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BEA 00-35

Personal Income and Outlays, October 2000




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              PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  OCTOBER 2000
 Personal income decreased $16.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $29.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of
Economic Analysis.  Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $12.1 billion, or 0.2 percent.
In September, personal income increased $91.2 billion, or 1.1 percent, DPI increased $78.5 billion, or
1.1 percent, and PCE increased $61.2 billion, or 0.9 percent, based on revised estimates.
                                                                2000
                                          June          July            Aug.            Sept.           Oct.
                                                        (Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars           0.5           0.3            0.3              1.1           -0.2
Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars                           .4            .2             .2              1.1            -.4
  Chained (1996) dollars                    .1            .0             .2               .7            -.6
Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars                           .5            .6             .5               .9             .2
  Chained (1996) dollars                    .2            .4             .5               .5             .0
 The changes in personal income for September and October were affected by federal
agricultural subsidy payments to farm proprietors and to owners of leased farm land (nonoperator
landlords).  These payments, which affect farm proprietors' income and rental income of persons,
had boosted personal income $61.0 billion (at an annual rate) in September.  Excluding these
payments, personal income increased $40.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, in October, compared with $30.6
billion, or 0.4 percent, in September.
Wages and salaries
 Private wage and salary disbursements increased $30.6 billion in October, compared with  an
increase of $26.1 billion in September.  Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $11.2
billion, compared with an increase of $0.3 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $8.0 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $2.7 billion.  Distributive industries' payrolls increased $10.6 billion,
compared with an increase of $16.1 billion.  Service industries' payrolls increased $8.8 billion,
compared with an increase of $9.6 billion.  Government wage and salary disbursements increased
$2.3 billion, compared with an increase of $1.2 billion.
Other personal income
 Proprietors' income decreased $46.4 billion in October, in contrast to an increase of $43.3
billion in September.  Farm proprietors' income decreased $46.9 billion, in contrast to an increase of
$48.2 billion.  The changes in farm proprietors' income reflected the pattern of specially authorized
federal farm subsidy payments, which boosted income $3.1 billion (at an annual rate) in October,
$50.1 billion in September, and $0.3 billion in August.  Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $0.5
billion in October, in contrast to a decrease of $4.9 billion in September.
 Transfer payments increased $1.1 billion in October, compared with an increase of $4.2 billion
in September.  Personal interest income increased $3.3 billion, compared with an increase of $3.4
billion.  Personal dividend income increased $2.5 billion, compared with an increase of $2.6 billion.
 Rental income of persons decreased $9.8 billion in October, in contrast to an increase of $9.7
billion in September.  The changes in rental income of persons also reflected the pattern of federal
farm subsidy payments to owners of leased farm land (nonoperator landlords), which boosted
income $0.7 billion (at an annual rate) in October, $10.9 billion in September, and $0.1 billion in
August.
 Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income --
increased $2.1 billion in October, compared with an increase of $1.9 billion in September.
Personal taxes and disposable personal income
 Personal tax and nontax payments increased $13.0 billion in October, compared with an
increase of $12.6 billion in September.  Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less
personal tax and nontax payments -- decreased $29.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, in October, in contrast
to an increase of $78.5 billion, or 1.1 percent, in September.
Personal outlays and personal saving
 Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of
the world (net) -- increased $13.1 billion in October, compared with an increase of $61.7 billion in
September.  PCE increased $12.1 billion, compared with an increase of $61.2 billion.
 Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was a negative $55.9 billion in October,
compared with a negative $13.3 billion in September.  Saving from current income may be near zero
or negative when outlays are financed by borrowing (including through credit cards or home equity
loans), by selling investments or other assets, or by using savings from previous periods.  Personal
saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was a negative 0.8 percent in October,
compared with a negative 0.2 percent in September.
Real DPI and real PCE
 Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.6 percent in October, in
contrast to an increase of 0.7 percent in September.
 Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased less than 0.1 percent in
October; compared with an increase of 0.5 percent in September.  Purchases of durable goods
decreased 2.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 2.1 percent.  Purchases of motor vehicles and
parts accounted for most of the October decrease.  Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.4
percent in October, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in September.  Purchases of
services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5 percent.
Revisions
 Estimates have been revised for July through September.  Changes in personal income, current-
dollar and chained (1996) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1996) dollar PCE for August
and September -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.  Revisions for
July were small.

                                                     Change from preceding month
                                             August                                  September
                                Previous Revised   Previous Revised     Previous Revised   Previous  Revised
                                   (Dollars)           (Percent)            (Dollars)           (Percent)
Personal Income:
  Current dollars......           32.4    28.6        0.4      0.3        90.3     91.2       1.1      1.1
Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars......           16.7    13.4         .2       .2        77.7     78.5       1.1       1.1
  Chained (1996) dollars.....     14.8    12.5         .2       .2        46.8     48.6        .7        .7
Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars....             33.6    33.3         .5       .5        55.4     61.2        .8        .9
  Chained (1996) dollars....      30.4    31.0         .5       .5        27.0     33.3        .4        .5
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                                                  Table 1.-Personal Income
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/r/  Oct 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,237.6    8,279.5    8,301.6    8,330.2    8,421.4    8,404.9
  Wage and salary disbursements.....    4,190.7    4,470.0    4,730.0    4,763.5    4,788.8    4,797.6    4,824.9    4,857.8
    Private industries..............    3,498.0    3,745.6    3,966.6    4,003.4    4,025.0    4,032.2    4,058.3    4,088.9
      Goods-producing industries....    1,038.6    1,089.2    1,142.2    1,150.8    1,162.2    1,158.8    1,159.1    1,170.3
        Manufacturing...............      756.6      782.4      809.4      816.7      824.0      819.7      817.0      825.0
      Distributive industries.......      949.1    1,020.3    1,090.2    1,105.5    1,112.1    1,113.2    1,129.3    1,139.9
      Service industries............    1,510.3    1,636.0    1,734.2    1,747.2    1,750.8    1,760.3    1,769.9    1,778.7
    Government......................      692.7      724.4      763.4      760.1      763.8      765.4      766.6      768.9
  Other labor income................      485.5      501.0      520.5      522.5      525.1      527.6      530.0      532.1
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........      620.7      663.5      704.7      716.9      706.1      712.8      756.1      709.7
    Farm............................       25.4       25.3       17.5       23.7       17.5       14.7       62.9       16.0
    Nonfarm.........................      595.2      638.2      687.1      693.2      688.6      698.1      693.2      693.7
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...      135.4      143.4      140.0      138.1      136.2      134.9      144.6      134.8
  Personal dividend income..........      351.1      370.3      392.4      394.8      397.2      399.6      402.2      404.7
  Personal interest income..........      940.8      963.7    1,030.9    1,036.8    1,041.5    1,045.6    1,049.0    1,052.3
  Transfer payments to persons......      983.0    1,016.2    1,077.3    1,067.3    1,068.7    1,074.8    1,079.0    1,080.1
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..      578.0      588.0      634.4      625.0      623.5      627.2      630.9      629.0
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............       19.5       20.3       19.3       19.4       19.8       19.9       20.1       20.1
      Other.........................      385.4      407.9      423.5      422.9      425.4      427.7      428.0      430.9
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................      316.2      338.5      358.2      360.4      362.1      362.6      364.5      366.6
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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                                        Table 2.-The Disposition of Personal Income
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/r/  Oct 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,237.6    8,279.5    8,301.6    8,330.2    8,421.4    8,404.9
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................    1,070.9    1,152.0    1,274.1    1,287.9    1,293.7    1,309.0    1,321.6    1,334.6
Equals: Disposable personal income..    6,320.0    6,637.7    6,963.5    6,991.5    7,007.8    7,021.2    7,099.7    7,070.3
Less: Personal outlays..............    6,054.7    6,490.1    6,939.9    6,972.9    7,016.1    7,051.4    7,113.1    7,126.2
  Personal consumption expenditures.    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,702.1    6,733.1    6,774.1    6,807.4    6,868.6    6,880.7
  Interest paid by persons..........      179.8      194.8      209.5      211.4      212.7      214.6      215.1      216.1
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........       24.0       26.6       28.3       28.3       29.4       29.4       29.4       29.4
Equals: Personal saving.............      265.4      147.6       23.6       18.7       -8.3      -30.1      -13.3      -55.9
Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
    Chained (1996) dollars/1/.......    6,134.1    6,331.0    6,507.4    6,515.6    6,516.0    6,528.5    6,577.1    6,538.8
    Per capita:
      Current dollars...............     23,359     24,314     25,317     25,399     25,437     25,463     25,726     25,599
      Chained (1996) dollars........     22,672     23,191     23,658     23,670     23,652     23,677     23,833     23,675
    Population (thousands)..........    270,560    272,996    275,054    275,264    275,496    275,738    275,970    276,191
  Personal saving as a percentage
   of disposable personal income....        4.2        2.2         .3         .3        -.1        -.4        -.2        -.8
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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.

