 2.7 6.3 3.0 -2.3 -11.0 8.3 4.9 Services.............................. 3.3 4.8 5.0 5.2 6.1 3.6 4.8 4.2 Based on chained (2009) dollar measures Real personal income excluding transfer receipts............................... -0.6 3.0 2.6 2.8 6.0 4.3 3.3 4.1 Real disposable personal income......... -1.4 2.7 3.0 2.7 4.7 3.9 2.6 3.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. Table 7. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April May June July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 11,104.4 11,135.1 11,196.5 11,205.1 11,231.7 11,270.5 11,286.1 11,292.8 Goods......................................... 3,829.7 3,827.8 3,872.2 3,864.9 3,887.3 3,908.2 3,906.4 3,912.4 Durable goods............................... 1,445.7 1,449.3 1,470.1 1,455.3 1,473.6 1,483.5 1,487.2 1,489.7 Nondurable goods............................ 2,409.6 2,404.9 2,429.4 2,434.7 2,440.8 2,452.2 2,447.4 2,451.0 Services...................................... 7,276.1 7,307.7 7,326.6 7,341.7 7,346.9 7,365.6 7,382.3 7,383.4 Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at annual rates Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 32.8 30.8 61.4 8.6 26.5 38.9 15.6 6.7 Goods......................................... 46.6 -1.8 44.4 -7.4 22.5 20.9 -1.8 6.0 Durable goods............................... 27.2 3.6 20.8 -14.8 18.3 9.9 3.7 2.5 Nondurable goods............................ 21.2 -4.7 24.6 5.3 6.0 11.5 -4.8 3.6 Services...................................... -10.8 31.5 18.9 15.1 5.2 18.6 16.8 1.1 Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 Goods......................................... 1.2 0.0 1.2 -0.2 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.2 Durable goods............................... 1.9 0.2 1.4 -1.0 1.3 0.7 0.2 0.2 Nondurable goods............................ 0.9 -0.2 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.1 Services...................................... -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary r Revised Table 8. Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 2014 --------------Seasonally adjusted at annual rates-------------- -------------2014------------- -------------2015------------- II III IV I II III\r\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (2009) dollars Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 10,590.4 10,875.7 10,826.3 10,918.6 11,033.3 11,081.2 11,178.9 11,262.8 Goods......................................... 3,612.8 3,731.2 3,718.0 3,755.2 3,793.2 3,803.7 3,855.0 3,900.6 Durable goods............................... 1,307.6 1,384.1 1,377.2 1,402.5 1,423.5 1,430.4 1,458.3 1,481.4 Nondurable goods............................ 2,319.8 2,367.8 2,361.0 2,375.2 2,393.7 2,397.8 2,423.0 2,446.8 Services...................................... 6,977.0 7,144.6 7,108.5 7,163.8 7,240.4 7,277.4 7,325.3 7,364.9 Change from preceding period in billions of chained (2009) dollars Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 177.2 285.3 101.6 92.3 114.7 48.0 97.7 83.8 Goods......................................... 108.5 118.4 59.7 37.2 38.0 10.5 51.3 45.7 Durable goods............................... 71.4 76.5 44.0 25.2 21.0 7.0 27.8 23.2 Nondurable goods............................ 42.3 48.0 19.7 14.2 18.5 4.1 25.2 23.8 Services...................................... 68.9 167.6 42.9 55.3 76.5 37.0 47.9 39.6 Percent change from preceding period in chained (2009) dollars Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 1.7 2.7 3.8 3.5 4.3 1.8 3.6 3.0 Goods......................................... 3.1 3.3 6.7 4.1 4.1 1.1 5.5 4.8 Durable goods............................... 5.8 5.9 13.9 7.5 6.1 2.0 8.0 6.5 Nondurable goods............................ 1.9 2.1 3.4 2.4 3.1 0.7 4.3 4.0 Services...................................... 1.0 2.4 2.4 3.1 4.3 2.1 2.7 2.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r Revised Table 9. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April May June July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chain-type price indexes (2009=100), seasonally adjusted Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 109.015 109.085 109.418 109.670 109.770 109.748 109.680 109.749 Goods......................................... 102.845 102.689 103.339 103.545 103.562 103.175 102.652 102.578 Durable goods............................... 90.968 91.106 90.955 90.755 90.526 90.221 90.457 90.270 Nondurable goods............................ 108.873 108.541 109.667 110.116 110.280 109.850 108.873 108.867 Services...................................... 112.240 112.429 112.595 112.872 113.016 113.186 113.359 113.504 Addenda: PCE excluding food and energy............... 108.952 109.123 109.254 109.416 109.506 109.596 109.779 109.830 Food\1\..................................... 110.684 110.493 110.451 110.769 111.006 111.176 111.371 111.581 Energy goods and services\2\................ 105.107 103.580 108.423 110.321 110.403 107.878 102.542 102.741 Market-based PCE\3\......................... 107.844 107.946 108.281 108.494 108.595 108.549 108.475 108.564 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy\3\.................................. 107.576 107.799 107.904 108.007 108.097 108.176 108.385 108.457 Percent change from preceding period in price indexes, seasonally adjusted at monthly rates Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1 Goods......................................... 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.2 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -0.1 Durable goods............................... -0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.2 Nondurable goods............................ 0.4 -0.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.9 0.0 Services...................................... 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 Addenda: PCE excluding food and energy............... 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 Food\1\..................................... -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Energy goods and services\2\................ 1.5 -1.5 4.7 1.8 0.1 -2.3 -4.9 0.2 Market-based PCE\3\......................... 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy\3\.................................. 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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----------------------------------------- March April\r\ May\r\ June\r\ July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disposable personal income................ 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 Personal consumption expenditures......... 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 2.7 Goods................................... 3.4 3.1 4.4 3.5 4.0 3.6 4.0 3.7 Durable goods......................... 5.6 6.0 6.9 4.8 6.0 4.9 6.0 5.6 Nondurable goods...................... 2.4 1.8 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.8 Services................................ 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary r Revised. Revisions include changes to series affected by the incorporation of revised wage and salary estimates for the second quarter of 2015. Table 11. Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Percent Change From Month One Year Ago --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------2015----------------------------------------- March April May June July\r\ Aug.\r\ Sept.\r\ Oct.\p\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)... 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Goods......................................... -2.8 -3.2 -2.8 -2.7 -2.7 -2.7 -3.2 -3.1 Durable goods............................... -2.3 -2.2 -2.0 -2.1 -2.1 -2.3 -1.9 -2.0 Nondurable goods............................ -3.1 -3.8 -3.1 -3.0 -2.9 -3.0 -3.9 -3.7 Services...................................... 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 Addenda: PCE excluding food and energy............... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 Food\1\..................................... 1.7 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.8 Energy goods and services\2\................ -18.9 -20.1 -16.9 -15.9 -15.7 -16.2 -19.7 -18.4 Market-based PCE\3\......................... -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 Market-based PCE excluding food and energy\3\.................................. 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.