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Personal Income and Outlays, September 2013
Personal income increased $67.4 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$64.8 billion, or 0.5 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal
consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $24.7 billion, or 0.2 percent. In August, personal income
increased $65.6 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $66.3 billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE
increased $39.8 billion, or 0.3 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable personal income increased 0.4 percent in September, the same increase as in August.
Real PCE increased 0.1 percent in September, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in August.
2013
May June July Aug. Sept.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5
Chained (2009) dollars 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.2
Chained (2009) dollars 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1
FOOTNOTE.________
Monthly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise specified. Month-to-month
dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Month-to-month percent changes are calculated from
unrounded data and are not annualized. Real estimates are in chained (2009) dollars.
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Wages and salaries
Private wages and salaries increased $18.8 billion in September, compared with an increase of
$34.8 billion in August. Goods producing industries' payrolls increased $4.4 billion, compared
with an increase of $8.0 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $1.3 billion, compared with an increase
of $5.6 billion. Service-producing industries' payrolls increased $14.3 billion, compared with an increase
of $27.0 billion.
Government wages and salaries increased $8.8 billion in September, compared with an increase of $2.3
billion in August. Government wages were reduced by $7.3 billion in August and $7.7 billion in July
due to furloughs that affected several federal government agencies.
Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $4.0 billion in September, compared with an increase of $4.2 billion in August.
Proprietors' income increased $25.3 billion in September, compared with an increase of $15.8 billion in August.
Farm proprietors' income increased $19.7 billion, compared with an increase of $9.5 billion. In September, farm
proprietors income was boosted $10.1 billion, at an annual rate, reflecting a settlement agreement for a class-action
suit that alleged racial discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its evaluation of farm loan applicants
between 1981 and 1996. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $5.6 billion in September, compared with an increase
of $6.2 billion in August.
Rental income of persons increased $6.4 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion in August.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income) increased $2.3 billion,
in contrast to a decrease of $3.6 billion. Personal current transfer receipts increased $5.6 billion, compared
with an increase of $11.6 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- increased $3.8 billion
in September, compared with an increase of $4.7 billion in August.
Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $2.6 billion in September, in contrast to a decrease of $0.8 billion in August.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $64.8 billion, or 0.5
percent, in September, compared with an increase of $66.3 billion, or 0.5 percent in August.
Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -- increased $32.6 billion
in September, compared with an increase of $47.7 billion in August. PCE increased $24.7 billion, compared with an
increase of $39.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $619.9 billion in September, compared with $587.6 billion in August.
The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- was 4.9 percent in September,
compared with 4.7 percent in August. For a comparison of personal savings in BEA's national income and product accounts
with personal saving in the Federal Reserve Board's financial accounts of the United States (formerly called the flow
of funds accounts) and data on changes in net worth, go to www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipa-frb.asp.
Real DPI, real PCE, and price index
Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in September, the same increase as in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.1 percent in September, compared with an increase
of 0.2 percent in August. Purchases of durable goods decreased 1.2 percent in September, in contrast to an increase
of 1.7 percent in August. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts accounted for most of the decrease in September.
Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.6 percent in September, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in August.
Purchases of services increased 0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in September, the same increase as in August. The PCE price index,
excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in September, the same increase as in August.
Revisions
Estimates have been revised for July and August. Changes in personal income, current-dollars and chained (2009) dollars DPI,
and current-dollars and chained (2009) dollars 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
(Billions of dollars) (Percent) (Billions of dollars) (Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars 21.2 21.7 0.2 0.2 57.2 65.6 0.4 0.5
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 32.7 38.5 0.3 0.3 56.2 66.3 0.5 0.5
Chained (2009) dollars 19.9 25.6 0.2 0.2 36.4 47.5 0.3 0.4
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 18.3 14.6 0.2 0.1 34.5 39.8 0.3 0.3
Chained (2009) dollars 7.2 4.1 0.1 0.0 17.5 23.9 0.2 0.2
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