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BEA 02-36

Personal Income, October 2002




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                                PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  OCTOBER 2002

 Personal income increased $7.7 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $14.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $26.9 billion, or 0.4 percent.  In September,
personal income increased $37.5 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $37.3 billion, or 0.5 percent, and
PCE decreased $31.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates.

                                                                        2002
                                             June          July          Aug.          Sept.         Oct.
                                                         (Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars              0.7           0.0          0.3            0.4          0.1

Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars                             0.7           0.1          0.4            0.5          0.2
  Chained (1996) dollars                      0.6           0.0          0.1            0.3          0.0

Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars                             0.4           1.1          0.3           -0.4          0.4
  Chained (1996) dollars                      0.3           0.9          0.1           -0.6          0.2



Wages and salaries

 Private wage and salary disbursements decreased $1.0 billion in October, in contrast to an
increase of $26.9 billion in September.  Goods-producing industries' payrolls decreased $3.2 billion,
in contrast to an increase of $1.8 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $1.5 billion, in contrast
to an increase of $0.1 billion.  Distributive industries' payrolls decreased $4.9 billion, in contrast to
an increase of $5.1 billion.  Service industries' payrolls increased $7.1 billion, compared with an
increase of $20.1 billion.  Government wage and salary disbursements increased $2.9 billion,
compared with an increase of $2.3 billion.


Other personal income

 Proprietors' income increased $1.9 billion in October, compared with an increase of $7.4 billion
in September.  Farm proprietors' income decreased $2.3 billion, in contrast to an increase of $3.0
billion.  Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $4.1 billion, compared with an increase of $4.4
billion.

 Transfer payments increased $0.4 billion in October, compared with an increase of $7.4 billion
in September.  Personal interest income decreased $1.1 billion, compared with a decrease of $3.1
billion.  Personal dividend income increased $2.2 billion, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion.
Rental income of persons decreased $1.7 billion, compared with a decrease of $8.1 billion.

 Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income --
increased $0.2 billion in October, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion in September.


Personal taxes and disposable personal income

 Personal tax and nontax payments decreased $6.6 billion in October, in contrast to an increase
of $0.1 billion in September.  Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax
and nontax payments -- increased $14.2 billion, or 0.2 percent, in October, compared with an
increase of $37.3 billion, or 0.5 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 $25.8 billion in October, in contrast to a decrease of $34.3 billion in
September.  PCE increased $26.9 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $31.4 billion.

 Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $335.3 billion in October, compared with
$346.9 billion in September.  Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.2
percent in October, compared with 4.4 percent in September.


Real DPI and real PCE

 Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased less than 0.1 percent in October,
in contrast to an increase of 0.3 percent in September.

 Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in October, in
contrast to a decrease of 0.6 percent in September.  Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.9
percent, compared with a decrease of 5.1 percent.  Purchases of motor vehicles and parts more than
accounted for the October decrease and accounted for most of the September decrease.  Purchases of
nondurable goods increased 0.5 percent in October, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in
September.  Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent in October, the same increase as in
September.


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
                               (Billions of dollars)   (Percent)      (Billions of dollars)   (Percent)
Personal Income:
  Current dollars...........       26.3     28.2       0.3      0.3       37.0    37.5       0.4      0.4

Disposable personal income:
  Current dollars...........       26.9     28.5       0.3      0.4       36.8    37.3       0.5      0.5
  Chained (1996) dollars....        7.1      8.6       0.1      0.1       18.3    19.3       0.3      0.3

Personal consumption expenditures:
  Current dollars...........       30.2     25.1       0.4      0.3      -29.6   -31.4      -0.4     -0.4
  Chained (1996) dollars....       11.2      6.5       0.2      0.1      -40.3   -41.2      -0.6     -0.6




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          Next release -- Personal Income and Outlays for November will be released on
                                 December 23, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. EST.



