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BEA 00-33

Personal Income and Outlays, September 2000




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             PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  SEPTEMBER 2000
 Personal income increased $90.3 billion, or 1.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $77.7 billion, or 1.1 percent, in September, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau
of Economic Analysis.  Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $55.4 billion, or 0.8
percent.  In August, personal income increased $32.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $16.7 billion,
or 0.2 percent, and PCE increased $33.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
                                                                      2000
                                          May          June           July         Aug.           Sept.
                                                         (Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars          0.3          0.5            0.3          0.4             1.1
Disposable personal income:
   Current dollars                         .3           .4             .2           .2             1.1
   Chained (1996) dollars                  .4           .1             .0           .2              .7
Personal consumption expenditures:
   Current dollars                         .3           .5             .6           .5              .8
   Chained (1996) dollars                  .3           .2             .4           .5              .4
 Personal income for September was affected by increases in federal agricultural subsidy
payments to farm proprietors and to owners of leased farm land (nonoperator landlords).  These
payments, which affected farm proprietors' income and rental income of persons, boosted personal
income $61.0 billion at an annual rate in September, compared with $0.4 billion in August.
Excluding these payments, personal income increased $29.7 billion, or 0.4 percent, in September.
Wages and salaries
 Private wage and salary disbursements increased $25.8 billion in September, compared with  an
increase of $9.5 billion in August.  Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $0.1 billion, in
contrast to a decrease of $3.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $2.4 billion, compared with
a decrease of $4.3 billion.  Distributive industries' payrolls increased $16.3 billion, compared with
an increase of $2.1 billion.  Service industries' payrolls increased $9.5 billion, compared with an
increase of $10.6 billion.
 Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.1 billion in September, compared
with an increase of $1.2 billion in August.  A decline in the number of temporary workers for
Census 2000 subtracted $0.5 billion at an annual rate from federal civilian payrolls in September,
compared with a subtraction of $2.6 billion at an annual rate in August.
Other personal income
 Proprietors' income increased $42.6 billion in September, compared with an increase of $8.6
billion in August.  Farm proprietors' income increased $48.4 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $2.4
billion.  The changes in farm proprietors' income reflected the pattern of specially authorized federal
farm subsidy payments, which boosted income $50.1 billion (at an annual rate) in September, $0.3
billion in August, and $1.2 billion in July.  Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $5.7 billion in
September, in contrast to an increase of $10.9 billion in August.  Real estate brokers' commissions
more than accounted for the decrease in nonfarm proprietors' income in September and accounted
for most of the increase in August.
 Transfer payments increased $4.2 billion in September, compared with an increase of $6.1
billion in August.  Personal interest income increased $3.4 billion, compared with an increase of
$4.1 billion.  Personal dividend income increased $2.6 billion, compared with an increase of $2.4
billion.
 Rental income of persons increased $9.9 billion in September, in contrast to a decrease of $1.1
billion in August.  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
$10.9 billion (at an annual rate) in September, $0.1 billion in August, and $0.3 billion in July.
 Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income --
increased $1.8 billion in September, compared with an increase of $0.7 billion in August.
Personal taxes and disposable personal income
 Personal tax and nontax payments increased $12.6 billion in September, compared with an
increase of $15.7 billion in August.  Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less
personal tax and nontax payments -- increased $77.7 billion, or 1.1 percent, in September, compared
with an increase of $16.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, in August.
Personal outlays and personal saving
 Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of
the world (net) -- increased $57.0 billion in September, compared with an increase of $35.7 billion
in August.  PCE increased $55.4 billion, compared with an increase of $33.6 billion.
 Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was a negative $7.8 billion in September,
compared with a negative $28.4 billion in August.  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 0.1 percent in September,
compared with a negative 0.4 percent in August.
Real DPI and real PCE
 Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.7 percent in September,
compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in August.
 Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in September,
compared with an increase of 0.5 percent in August.  Purchases of durable goods increased 1.5
percent, compared with an increase of 0.9 percent.  Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted
for about two-thirds of the September increase.  Purchases of nondurable goods decreased 0.1
percent in September, in contrast to an increase of 0.5 percent in August.  Purchases of services
increased 0.5 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.
Revisions
 Estimates have been revised for July and August.  Changes in personal income, current-dollar
and chained (1996) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1996) dollar PCE for July and
August -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.

                                                    Change from preceding month
                                            July                                    August
                          Previous   Revised   Previous   Revised    Previous   Revised   Previous  Revised
                               (Dollars)           (Percent)              (Dollars)          (Percent)
Personal Income:
  Current dollars           24.3       22.9       0.3        0.3        34.2      32.4        0.4       0.4
Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars           23.4       17.4        .3         .2        20.0      16.7         .3        .2
  Chained (1996) dollars     6.9        1.5        .1         .0        18.6      14.8         .3        .2
Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars           43.3       43.4        .6         .6        41.4      33.6         .6        .5
  Chained (1996) dollars    25.9       26.3        .4         .4        38.5      30.4         .6        .5
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                                                  Table 1.-Personal Income
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     Apr 00     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,209.3    8,237.6    8,279.5    8,302.4    8,334.8    8,425.1
  Wage and salary disbursements.....    4,190.7    4,470.0    4,726.9    4,730.0    4,763.5    4,788.9    4,799.6    4,826.5
    Private industries..............    3,498.0    3,745.6    3,969.9    3,966.6    4,003.4    4,025.1    4,034.6    4,060.4
      Goods-producing industries....    1,038.6    1,089.2    1,148.3    1,142.2    1,150.8    1,162.2    1,159.0    1,159.1
        Manufacturing...............      756.6      782.4      813.2      809.4      816.7      824.0      819.7      817.3
      Distributive industries.......      949.1    1,020.3    1,091.5    1,090.2    1,105.5    1,112.1    1,114.2    1,130.5
      Service industries............    1,510.3    1,636.0    1,730.2    1,734.2    1,747.2    1,750.8    1,761.4    1,770.9
    Government......................      692.7      724.4      757.0      763.4      760.1      763.8      765.0      766.1
  Other labor income................      485.5      501.0      518.4      520.5      522.5      525.1      527.5      529.9
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........      620.7      663.5      707.0      704.7      716.9      706.7      715.3      757.9
    Farm............................       25.4       25.3       23.1       17.5       23.7       17.9       15.5       63.9
    Nonfarm.........................      595.2      638.2      683.9      687.1      693.2      688.8      699.7      694.0
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...      135.4      143.4      144.3      140.0      138.1      136.4      135.3      145.2
  Personal dividend income..........      351.1      370.3      390.6      392.4      394.8      397.2      399.6      402.2
  Personal interest income..........      940.8      963.7    1,026.1    1,030.9    1,036.8    1,041.5    1,045.6    1,049.0
  Transfer payments to persons......      983.0    1,016.2    1,053.8    1,077.3    1,067.3    1,068.7    1,074.8    1,079.0
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..      578.0      588.0      613.4      634.4      625.0      623.5      627.2      631.0
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............       19.5       20.3       19.4       19.3       19.4       19.8       20.1       19.7
      Other.........................      385.4      407.9      420.9      423.5      422.9      425.4      427.5      428.4
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................      316.2      338.5      357.9      358.2      360.4      362.1      362.8      364.6
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.

