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Personal Income and Outlays, December 2013
Personal income increased $2.3 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
decreased $3.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in December according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $44.1 billion, or 0.4 percent. In November, personal income
increased $29.8 billion, or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $14.4 billion, or 0.1 percent, and PCE increased
$74.8 billion, or 0.6 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real disposable personal income decreased 0.2 percent in December, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent
in November. Real PCE increased 0.2 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.6 percent in November.
2013
Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars 0.5 0.4 -0.1 0.2 0.0
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 0.6 0.5 -0.2 0.1 0.0
Chained (2009) dollars 0.5 0.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.2
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.4
Chained (2009) dollars 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2
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 $0.7 billion in December, compared with an increase of $35.0 billion
in November. Goods producing industries' payrolls increased $4.2 billion, compared with an increase of $10.6 billion;
manufacturing payrolls increased $2.7 billion, compared with an increase of $6.8 billion. Services-producing
industries' payrolls decreased $3.6 billion, in contrast to an increase of $24.4 billion. Government wages and
salaries increased $0.9 billion, compared with an increase of $1.4 billion.
Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $1.7 billion in December, compared with an increase of $4.3 billion in November.
Proprietors' income decreased $8.3 billion in December, the same decrease as in November. Farm proprietors' income decreased
$14.3 billion in December, the same decrease as in November. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $6.0 billion, the same
increase as in November.
Rental income of persons increased $2.1 billion in December, compared with an increase of $0.8 billion in November.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income) increased $3.1 billion, compared
with an increase of $1.3 billion. Personal current transfer receipts increased $2.9 billion, compared with an increase of $0.1 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- increased $0.7 billion in
December, compared with an increase of $4.7 billion in November.
Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $6.0 billion in December, compared with an increase of $15.5 billion in November.
Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- decreased $3.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent,
in December, in contrast to an increase of $14.4 billion, or 0.1 percent, in November.
Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -- increased $42.0 billion in December,
compared with an increase of $72.7 billion in November. PCE increased $44.1 billion, compared with an increase of $74.8 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $495.2 billion in December, compared with $541.0 billion in November. The personal
saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- was 3.9 percent in December, compared with 4.3 percent
in November. For a comparison of personal saving in BEA's national income and product accounts with personal saving in the Federal
Reserve Board's financial accounts of the United States 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 -- decreased 0.2 percent in December, in contrast to an increase of 0.1 percent in November.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.2 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.6 percent in November.
Purchases of durable goods decreased 1.4 percent in December, in contrast to an increase of 2.1 percent in November. Purchases of motor
vehicles and parts accounted for most of the decrease in December and accounted for most of the increase in November. Purchases of
nondurable goods increased 1.0 percent in December, compared with an increase of 0.6 percent in November. Purchases of services increased
0.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.
PCE price index -- The price index for PCE increased 0.2 percent in December, compared with an increase of less than 0.1 percent in November.
The PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in December, the same increase as in November.
2013 Personal Income and Outlays
Personal income increased 2.8 percent in 2013 (that is, from the 2012 annual level to the 2013 annual level), compared with an increase
of 4.2 percent in 2012. DPI increased 1.9 percent, compared with an increase of 3.9 percent. PCE increased 3.1 percent, compared with an
increase of 4.1 percent. Real DPI increased 0.7 percent in 2013, compared with an increase of 2.0 percent in 2012. Real PCE
increased 2.0 percent, compared with an increase of 2.2 percent.
Revisions
Estimates have been revised for October and November. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar DPI,
and in current-dollar and in chained (2009) dollar PCE for October and November -- revised and as published in last month's
release -- are shown below.
Change from preceding month
October November
Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised
(Billions of dollars) (percent) (Billions of dollars) (percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars -11.7 -16.9 -0.1 -0.1 30.1 29.8 0.2 0.2
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars -25.6 -28.7 -0.2 -0.2 16.2 14.4 0.1 0.1
Chained (2009) dollars -20.9 -25.2 -0.2 -0.2 12.5 11.5 0.1 0.1
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 44.2 12.7 0.4 0.1 63.0 74.8 0.5 0.6
Chained (2009) dollars 43.8 13.2 0.4 0.1 56.2 67.8 0.5 0.6
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