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BEA 00-25

Personal Income, July 2000




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                PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  JULY 2000
 Personal income increased $21.1 billion, or 0.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $19.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, in July, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of
Economic Analysis.  Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $38.7 billion, or 0.6 percent.
In June, personal income increased $33.9 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $21.0 billion, or 0.3
percent, and PCE increased $29.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.
                                                                        2000
                                               Mar.        Apr.         May            June          July
                                                        (Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars               0.8         0.6          0.3             0.4           0.3
Disposable personal income:
      Current dollars                           .8          .5           .3              .3            .3
      Chained (1996) dollars                    .3          .4           .3              .0            .1
Personal consumption expenditures:
      Current dollars                           .5          .2           .3              .4            .6
      Chained (1996) dollars                    .1          .2           .2              .2            .4
Wages and salaries
 Private wage and salary disbursements increased $22.4 billion in July, compared with  an
increase of $33.4 billion in June.  Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $9.2 billion,
compared with an increase of $6.4 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $4.5 billion, compared
with an increase of $5.7 billion.  Distributive industries' payrolls increased $6.7 billion, compared
with an increase of $12.9 billion.  Service industries' payrolls increased $6.5 billion, compared with
an increase of $14.0 billion.
 Government wage and salary disbursements increased $2.1 billion in July, in contrast to a
decrease of $3.5 billion in June.  The decline in the number of temporary workers for Census 2000
subtracted $1.9 billion at an annual rate from federal civilian payrolls in July and subtracted $2.7
billion at an annual rate in June.
Other personal income
 Proprietors' income decreased $8.7 billion in July, in contrast to an increase of $11.0 billion in
June.  Farm proprietors' income decreased $8.4 billion, in contrast to an increase of $6.9 billion.
The changes in farm proprietors' income reflected the pattern of specially authorized federal farm
subsidy payments, which were $0.5 billion at an annual rate in July, $5.3 billion at an annual rate in
June, and $0.5 billion at an annual rate in May.  Nonfarm proprietors' income decreased $0.3 billion
in July, in contrast to an increase of $4.0 billion in June.
 Transfer payments increased $1.6 billion in July, in contrast to a decrease of $10.0 billion in
June.  The changes in June and July reflect benefit payments of $19.2 billion at an annual rate in
May and $8.5 billion at an annual rate in June resulting from new legislation under the Senior
Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000.  This act eliminated the "retirement earnings test" and
allowed social security beneficiaries aged 65 and older to receive full benefits regardless of their
earnings.  Prior to enactment, these beneficiaries had their benefits reduced by $1 for every $3
earned over the annual earning limit, which is $17,000 for calendar year 2000.
 Personal interest income increased $2.2 billion in July, compared with an increase of $2.0
billion in June.  Personal dividend income increased $2.4 billion in July, the same increase as in
June.  Rental income of persons decreased $1.7 billion in July, compared with a decrease of $1.2
billion in June.
 Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income --
increased $1.6 billion in July, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion in June.
Personal taxes and disposable personal income
 Personal tax and nontax payments increased $1.2 billion in July, compared with an increase of
$12.9 billion in June. The change in July reflected a $7.6 billion (at an annual rate) tax rebate in
Minnesota in July; the rebate is classified as a personal tax refund in the national income and product
accounts.
 Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax and nontax payments --
increased $19.9 billion, or 0.3 percent, in July, compared with an increase of $21.0 billion, or 0.3
percent, in June.
Personal outlays and personal saving
 Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of
the world (net) -- increased $40.7 billion in July, compared with an increase of $30.9 billion in June.
PCE increased $38.7 billion, compared with an increase of $29.3 billion.
 Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was a negative $10.9 billion in July, in contrast
to a positive $9.8 billion in June.  Saving from current income may be near zero or negative when
outlays are financed by borrowing -- including through credit cards or home equity loans -- selling
investments or other assets, or by using savings from previous periods.  Personal saving as a
percentage of disposable personal income was a negative 0.2 percent in July, in contrast to a positive
0.1 percent in June.
Real DPI and real PCE
 Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in July, compared
with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in June.
 Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in July, compared
with an increase of 0.2 percent in June.  Purchases of durable goods increased 0.9 percent, compared
with an increase of 0.3 percent.  Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.3 percent, compared
with an increase of 0.1 percent.  Purchases of services increased 0.3 percent, compared with an
increase of 0.2 percent.
Revisions
 Estimates have been revised for April through June.  Changes in personal income, current-
dollar and chained (1996) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1996) dollar PCE for May and
June -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below.  Revisions for April
were small.
                                                  Change from preceding month
                                            May                                       June
                           Previous  Revised   Previous  Revised     Previous  Revised    Previous   Revised
                                (Dollars)          (Percent)             (Dollars)             (Percent)
Personal Income:
  Current dollars            27.1     23.4         0.3        0.3      32.8      33.9        0.4       0.4
Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars            22.2     19.6          .3         .3      20.8      21.0         .3        .3
  Chained (1996) dollars     19.9     17.3          .3         .3       2.0       2.2         .0        .0
Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars            18.7    17.4           .3         .3      32.5      29.3         .5        .4
  Chained (1996) dollars     16.6    15.4           .3         .2      13.6      10.6         .2        .2
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                                                                       Table 1.-Personal Income
                                              [Billions of dollars; seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           1998       1999     Feb 00     Mar 00   Apr 00/r/  May 00/r/  Jun 00/r/  Jul 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,099.6    8,161.6    8,206.7    8,230.1    8,264.0    8,285.1
  Wage and salary disbursements.....    4,190.7    4,470.0    4,657.8    4,685.9    4,724.4    4,725.0    4,754.8    4,779.4
    Private industries..............    3,498.0    3,745.6    3,908.5    3,932.3    3,967.4    3,961.6    3,995.0    4,017.4
      Goods-producing industries....    1,038.6    1,089.2    1,128.8    1,138.0    1,147.3    1,140.4    1,146.8    1,156.0
        Manufacturing...............      756.6      782.4      802.9      804.8      812.6      808.1      813.8      818.3
      Distributive industries.......      949.1    1,020.3    1,070.7    1,076.2    1,089.9    1,087.1    1,100.0    1,106.7
      Service industries............    1,510.3    1,636.0    1,708.9    1,718.0    1,730.2    1,734.2    1,748.2    1,754.7
    Government......................      692.7      724.4      749.2      753.6      757.0      763.4      759.9      762.0
  Other labor income................      485.5      501.0      514.1      516.2      518.4      520.5      522.4      525.0
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........      620.7      663.5      690.0      706.6      707.0      703.7      714.7      706.0
    Farm............................       25.4       25.3       18.4       21.7       23.1       17.6       24.5       16.1
    Nonfarm.........................      595.2      638.2      671.7      684.9      683.9      686.2      690.2      689.9
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...      135.4      143.4      145.3      147.0      144.8      141.0      139.8      138.1
  Personal dividend income..........      351.1      370.3      387.0      388.9      390.6      392.4      394.8      397.2
  Personal interest income..........      940.8      963.7    1,011.4    1,021.2    1,025.3    1,027.9    1,029.9    1,032.1
  Transfer payments to persons......      983.0    1,016.2    1,047.3    1,050.9    1,053.8    1,077.3    1,067.3    1,068.9
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..      578.0      588.0      607.7      611.1      613.4      634.4      625.0      623.6
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............       19.5       20.3       20.5       19.7       19.4       19.3       19.5       19.9
      Other.........................      385.4      407.9      419.1      420.1      421.0      423.5      422.8      425.4
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................      316.2      338.5      353.2      355.2      357.7      357.8      359.9      361.5
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
IVA Inventory valuation adjustment.
CCAdj Capital consumption adjustment.