                                        Table 2.-The Disposition of Personal Income
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     Apr 00     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,209.3    8,237.6    8,279.5    8,302.4    8,334.8    8,425.1
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................    1,070.9    1,152.0    1,269.6    1,274.1    1,287.9    1,293.5    1,309.2    1,321.8
Equals: Disposable personal income..    6,320.0    6,637.7    6,939.7    6,963.5    6,991.5    7,008.9    7,025.6    7,103.3
Less: Personal outlays..............    6,054.7    6,490.1    6,920.2    6,939.9    6,972.9    7,018.4    7,054.1    7,111.1
  Personal consumption expenditures.    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,683.7    6,702.1    6,733.1    6,776.5    6,810.1    6,865.5
  Interest paid by persons..........      179.8      194.8      208.1      209.5      211.4      213.0      215.1      216.7
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........       24.0       26.6       28.3       28.3       28.3       28.9       28.9       28.9
Equals: Personal saving.............      265.4      147.6       19.5       23.6       18.7       -9.5      -28.4       -7.8
Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
    Chained (1996) dollars/1/.......    6,134.1    6,331.0    6,483.2    6,507.4    6,515.6    6,517.1    6,531.9    6,578.7
    Per capita:
      Current dollars...............     23,359     24,314     25,248     25,317     25,399     25,441     25,479     25,739
      Chained (1996) dollars........     22,672     23,191     23,587     23,658     23,670     23,656     23,689     23,838
    Population (thousands)..........    270,560    272,996    274,859    275,054    275,264    275,496    275,738    275,970
  Personal saving as a percentage
   of disposable personal income....        4.2        2.2         .3         .3         .3        -.1        -.4        -.1
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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.

                          Table 3.-Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period
                                                   [Billions of dollars]
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                                           1998       1999     Apr 00     May 00     Jun 00    Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/p/
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Personal income.....................      454.0      398.6       47.7       28.3       41.9       22.9       32.4       90.3
  Wage and salary disbursements.....      301.8      279.3       41.0        3.1       33.5       25.4       10.7       26.9
    Private industries..............      273.3      247.6       37.6       -3.3       36.8       21.7        9.5       25.8
      Goods-producing industries....       63.5       50.6       10.3       -6.1        8.6       11.4       -3.2         .1
        Manufacturing...............       38.2       25.8        8.4       -3.8        7.3        7.3       -4.3       -2.4
      Distributive industries.......       69.5       71.2       15.3       -1.3       15.3        6.6        2.1       16.3
      Service industries............      140.4      125.7       12.2        4.0       13.0        3.6       10.6        9.5
    Government......................       28.4       31.7        3.4        6.4       -3.3        3.7        1.2        1.1
  Other labor income................       10.1       15.5        2.2        2.1        2.0        2.6        2.4        2.4
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........       39.5       42.8         .4       -2.3       12.2      -10.2        8.6       42.6
    Farm............................       -4.3        -.1        1.4       -5.6        6.2       -5.8       -2.4       48.4
    Nonfarm.........................       43.7       43.0       -1.0        3.2        6.1       -4.4       10.9       -5.7
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...        7.1        8.0       -2.7       -4.3       -1.9       -1.7       -1.1        9.9
  Personal dividend income..........       16.2       19.2        1.7        1.8        2.4        2.4        2.4        2.6
  Personal interest income..........       76.8       22.9        4.9        4.8        5.9        4.7        4.1        3.4
  Transfer payments to persons......       20.8       33.2        2.9       23.5      -10.0        1.4        6.1        4.2
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..       12.2       10.0        2.3       21.0       -9.4       -1.5        3.7        3.8
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............        -.4         .8        -.3        -.1         .1         .4         .3        -.4
     Other..........................        8.9       22.5         .8        2.6        -.6        2.5        2.1         .9
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................       18.3       22.3        2.7         .3        2.2        1.7         .7        1.8
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................      102.1       81.1       18.4        4.5       13.8        5.6       15.7       12.6
Equals: Disposable personal income..      351.8      317.7       29.3       23.8       28.0       17.4       16.7       77.7
Less: Personal outlays..............      339.4      435.4       14.0       19.7       33.0       45.5       35.7       57.0
  Personal consumption expenditures.      321.6      417.8       12.4       18.4       31.0       43.4       33.6       55.4
  Interest paid by persons..........       15.0       15.0        1.7        1.4        1.9        1.6        2.1        1.6
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........        2.8        2.6        -.2         .0         .0         .6         .0         .0
Equals: Personal saving.............       12.5     -117.8       15.3        4.1       -4.9      -28.2      -18.9       20.6
