News Release
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Personal Income and Outlays, September 2014
Personal income increased $22.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $15.7 billion,
or 0.1 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)
decreased $19.0 billion, or 0.2 percent. In August, personal income increased $50.7 billion, or 0.3 percent, DPI
increased $37.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, and PCE increased $58.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, based on revised estimates.
Real DPI increased less than 0.1 percent in September, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent in August. Real PCE
decreased 0.2 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.5 percent.
2014
May June July Aug. Sept.
(Percent change from preceding month)
Personal income, current dollars 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1
Chained (2009) dollars 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.0
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 -0.2
Chained (2009) dollars 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.5 -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.
This news release is available on BEA's Web site at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm.
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Wages and salaries
Private wages and salaries increased $12.6 billion in September, compared with an increase of $36.3 billion in August.
Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $0.7 billion, compared with an increase of $4.8 billion; manufacturing
payrolls decreased $0.3 billion, in contrast to an increase of $2.2 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls
increased $11.9 billion, compared with an increase of $31.4 billion. Government wages and salaries increased $1.4 billion,
compared with an increase of $0.9 billion.
Other personal income
Supplements to wages and salaries increased $3.5 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.2 billion in August.
Proprietors' income decreased $0.8 billion in September, compared with a decrease of $9.9 billion in August. Farm proprietors'
income decreased $9.2 billion in September, the same decrease as in August. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $8.4 billion
in September, in contrast to a decrease of $0.7 billion in August.
Rental income of persons increased $1.5 billion in September, compared with an increase of $5.2 billion in August.
Personal income receipts on assets (personal interest income plus personal dividend income) decreased $1.1 billion, compared
with a decrease of $2.5 billion. Personal current transfer receipts increased $7.5 billion, compared with an increase of $20.7 billion.
Contributions for government social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- increased $1.8 billion in
September, compared with an increase of $5.1 billion in August.
Personal current taxes and disposable personal income
Personal current taxes increased $7.0 billion in September, compared with an increase of $13.2 billion in August. Disposable personal
income (DPI) -- personal income less personal current taxes -- increased $15.7 billion, or 0.1 percent, in September, compared
with an increase of $37.5 billion, or 0.3 percent, in August.
Personal outlays and personal saving
Personal outlays -- PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments -- decreased $14.5 billion in September,
in contrast to an increase of $63.4 billion in August. PCE decreased $19.0 billion, in contrast to an increase of $58.7 billion.
Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $732.2 billion in September, compared with $702.0 billion in August.
The personal saving rate -- personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income -- was 5.6 percent in September, compared
with 5.4 percent in August. 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 -- increased less than 0.1 percent in September, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent
in August.
Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- decreased 0.2 percent in September, in contrast to an increase of 0.5 percent in August.
Purchases of durable goods decreased 1.9 percent , in contrast to an increase of 2.3 percent. Purchases of motor vehicles and parts
accounted for most of the decrease in September, and accounted for most of the increase in August. Purchases of nondurable goods
decreased 0.3 percent in September, in contrast to an increase of 0.2 percent in August. Purchases of services increased 0.1 percent,
compared with an increase of 0.4 percent.
The price index for PCE increased 0.1 percent in September, in contrast to a decrease of 0.1 percent in August. The PCE price index,
excluding food and energy, increased 0.1 percent in September, the same increase as in August.
The September price index for PCE increased 1.4 percent from September a year ago. The September PCE price index, excluding food and energy,
increased 1.5 percent from September a year ago.
Revisions
Estimates have been revised for July and August. Changes in personal income, in current-dollar and chained (2009) dollar DPI, and in
current-dollar and chained (2009) 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
(Billions of dollars) (Percent) (Billions of dollars) (Percent)
Personal income:
Current dollars 35.9 41.6 0.2 0.3 47.3 50.7 0.3 0.3
Disposable personal income:
Current dollars 24.6 29.3 0.2 0.2 35.2 37.5 0.3 0.3
Chained (2009) dollars 12.0 16.9 0.1 0.1 37.9 40.3 0.3 0.3
Personal consumption expenditures:
Current dollars 0.5 4.4 0.0 0.0 57.5 58.7 0.5 0.5
Chained (2009) dollars -9.1 -5.1 -0.1 0.0 57.8 59.4 0.5 0.5
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