Release dates in 2003


December 2002.....   January 31    April 2003.....   May 30       August 2003........   September 29
January 2003......   March 3       May 2003.......   June 27      September 2003.....   October 31
February 2003.....   March 28      June 2003......   August 1     October 2003.......   November 26
March 2003........   April 28      July 2003......   August 29    November 2003......   December 23




                                   Table 1.--Personal Income and Its Disposition (Months)
                             [Billions of dollars; months seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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Personal income.....................    8,836.3    8,869.2    8,906.0    8,966.0    8,963.7    8,991.9    9,029.4    9,037.1
  Wage and salary disbursements.....    4,975.4    4,972.7    4,990.1    5,028.0    5,013.2    5,041.7    5,070.9    5,072.8
    Private industries..............    4,131.4    4,126.9    4,141.8    4,177.1    4,159.6    4,184.0    4,210.9    4,209.9
      Goods-producing industries....    1,119.4    1,116.4    1,117.1    1,123.1    1,117.0    1,122.8    1,124.6    1,121.4
        Manufacturing...............      760.2      759.1      760.6      764.7      759.3      761.6      761.7      760.2
      Distributive industries.......    1,117.1    1,113.2    1,118.1    1,126.6    1,119.2    1,123.7    1,128.8    1,123.9
      Service industries............    1,894.8    1,897.4    1,906.6    1,927.4    1,923.4    1,937.4    1,957.5    1,964.6
    Government......................      844.1      845.8      848.3      851.0      853.6      857.7      860.0      862.9
  Other labor income................      595.5      599.8      603.9      608.5      613.0      617.5      622.1      626.4

  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........      751.9      751.4      746.0      745.1      755.2      757.4      764.8      766.7
    Farm............................       22.5       14.0        5.1        3.3        7.7       10.8       13.8       11.5
    Nonfarm.........................      729.4      737.4      740.9      741.7      747.6      746.7      751.1      755.2

  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...      143.2      148.3      153.5      158.7      153.3      144.9      136.8      135.1

  Personal dividend income..........      425.5      428.0      430.3      432.7      435.0      437.3      439.4      441.6

  Personal interest income..........    1,069.0    1,075.7    1,082.3    1,088.9    1,085.8    1,082.9    1,079.8    1,078.7

  Transfer payments to persons......    1,257.6    1,275.0    1,282.9    1,289.9    1,293.1    1,297.1    1,304.5    1,304.9
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..      688.6      695.1      696.3      697.4      699.2      701.9      704.6      703.2
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............       56.2       63.5       67.7       70.8       68.1       66.8       67.7       66.9
    Other...........................      512.8      516.4      518.9      521.7      525.8      528.4      532.3      534.8

  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................      381.8      381.8      383.1      385.7      384.9      386.9      389.0      389.2

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................    1,134.0    1,127.4    1,125.4    1,128.7    1,118.1    1,117.9    1,118.0    1,111.4

Equals: Disposable personal income..    7,702.2    7,741.7    7,780.6    7,837.4    7,845.6    7,874.1    7,911.4    7,925.6

Less: Personal outlays..............    7,424.3    7,464.1    7,467.9    7,501.8    7,576.7    7,598.8    7,564.5    7,590.3
  Personal consumption expenditures.    7,205.3    7,242.7    7,244.6    7,276.7    7,354.2    7,379.3    7,347.9    7,374.8
    Durable goods...................      859.8      868.2      845.2      857.4      902.0      919.6      873.2      864.2
    Nondurable goods................    2,092.1    2,110.9    2,101.9    2,111.7    2,117.3    2,116.7    2,115.2    2,130.7
    Services........................    4,253.4    4,263.5    4,297.4    4,307.6    4,334.9    4,343.0    4,359.5    4,379.8
  Interest paid by persons..........      187.6      189.4      191.3      193.2      190.2      187.2      184.3      183.3
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........       31.5       31.9       31.9       31.9       32.3       32.3       32.3       32.3

Equals: Personal saving.............      277.9      277.7      312.7      335.6      268.9      275.3      346.9      335.3

Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
    Total, billions of chained
     (1996) dollars\1\..............    6,978.3    6,983.3    7,020.1    7,062.8    7,060.8    7,069.4    7,088.7    7,086.5
    Per capita:
      Current dollars...............     26,867     26,987     27,104     27,281     27,287     27,363     27,468     27,470
      Chained (1996) dollars........     24,342     24,344     24,455     24,585     24,558     24,566     24,612     24,562
    Population (thousands)\2\.......    286,681    286,865    287,067    287,284    287,519    287,768    288,024    288,519

  Personal saving as a percentage
   of disposable personal income....        3.6        3.6        4.0        4.3        3.4        3.5        4.4        4.2
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
1. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for
   personal consumption expenditures.
2. 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 estimate is the average of the monthly estimates.