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                          Table 3.-Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     May 00     Jun 00    Jul 00/r/   Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/r/  Oct 00/p/
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Personal income.....................      454.0      398.6       28.3       41.9       22.1       28.6       91.2      -16.5
  Wage and salary disbursements.....      301.8      279.3        3.1       33.5       25.3        8.8       27.3       32.9
    Private industries..............      273.3      247.6       -3.3       36.8       21.6        7.2       26.1       30.6
      Goods-producing industries....       63.5       50.6       -6.1        8.6       11.4       -3.4         .3       11.2
        Manufacturing...............       38.2       25.8       -3.8        7.3        7.3       -4.3       -2.7        8.0
      Distributive industries.......       69.5       71.2       -1.3       15.3        6.6        1.1       16.1       10.6
      Service industries............      140.4      125.7        4.0       13.0        3.6        9.5        9.6        8.8
    Government......................       28.4       31.7        6.4       -3.3        3.7        1.6        1.2        2.3
  Other labor income................       10.1       15.5        2.1        2.0        2.6        2.5        2.4        2.1
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........       39.5       42.8       -2.3       12.2      -10.8        6.7       43.3      -46.4
    Farm............................       -4.3        -.1       -5.6        6.2       -6.2       -2.8       48.2      -46.9
    Nonfarm.........................       43.7       43.0        3.2        6.1       -4.6        9.5       -4.9         .5
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...        7.1        8.0       -4.3       -1.9       -1.9       -1.3        9.7       -9.8
  Personal dividend income..........       16.2       19.2        1.8        2.4        2.4        2.4        2.6        2.5
  Personal interest income..........       76.8       22.9        4.8        5.9        4.7        4.1        3.4        3.3
  Transfer payments to persons......       20.8       33.2       23.5      -10.0        1.4        6.1        4.2        1.1
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..       12.2       10.0       21.0       -9.4       -1.5        3.7        3.7       -1.9
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............        -.4         .8        -.1         .1         .4         .1         .2         .0
     Other..........................        8.9       22.5        2.6        -.6        2.5        2.3         .3        2.9
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................       18.3       22.3         .3        2.2        1.7         .5        1.9        2.1
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................      102.1       81.1        4.5       13.8        5.8       15.3       12.6       13.0
Equals: Disposable personal income..      351.8      317.7       23.8       28.0       16.3       13.4       78.5      -29.4
Less: Personal outlays..............      339.4      435.4       19.7       33.0       43.2       35.3       61.7       13.1
  Personal consumption expenditures.      321.6      417.8       18.4       31.0       41.0       33.3       61.2       12.1
  Interest paid by persons..........       15.0       15.0        1.4        1.9        1.3        1.9         .5        1.0
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........        2.8        2.6         .0         .0        1.1         .0         .0         .0
Equals: Personal saving.............       12.5     -117.8        4.1       -4.9      -27.0      -21.8       16.8      -42.6
Addendum:
  Disposable personal income:
   chained (1996) dollars/1/........      279.6      196.9       24.2        8.2         .4       12.5       48.6      -38.3
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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.