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 2.-The Disposition of Personal Income
                                       [Billions of dollars; seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           1998       1999     Feb 00     Mar 00   Apr 00/r/  May 00/r/  Jun 00/r/  Jul 00/p/
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Personal income.....................    7,391.0    7,789.6    8,099.6    8,161.6    8,206.7    8,230.1    8,264.0    8,285.1
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................    1,070.9    1,152.0    1,241.1    1,251.2    1,264.7    1,268.5    1,281.4    1,282.6
Equals: Disposable personal income..    6,320.0    6,637.7    6,858.5    6,910.4    6,942.0    6,961.6    6,982.6    7,002.5
Less: Personal outlays..............    6,054.7    6,490.1    6,868.7    6,906.2    6,922.5    6,941.8    6,972.7    7,013.4
  Personal consumption expenditures.    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,635.0    6,671.3    6,685.8    6,703.2    6,732.5    6,771.2
  Interest paid by persons..........      179.8      194.8      205.2      206.4      208.1      210.0      211.6      213.5
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........       24.0       26.6       28.5       28.5       28.7       28.7       28.7       28.7
Equals: Personal saving.............      265.4      147.6      -10.3        4.2       19.5       19.8        9.8      -10.9
Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
    Total, billions of chained
     (1996) dollars\2\..............    6,134.1    6,331.0    6,434.9    6,455.9    6,483.8    6,501.1    6,503.3    6,508.8
    Per capita:
      Current dollars...............     23,359     24,314     24,985     25,159     25,257     25,310     25,367     25,418
      Chained (1996) dollars........     22,672     23,191     23,442     23,504     23,589     23,636     23,626     23,626
    Population (mid-period,
     millions)......................    270,560    272,996    274,503    274,674    274,859    275,054    275,264    275,496
  Personal saving as a percentage
   of disposable personal income....        4.2        2.2        -.1         .1         .3         .3         .1        -.2
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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; seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           1998       1999     Feb 00     Mar 00    Apr 00/r/  May 00/r/  Jun 00/r/  Jul 00/p/
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Personal income.....................      454.0      398.6       43.2       62.0       45.1       23.4       33.9       21.1
  Wage and salary disbursements.....      301.8      279.3       20.4       28.1       38.5         .6       29.8       24.6
    Private industries..............      273.3      247.6       17.9       23.8       35.1       -5.8       33.4       22.4
      Goods-producing industries....       63.5       50.6        2.9        9.2        9.3       -6.9        6.4        9.2
        Manufacturing...............       38.2       25.8        2.2        1.9        7.8       -4.5        5.7        4.5
      Distributive industries.......       69.5       71.2        4.8        5.5       13.7       -2.8       12.9        6.7
      Service industries............      140.4      125.7       10.1        9.1       12.2        4.0       14.0        6.5
    Government......................       28.4       31.7        2.3        4.4        3.4        6.4       -3.5        2.1
  Other labor income................       10.1       15.5        2.3        2.1        2.2        2.1        1.9        2.6
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........       39.5       42.8        4.9       16.6         .4       -3.3       11.0       -8.7
    Farm............................       -4.3        -.1        1.1        3.3        1.4       -5.5        6.9       -8.4
    Nonfarm.........................       43.7       43.0        3.8       13.2       -1.0        2.3        4.0        -.3
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...        7.1        8.0         .9        1.7       -2.2       -3.8       -1.2       -1.7
  Personal dividend income..........       16.2       19.2        2.3        1.9        1.7        1.8        2.4        2.4
  Personal interest income..........       76.8       22.9        9.3        9.8        4.1        2.6        2.0        2.2
  Transfer payments to persons......       20.8       33.2        4.8        3.6        2.9       23.5      -10.0        1.6
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..       12.2       10.0        2.7        3.4        2.3       21.0       -9.4       -1.4
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............        -.4         .8         .3        -.8        -.3        -.1         .2         .4
     Other..........................        8.9       22.5        1.8        1.0         .9        2.5        -.7        2.6
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................       18.3       22.3        1.4        2.0        2.5         .1        2.1        1.6
Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................      102.1       81.1       15.4       10.1       13.5        3.8       12.9        1.2
Equals: Disposable personal income..      351.8      317.7       27.9       51.9       31.6       19.6       21.0       19.9
Less: Personal outlays..............      339.4      435.4       77.0       37.5       16.3       19.3       30.9       40.7
  Personal consumption expenditures.      321.6      417.8       76.1       36.3       14.5       17.4       29.3       38.7
  Interest paid by persons..........       15.0       15.0         .9        1.2        1.7        1.9        1.6        1.9
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........        2.8        2.6         .0         .0         .2         .0         .0         .0
Equals: Personal saving.............       12.5     -117.8      -49.2       14.5       15.3         .3      -10.0      -20.7
Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
   chained (1996) dollars...........      279.6      196.9       -3.8       21.0       27.9       17.3        2.2        5.5
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
IVA Inventory valuation adjustment.