                             Table 2.--Personal Income and Its Disposition (Years and Quarters)
                            [Billions of dollars; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           2000       2001      II 01     III 01      IV 01       I 02      II 02   III 02/r/
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Personal income.....................    8,406.6    8,685.3    8,676.2    8,706.2    8,700.9    8,803.4    8,913.7    8,995.0

  Wage and salary disbursements.....    4,836.3    4,950.6    4,956.8    4,953.7    4,931.4    4,957.8    4,997.0    5,041.9
    Private industries..............    4,067.4    4,139.8    4,151.0    4,136.6    4,106.2    4,117.4    4,148.6    4,184.8
      Goods-producing industries....    1,163.7    1,142.4    1,150.0    1,140.0    1,123.3    1,116.9    1,118.9    1,121.5
        Manufacturing...............      829.4      789.4      797.1      783.4      769.9      759.4      761.5      760.9
      Distributive industries.......    1,094.8    1,109.2    1,112.3    1,110.8    1,098.6    1,110.1    1,119.3    1,123.9
      Service industries............    1,808.9    1,888.2    1,888.8    1,885.8    1,884.3    1,890.4    1,910.5    1,939.4
    Government......................      768.9      810.8      805.8      817.1      825.2      840.4      848.4      857.1
  Other labor income................      544.2      570.4      568.2      572.4      576.3      590.8      604.1      617.5

  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........      714.8      727.9      726.6      732.4      731.3      748.4      747.5      759.2
    Farm............................       22.6       19.0       18.4       19.3       19.2       21.7        7.5       10.7
    Nonfarm.........................      692.2      708.8      708.2      713.1      712.1      726.7      740.0      748.4

  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...      146.6      137.9      134.3      140.8      139.3      141.3      153.5      145.0

  Personal dividend income..........      375.7      409.2      406.0      411.0      417.3      423.7      430.3      437.3

  Personal interest income..........    1,077.0    1,091.3    1,097.2    1,086.4    1,072.9    1,069.9    1,082.3    1,082.8

  Transfer payments to persons......    1,070.3    1,170.4    1,159.1    1,182.5    1,205.0    1,252.0    1,282.6    1,298.3
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..      617.2      664.3      660.2      670.1      674.0      690.2      696.3      701.9
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............       20.5       31.9       29.2       33.1       41.0       52.3       67.3       67.5
    Other...........................      432.5      474.2      469.7      479.3      490.0      509.5      519.0      528.8

  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................      358.4      372.3      372.2      373.1      372.7      380.5      383.5      386.9

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................    1,286.4    1,292.1    1,336.1    1,181.9    1,309.7    1,136.8    1,127.2    1,118.0

Equals: Disposable personal income..    7,120.2    7,393.2    7,340.0    7,524.2    7,391.2    7,666.7    7,786.6    7,877.0

Less: Personal outlays..............    6,918.6    7,223.5    7,198.5    7,222.0    7,329.6    7,396.3    7,477.9    7,580.0
  Personal consumption expenditures.    6,683.7    6,987.0    6,959.8    6,983.7    7,099.9    7,174.2    7,254.7    7,360.5
    Durable goods...................      803.9      835.9      820.3      824.0      882.6      859.0      856.9      898.3
    Nondurable goods................    1,972.9    2,041.3    2,044.8    2,044.3    2,044.4    2,085.1    2,108.2    2,116.4
    Services........................    3,906.9    4,109.9    4,094.7    4,115.4    4,172.9    4,230.1    4,289.5    4,345.8
  Interest paid by persons..........      205.4      205.4      207.7      206.5      199.1      190.6      191.3      187.2
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........       29.5       31.1       30.9       31.8       30.6       31.5       31.9       32.3

Equals: Personal saving.............      201.5      169.7      141.6      302.2       61.5      270.4      308.7      297.0

Addenda:
  Disposable personal income:
    Total, billions of chained
     (1996) dollars\1\..............    6,630.3    6,748.0    6,694.8    6,864.0    6,729.1    6,961.0    7,022.1    7,073.0
    Per capita:
      Current dollars...............     25,237     25,957     25,805     26,387     25,853     26,759     27,124     27,373
      Chained (1996) dollars........     23,501     23,692     23,537     24,071     23,537     24,296     24,461     24,579
    Population (thousands)\2\.......    282,128    284,822    284,442    285,154    285,898    286,507    287,072    287,770

  Personal saving as a percentage
   of disposable personal income....        2.8        2.3        1.9        4.0         .8        3.5        4.0        3.8
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r Revised.
1. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator for
   personal consumption expenditures.
2. Population is the total population of the United States, including the Armed
   Forces overseas and the institutionalized population.  The quarterly and
   annual estimates are averages of monthly population estimates.