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                             Table 4-Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product
                                                  [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/r/  Oct 00/p/
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                                                                  Billions of current dollars
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Personal consumption expenditures...    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,702.1    6,733.1    6,774.1    6,807.4    6,868.6    6,880.7
  Durable goods.....................      693.9      761.3      812.2      811.5      817.3      821.1      838.2      819.1
  Nondurable goods..................    1,707.6    1,845.5    1,994.6    2,009.1    2,024.3    2,026.2    2,045.5    2,051.2
  Services..........................    3,449.3    3,661.9    3,895.3    3,912.5    3,932.5    3,960.1    3,984.9    4,010.4
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...    5,678.7    5,978.8    6,263.1    6,274.8    6,298.7    6,329.7    6,363.0    6,363.5
  Durable goods.....................      727.3      817.8      883.0      885.5      892.8      900.2      919.2      899.2
  Nondurable goods..................    1,684.8    1,779.4    1,863.8    1,866.0    1,877.3    1,885.9    1,886.1    1,892.7
  Services..........................    3,269.4    3,390.8    3,529.6    3,536.7    3,542.7    3,558.4    3,575.0    3,585.2
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                                                              Chain-type price indexes (1996=100)
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...     103.03     104.85     107.02     107.31     107.56     107.56     107.96     108.14
  Durable goods.....................      95.42      93.09      91.97      91.63      91.53      91.20      91.18      91.08
  Nondurable goods..................     101.35     103.71     107.04     107.69     107.84     107.46     108.47     108.39
  Services..........................     105.50     107.99     110.37     110.64     111.01     111.30     111.48     111.87
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
     less food and energy...........     103.45     105.11     106.64     106.64     106.85     107.00     107.23     107.43
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                                                                  Change from preceding period
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Billions of current dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      321.6      417.8       18.4       31.0       41.0       33.3       61.2       12.1
  Durable goods.....................       51.4       67.4       -7.0        -.7        5.8        3.8       17.1      -19.1
  Nondurable goods..................       66.0      137.9        5.4       14.5       15.2        1.9       19.3        5.7
  Services..........................      204.1      212.6       20.0       17.2       20.0       27.6       24.8       25.5
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      254.8      300.1       19.1       11.7       23.9       31.0       33.3         .5
  Durable goods.....................       70.0       90.5       -8.5        2.5        7.3        7.4       19.0      -20.0
  Nondurable goods..................       64.9       94.6       10.2        2.2       11.3        8.6         .2        6.6
  Services..........................      122.4      121.4       15.7        7.1        6.0       15.7       16.6       10.2
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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                              Table 5.-Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series
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                                           1998       1999     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/   Sep 00/r/  Oct 00/p/
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                                                                    Based on current dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal income.....................        6.5        5.4         .3         .5         .3         .3        1.1        -.2
Disposable personal income..........        5.9        5.0         .3         .4         .2         .2        1.1        -.4
Personal consumption expenditures...        5.8        7.1         .3         .5         .6         .5         .9         .2
  Durable goods.....................        8.0        9.7        -.9        -.1         .7         .5        2.1       -2.3
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        8.1         .3         .7         .8         .1        1.0         .3
  Services..........................        6.3        6.2         .5         .4         .5         .7         .6         .6
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                                                                Based on chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disposable personal income..........        4.8        3.2         .4         .1         .0         .2         .7        -.6
Personal consumption expenditures...        4.7        5.3         .3         .2         .4         .5         .5         .0
  Durable goods.....................       10.6       12.4       -1.0         .3         .8         .8        2.1       -2.2
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        5.6         .5         .1         .6         .5         .0         .4
  Services..........................        3.9        3.7         .4         .2         .2         .4         .5         .3
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.