Addendum:
  Disposable personal income:
   chained (1996) dollars...........      279.6      196.9       27.3       24.2        8.2        1.5       14.8       46.8
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
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]
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                                           1998       1999     Apr 00     May 00     Jun 00   Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/p/
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                                                                  Billions of current dollars
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Personal consumption expenditures...    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,683.7    6,702.1    6,733.1    6,776.5    6,810.1    6,865.5
  Durable goods.....................      693.9      761.3      819.2      812.2      811.5      817.3      822.0      834.1
  Nondurable goods..................    1,707.6    1,845.5    1,989.2    1,994.6    2,009.1    2,024.3    2,027.5    2,045.1
  Services..........................    3,449.3    3,661.9    3,875.3    3,895.3    3,912.5    3,934.9    3,960.5    3,986.4
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...    5,678.7    5,978.8    6,244.0    6,263.1    6,274.8    6,301.1    6,331.5    6,358.5
  Durable goods.....................      727.3      817.8      891.5      883.0      885.5      892.8      901.2      914.6
  Nondurable goods..................    1,684.8    1,779.4    1,853.6    1,863.8    1,866.0    1,877.4    1,887.1    1,885.6
  Services..........................    3,269.4    3,390.8    3,513.9    3,529.6    3,536.7    3,545.0    3,558.2    3,574.8
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                                                              Chain-type price indexes (1996=100)
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...     103.03     104.85     107.05     107.02     107.31     107.56     107.57     107.99
  Durable goods.....................      95.42      93.09      91.88      91.97      91.63      91.53      91.20      91.18
  Nondurable goods..................     101.35     103.71     107.33     107.04     107.69     107.85     107.46     108.48
  Services..........................     105.50     107.99     110.30     110.37     110.64     111.01     111.32     111.52
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
     less food and energy...........     103.45     105.11     106.63     106.64     106.64     106.85     107.01     107.26
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                                                                  Change from preceding period
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Billions of current dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      321.6      417.8       12.4       18.4       31.0       43.4       33.6       55.4
  Durable goods.....................       51.4       67.4       -5.1       -7.0        -.7        5.8        4.7       12.1
  Nondurable goods..................       66.0      137.9         .0        5.4       14.5       15.2        3.2       17.6
  Services..........................      204.1      212.6       17.6       20.0       17.2       22.4       25.6       25.9
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      254.8      300.1       11.5       19.1       11.7       26.3       30.4       27.0
  Durable goods.....................       70.0       90.5       -5.4       -8.5        2.5        7.3        8.4       13.4
  Nondurable goods..................       64.9       94.6        3.5       10.2        2.2       11.4        9.7       -1.5
  Services..........................      122.4      121.4       12.4       15.7        7.1        8.3       13.2       16.6
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                              Table 5.-Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series
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                                           1998       1999     Apr 00     May 00     Jun 00     Jul 00/r/  Aug 00/r/  Sep 00/p/
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                                                                    Based on current dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal income.....................        6.5        5.4         .6         .3         .5         .3         .4        1.1
Disposable personal income..........        5.9        5.0         .4         .3         .4         .2         .2        1.1
Personal consumption expenditures...        5.8        7.1         .2         .3         .5         .6         .5         .8
  Durable goods.....................        8.0        9.7        -.6        -.9        -.1         .7         .6        1.5
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        8.1         .0         .3         .7         .8         .2         .9
  Services..........................        6.3        6.2         .5         .5         .4         .6         .7         .7
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                                                                Based on chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disposable personal income..........        4.8        3.2         .4         .4         .1         .0         .2         .7
Personal consumption expenditures...        4.7        5.3         .2         .3         .2         .4         .5         .4
  Durable goods.....................       10.6       12.4        -.6       -1.0         .3         .8         .9        1.5
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        5.6         .2         .5         .1         .6         .5        -.1
  Services..........................        3.9        3.7         .4         .4         .2         .2         .4         .5
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.