                    Table 3.--Personal Income and Its Disposition, Change from Preceding Period (Months)
                             [Billions of dollars; months seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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Personal income.....................       29.1       32.9       36.8       60.0       -2.3       28.2       37.5        7.7

  Wage and salary disbursements.....       18.5       -2.7       17.4       37.9      -14.8       28.5       29.2        1.9
    Private industries..............       15.4       -4.5       14.9       35.3      -17.5       24.4       26.9       -1.0
      Goods-producing industries....        3.3       -3.0         .7        6.0       -6.1        5.8        1.8       -3.2
        Manufacturing...............        1.2       -1.1        1.5        4.1       -5.4        2.3         .1       -1.5
      Distributive industries.......        7.5       -3.9        4.9        8.5       -7.4        4.5        5.1       -4.9
      Service industries............        4.5        2.6        9.2       20.8       -4.0       14.0       20.1        7.1
    Government......................        3.2        1.7        2.5        2.7        2.6        4.1        2.3        2.9
  Other labor income................        4.8        4.3        4.1        4.6        4.5        4.5        4.6        4.3

  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........        1.9        -.5       -5.4        -.9       10.1        2.2        7.4        1.9
    Farm............................         .7       -8.5       -8.9       -1.8        4.4        3.1        3.0       -2.3
    Nonfarm.........................        1.2        8.0        3.5         .8        5.9        -.9        4.4        4.1

  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...        1.9        5.1        5.2        5.2       -5.4       -8.4       -8.1       -1.7

  Personal dividend income..........        1.7        2.5        2.3        2.4        2.3        2.3        2.1        2.2

  Personal interest income..........        -.9        6.7        6.6        6.6       -3.1       -2.9       -3.1       -1.1

  Transfer payments to persons......        2.6       17.4        7.9        7.0        3.2        4.0        7.4         .4
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..       -4.6        6.5        1.2        1.1        1.8        2.7        2.7       -1.4
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............        3.6        7.3        4.2        3.1       -2.7       -1.3         .9        -.8
   Other............................        3.7        3.6        2.5        2.8        4.1        2.6        3.9        2.5

  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................        1.4         .0        1.3        2.6        -.8        2.0        2.1         .2

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................       -2.1       -6.6       -2.0        3.3      -10.6        -.2         .1       -6.6

Equals: Disposable personal income..       31.1       39.5       38.9       56.8        8.2       28.5       37.3       14.2

Less: Personal outlays..............       15.4       39.8        3.8       33.9       74.9       22.1      -34.3       25.8
  Personal consumption expenditures.       18.5       37.4        1.9       32.1       77.5       25.1      -31.4       26.9
    Durable goods...................       -3.7        8.4      -23.0       12.2       44.6       17.6      -46.4       -9.0
    Nondurable goods................        3.0       18.8       -9.0        9.8        5.6        -.6       -1.5       15.5
    Services........................       19.2       10.1       33.9       10.2       27.3        8.1       16.5       20.3
  Interest paid by persons..........       -3.0        1.8        1.9        1.9       -3.0       -3.0       -2.9       -1.0
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........         .0         .4         .0         .0         .4         .0         .0         .0

Equals: Personal saving.............       15.7        -.2       35.0       22.9      -66.7        6.4       71.6      -11.6