CCAdj Capital consumption adjustment.
                                Table 4-Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product
                                  [Billions of dollars; seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           1998       1999     Feb 00     Mar 00   Apr 00/r/  May 00/r/  Jun 00/r/  Jul 00/p/
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                                                                  Billions of current dollars
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Personal consumption expenditures...    5,850.9    6,268.7    6,635.0    6,671.3    6,685.8    6,703.2    6,732.5    6,771.2
  Durable goods.....................      693.9      761.3      834.2      824.3      819.3      812.3      811.6      817.8
  Nondurable goods..................    1,707.6    1,845.5    1,965.4    1,989.2    1,989.2    1,994.6    2,007.7    2,017.3
  Services..........................    3,449.3    3,661.9    3,835.4    3,857.7    3,877.3    3,896.3    3,913.2    3,936.0
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
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Personal consumption expenditures...    5,678.7    5,978.8    6,225.2    6,232.5    6,244.4    6,259.8    6,270.4    6,293.8
  Durable goods.....................      727.3      817.8      907.3      896.9      891.6      883.0      885.6      893.4
  Nondurable goods..................    1,684.8    1,779.4    1,847.6    1,850.1    1,853.7    1,863.4    1,864.4    1,870.5
  Services..........................    3,269.4    3,390.8    3,488.3    3,501.5    3,514.2    3,526.7    3,533.9    3,544.2
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                                                       Chain-type price indexes (Index numbers, 1996=100)
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Personal consumption expenditures...     103.03     104.85     106.59     107.05     107.08     107.09     107.38     107.60
  Durable goods.....................      95.42      93.09      91.93      91.89      91.88      91.97      91.63      91.53
  Nondurable goods..................     101.35     103.71     106.40     107.54     107.33     107.06     107.71     107.87
  Services..........................     105.50     107.99     109.96     110.18     110.34     110.49     110.74     111.06
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
     less food and energy...........     103.45     105.11     106.27     106.50     106.67     106.72     106.71     106.89
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                                                                  Change from Preceding period
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                                                                  Billions of current dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      321.6      417.8       76.1       36.3       14.5       17.4       29.3       38.7
  Durable goods.....................       51.4       67.4       14.0       -9.9       -5.0       -7.0        -.7        6.2
  Nondurable goods..................       66.0      137.9       28.3       23.8         .0        5.4       13.1        9.6
  Services..........................      204.1      212.6       33.8       22.3       19.6       19.0       16.9       22.8
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                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      254.8      300.1       42.6        7.3       11.9       15.4       10.6       23.4
  Durable goods.....................       70.0       90.5       16.9      -10.4       -5.3       -8.6        2.6        7.8
  Nondurable goods..................       64.9       94.6       11.0        2.5        3.6        9.7        1.0        6.1
  Services..........................      122.4      121.4       16.6       13.2       12.7       12.5        7.2       10.3
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                                   Table 5.-Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series
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                                           1998       1999     Feb 00     Mar 00    Apr 00/r/   May 00/r/  Jun 00/r/  Jul 00/p/
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                                                                    Based on current dollars
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Personal income.....................        6.5        5.4         .5         .8         .6         .3         .4         .3
Disposable personal income..........        5.9        5.0         .4         .8         .5         .3         .3         .3
Personal consumption expenditures...        5.8        7.1        1.2         .5         .2         .3         .4         .6
  Durable goods.....................        8.0        9.7        1.7       -1.2        -.6        -.9        -.1         .8
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        8.1        1.5        1.2         .0         .3         .7         .5
  Services..........................        6.3        6.2         .9         .6         .5         .5         .4         .6
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                                                                Based on chained (1996) dollars
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Disposable personal income..........        4.8        3.2        -.1         .3         .4         .3         .0         .1
Personal consumption expenditures...        4.7        5.3         .7         .1         .2         .2         .2         .4
  Durable goods.....................       10.6       12.4        1.9       -1.1        -.6       -1.0         .3         .9
  Nondurable goods..................        4.0        5.6         .6         .1         .2         .5         .1         .3
  Services..........................        3.9        3.7         .5         .4         .4         .4         .2         .3
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.