Addendum:
  Disposable personal income:
   Chained (1996) dollars\1\........       12.6        5.0       36.8       42.7       -2.0        8.6       19.3       -2.2
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.
1. Equals disposable personal income 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; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           2000       2001      II 01     III 01      IV 01       I 02      II 02   III 02/r/
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Personal income.....................      620.1      278.7       18.1       30.0       -5.3      102.5      110.3       81.3
  Wage and salary disbursements.....      365.9      114.3       -3.6       -3.1      -22.3       26.4       39.2       44.9
    Private industries..............      321.1       72.4      -14.2      -14.4      -30.4       11.2       31.2       36.2
      Goods-producing industries....       75.1      -21.3       -6.3      -10.0      -16.7       -6.4        2.0        2.6
        Manufacturing...............       47.4      -40.0      -10.1      -13.7      -13.5      -10.5        2.1        -.6
      Distributive industries.......       74.0       14.4       -2.7       -1.5      -12.2       11.5        9.2        4.6
      Service industries............      172.0       79.3       -5.1       -3.0       -1.5        6.1       20.1       28.9
    Government......................       44.7       41.9       10.6       11.3        8.1       15.2        8.0        8.7
  Other labor income................       34.0       26.2        3.5        4.2        3.9       14.5       13.3       13.4

  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........       36.4       13.1        5.4        5.8       -1.1       17.1        -.9       11.7
    Farm............................       -5.1       -3.6        -.9         .9        -.1        2.5      -14.2        3.2
    Nonfarm.........................       41.5       16.6        6.3        4.9       -1.0       14.6       13.3        8.4

  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...       -2.5       -8.7       -2.7        6.5       -1.5        2.0       12.2       -8.5

  Personal dividend income..........       47.7       33.5        3.5        5.0        6.3        6.4        6.6        7.0

  Personal interest income..........      107.8       14.3      -11.2      -10.8      -13.5       -3.0       12.4         .5

  Transfer payments to persons......       51.8      100.1       24.1       23.4       22.5       47.0       30.6       15.7
    Old-age, survivors, disability,
     and health insurance benefits..       29.2       47.1        7.3        9.9        3.9       16.2        6.1        5.6
    Government unemployment
     insurance benefits.............         .2       11.4        5.0        3.9        7.9       11.3       15.0         .2
   Other............................       22.3       41.7       11.8        9.6       10.7       19.5        9.5        9.8

  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................       21.0       13.9        1.1         .9        -.4        7.8        3.0        3.4

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................      127.3        5.7       -4.5     -154.2      127.8     -172.9       -9.6       -9.2

Equals: Disposable personal income..      492.8      273.0       22.5      184.2     -133.0      275.5      119.9       90.4

Less: Personal outlays..............      465.3      304.9       54.6       23.5      107.6       66.7       81.6      102.1
  Personal consumption expenditures.      437.2      303.3       55.1       23.9      116.2       74.3       80.5      105.8
    Durable goods...................       48.0       32.0        3.5        3.7       58.6      -23.6       -2.1       41.4
    Nondurable goods................      142.8       68.4       13.3        -.5         .1       40.7       23.1        8.2
    Services........................      246.4      203.0       38.3       20.7       57.5       57.2       59.4       56.3
  Interest paid by persons..........       25.9         .0        -.6       -1.2       -7.4       -8.5         .7       -4.1
  Personal transfer payments to the
   rest of the world (net)..........        2.2        1.6         .0         .9       -1.2         .9         .4         .4

Equals: Personal saving.............       27.5      -31.8      -32.1      160.6     -240.7      208.9       38.3      -11.7

Addendum:
  Disposable personal income:
   Chained (1996) dollars\1\........      301.9      117.7       -9.5      169.2     -134.9      231.9       61.1       50.9
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r Revised.
1. Equals disposable personal income deflated by the implicit price deflator
   for personal consumption expenditures.



                Table 5.--Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Months)
                                   [Percent; months seasonally adjusted at monthly rates]
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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Personal income.....................         .3         .4         .4         .7         .0         .3         .4         .1
  Wage and salary disbursements.....         .4        -.1         .3         .8        -.3         .6         .6         .0
  Other labor income................         .8         .7         .7         .8         .7         .7         .7         .7
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........         .3        -.1        -.7        -.1        1.4         .3        1.0         .2
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...        1.4        3.6        3.5        3.4       -3.4       -5.4       -5.6       -1.2
  Personal dividend income..........         .4         .6         .5         .5         .5         .5         .5         .5
  Personal interest income..........        -.1         .6         .6         .6        -.3        -.3        -.3        -.1
  Transfer payments to persons......         .2        1.4         .6         .5         .2         .3         .6         .0
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................         .4         .0         .3         .7        -.2         .5         .5         .1

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................        -.2        -.6        -.2         .3        -.9         .0         .0        -.6

Equals: Disposable personal income..         .4         .5         .5         .7         .1         .4         .5         .2

Addenda:
  Personal consumption expenditures.         .3         .5         .0         .4        1.1         .3        -.4         .4
    Durable goods...................        -.4        1.0       -2.7        1.4        5.2        2.0       -5.1       -1.0
    Nondurable goods................         .1         .9        -.4         .5         .3         .0        -.1         .7
    Services........................         .5         .2         .8         .2         .6         .2         .4         .5

  Disposable personal income, based
   on chained (1996) dollars........         .2         .1         .5         .6         .0         .1         .3         .0
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.



          Table 6.--Personal Income and Its Disposition, Percent Change from Preceding Period (Years and Quarters)
                                  [Percent; quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           2000       2001      II 01     III 01      IV 01       I 02      II 02   III 02/r/
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Personal income.....................        8.0        3.3         .8        1.4        -.2        4.8        5.1        3.7
  Wage and salary disbursements.....        8.2        2.4        -.3        -.3       -1.8        2.2        3.2        3.6
  Other labor income................        6.7        4.8        2.5        3.0        2.8       10.4        9.3        9.2
  Proprietors' income with
   inventory valuation and capital
   consumption adjustments..........        5.4        1.8        3.0        3.3        -.6        9.7        -.5        6.4
  Rental income of persons with
   capital consumption adjustment...       -1.7       -6.0       -7.8       20.9       -4.3        5.9       39.3      -20.4
  Personal dividend income..........       14.5        8.9        3.6        5.0        6.3        6.3        6.4        6.6
  Personal interest income..........       11.1        1.3       -4.0       -3.9       -4.9       -1.1        4.7         .2
  Transfer payments to persons......        5.1        9.4        8.8        8.3        7.8       16.5       10.1        5.0
  Less: Personal contributions for
   social insurance.................        6.2        3.9        1.1        1.0        -.4        8.6        3.3        3.6

Less: Personal tax and nontax
 payments...........................       11.0         .4       -1.3      -38.8       50.8      -43.3       -3.3       -3.2

Equals: Disposable personal income..        7.4        3.8        1.2       10.4       -6.9       15.8        6.4        4.7

Addenda:
  Personal consumption expenditures.        7.0        4.5        3.2        1.4        6.8        4.3        4.6        6.0
    Durable goods...................        6.4        4.0        1.7        1.8       31.6      -10.3        -.9       20.7
    Nondurable goods................        7.8        3.5        2.6        -.1         .0        8.2        4.5        1.6
    Services........................        6.7        5.2        3.8        2.0        5.7        5.6        5.7        5.4

  Disposable personal income, based
   on chained (1996) dollars........        4.8        1.8        -.6       10.5       -7.6       14.5        3.6        2.9
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                     Table 7.--Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Months)
                                [Months seasonally adjusted at annual rates except as noted]
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...    6,528.1    6,533.2    6,536.6    6,557.5    6,618.6    6,625.1    6,583.9    6,594.0
  Durable goods.....................      981.2      992.5      966.3      983.2    1,036.8    1,058.1    1,004.0      995.3
  Nondurable goods..................    1,917.5    1,915.9    1,919.7    1,926.9    1,930.6    1,925.6    1,919.8    1,929.6
  Services..........................    3,655.2    3,653.2    3,672.4    3,672.9    3,687.6    3,682.6    3,688.9    3,695.7
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Change from preceding period in
                                                               billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...        2.1        5.1        3.4       20.9       61.1        6.5      -41.2       10.1
  Durable goods.....................       -1.7       11.3      -26.2       16.9       53.6       21.3      -54.1       -8.7
  Nondurable goods..................       -8.6       -1.6        3.8        7.2        3.7       -5.0       -5.8        9.8
  Services..........................       11.2       -2.0       19.2         .5       14.7       -5.0        6.3        6.8
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Percent change from preceding period in
                                                            chained (1996) dollars at monthly rates
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...         .0         .1         .1         .3         .9         .1        -.6         .2
  Durable goods.....................        -.2        1.1       -2.6        1.7        5.5        2.1       -5.1        -.9
  Nondurable goods..................        -.4        -.1         .2         .4         .2        -.3        -.3         .5
  Services..........................         .3        -.1         .5         .0         .4        -.1         .2         .2
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.



               Table 8.--Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product (Years and Quarters)
                                       [Quarters seasonally adjusted at annual rates]
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                                           2000       2001      II 01     III 01      IV 01       I 02      II 02   III 02/r/
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                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...    6,223.9    6,377.2    6,348.0    6,370.9    6,464.0    6,513.8    6,542.4    6,609.2
  Durable goods.....................      878.9      931.9      912.4      922.6      992.0      975.9      980.7    1,033.0
  Nondurable goods..................    1,833.8    1,869.8    1,862.3    1,868.3    1,885.0    1,921.4    1,920.9    1,925.3
  Services..........................    3,524.5    3,594.9    3,589.3    3,597.5    3,616.6    3,642.2    3,666.2    3,686.4
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Change from preceding period in
                                                               billions of chained (1996) dollars
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...      259.4      153.3       22.0       22.9       93.1       49.8       28.6       66.8
  Durable goods.....................       66.4       53.0       11.8       10.2       69.4      -16.1        4.8       52.3
  Nondurable goods..................       68.7       36.0       -1.4        6.0       16.7       36.4        -.5        4.4
  Services..........................      129.1       70.4       13.0        8.2       19.1       25.6       24.0       20.2
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Percent change from preceding period in
                                                             chained (1996) dollars at annual rates
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...        4.4        2.5        1.4        1.5        6.0        3.1        1.8        4.1
  Durable goods.....................        8.2        6.0        5.3        4.6       33.6       -6.3        2.0       23.1
  Nondurable goods..................        3.9        2.0        -.3        1.3        3.6        7.9        -.1         .9
  Services..........................        3.8        2.0        1.5         .9        2.1        2.9        2.7        2.2
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r Revised.



   Table 9.--Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures: Level and Percent Change From Preceding Period (Months)
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Chain-type price indexes (1996=100),
                                                                      seasonally adjusted
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...     110.38     110.86     110.83     110.97     111.12     111.38     111.61     111.84
  Durable goods.....................      87.60      87.46      87.45      87.18      86.97      86.89      86.95      86.81
  Nondurable goods..................     109.10     110.18     109.49     109.59     109.67     109.92     110.17     110.42
  Services..........................     116.37     116.71     117.02     117.28     117.56     117.93     118.18     118.51
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
   less food and energy.............     110.03     110.33     110.40     110.54     110.66     110.95     111.14     111.28
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                              Percent change from preceding period
                                                               in price indexes at monthly rates
                                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal consumption expenditures...         .2         .4         .0         .1         .1         .2         .2         .2
  Durable goods.....................        -.3        -.2         .0        -.3        -.2        -.1         .1        -.2
  Nondurable goods..................         .6        1.0        -.6         .1         .1         .2         .2         .2
  Services..........................         .1         .3         .3         .2         .2         .3         .2         .3
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
   less food and energy.............         .1         .3         .1         .1         .1         .3         .2         .1
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.



              Table 10.--Percent Change From Month One Year Ago in Chained (1996) Dollars for Selected Series
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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Disposable personal income..........        4.0        4.1        5.0        5.6        3.9        2.2        3.1        5.7

Personal consumption expenditures...        3.3        3.1        2.9        3.1        3.8        3.6        3.7        1.9
  Durable goods.....................        8.7       10.0        6.3        6.3       12.0       13.5       10.4       -3.0
  Nondurable goods..................        3.5        3.0        2.9        3.6        3.1        2.7        3.4        3.0
  Services..........................        2.1        1.9        2.3        2.3        2.6        2.2        2.6        2.4
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.



    Table 11.--Percent Change From Month One Year Ago in Chain-Type Price Indexes for Personal Consumption Expenditures
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                                         Mar 02     Apr 02     May 02     Jun 02   Jul 02/r/  Aug 02/r/  Sep 02/r/  Oct 02/p/
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Personal consumption expenditures...        1.0        1.3        1.0        1.1        1.2        1.5        2.1        1.7
  Durable goods.....................       -3.0       -3.0       -2.6       -2.8       -3.0       -2.6       -2.3       -2.4
  Nondurable goods..................         .1         .6        -.4        -.4         .4         .9         .1        1.1
  Services..........................        2.4        2.5        2.5        2.6        2.5        2.6        4.1        2.9
Addendum:
  Personal consumption expenditures
   less food and energy.............        1.5        1.7        1.7        1.7        1.5        1.7        2.7        1.8
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p Preliminary.
r Revised.