FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION: 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1998 James E. Rankin: (202) 606-5301 (Personal Income) BEA 98-31 Greg Key: 606-5302 (Personal Outlays) Recorded message: 606-5303 PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 1998 Personal income increased $37.9 billion, or 0.5 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $28.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in August, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $36.4 billion, or 0.6 percent. In July, personal income increased $29.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $24.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE decreased $7.5 billion, or 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates. 1998 Apr. May June July Aug. (Percent change from preceding month) Personal income, current dollars 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 Disposable personal income: Current dollars .2 .3 .2 .4 .5 Chained (1992) dollars .0 .1 .3 .2 .4 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars .5 1.0 .6 -.1 .6 Chained (1992) dollars .3 .8 .6 -.3 .5 The August increase in personal income partly reflects a rebound from the effects of a strike in the motor vehicle industry, which reduced wages and salaries in the industry by approximately $7.5 billion in July and $3.5 billion in June. Because the other effects of the strike are embedded in BEA's source data and cannot easily be separated, BEA does not attempt to quantify their impact. Wages and salaries Private wage and salary disbursements increased $30.5 billion in August, compared with an increase of $20.8 billion in July. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $10.7 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $1.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $9.3 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $5.2 billion. Distributive industries' payrolls increased $4.8 billion, compared with an increase of $8.8 billion. Service industries' payrolls increased $15.0 billion, compared with an increase of $13.2 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $1.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.1 billion. Other personal income Proprietors' income increased $1.1 billion in August, compared with an increase of $0.3 billion in July. Farm proprietors' income decreased $3.4 billion, compared with a decrease of $3.7 billion. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $4.5 billion, compared with an increase of $4.0 billion. Transfer payments increased $1.3 billion in August, compared with an increase of $2.3 billion in July. Personal interest income increased $2.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.5 billion. Personal dividend income increased $0.4 billion, compared with an increase of $0.1 billion. Rental income of persons increased $1.7 billion, compared with an increase of $2.4 billion. Personal taxes and disposable personal income Personal tax and nontax payments increased $9.5 billion in August, compared with an increase of $5.3 billion in July. An increase in Federal withheld income taxes mostly accounted for the increase in August, while the increase in July was equally attributable to Federal and State and local personal taxes. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax and nontax payments -- increased $28.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in August, compared with an increase of $24.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, in July. Personal outlays and personal saving Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net) -- increased $37.1 billion in August, in contrast to a decrease of $6.2 billion in July. PCE increased $36.4 billion, in contrast to a decrease of $7.5 billion. Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $20.8 billion in August, compared with $29.4 billion in July. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 0.3 percent in August, compared with 0.5 percent in July. Chained (1992) dollar estimates Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.4 percent in August, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in July. Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.5 percent in August, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3 percent in July. Purchases of durable goods increased 1.4 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 4.6 percent; motor vehicle purchases accounted for more than half of the August increase and more than accounted for the July decrease. Purchases of nondurable goods decreased less than 0.1 percent in August, in contrast to an increase of 0.5 percent in July. Purchases of services increased 0.6 percent, compared with an increase of 0.3 percent. Revisions Estimates have been revised for April through July. Changes in personal income, current-dollar and chained (1992) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1992) dollar PCE for June and July -- revised and as published in the prior release -- are shown below. Disposable personal income and personal saving were revised downward by about $5 billion each month beginning in April, because of an upward revision in state income tax payments. Change from preceding month June July Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised (Dollars) (Percent) (Dollars) (Percent) Personal income: Current dollars . . 18.1 18.5 0.3 0.3 34.2 29.8 0.5 0.4 Disposable personal income: Current dollars . . 11.5 13.1 .2 .2 27.5 24.4 .5 .4 Chained (1992) dollars 12.7 15.2 .2 .3 13.5 13.3 .3 .2 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars . . 36.4 32.9 .6 .6 -13.8 -7.5 -.2 -.1 Chained (1992) dollars 34.6 32.7 .7 .6 -22.7 -14.7 -.4 -.3 * * * BEA's major national, international, regional, and industry estimates; selected articles from the Survey of Current Business; and BEA news releases are available on BEA's web site: http://www.bea.gov STAT-USA maintains an electronic bulletin board (EBB) and an Internet site, which contain BEA estimates, BEA news releases, and the Survey of Current Business. The information available through STAT-USA is often more detailed and more timely than that available from other sources. 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Table 1. -- Personal Income [Billions of dollars] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasonally adjusted at annual rates ----------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 Mar. 98 Apr. 98r May 98r June 98r July 98r Aug. 98p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income..................... 6,425.2 6,784.0 7,033.9 7,055.3 7,085.9 7,104.4 7,134.2 7,172.1 Wage and salary disbursements..... 3,631.1 3,889.8 4,079.3 4,097.6 4,124.3 4,131.0 4,153.8 4,186.1 Private industries.............. 2,990.2 3,225.7 3,397.9 3,414.0 3,438.6 3,442.8 3,463.6 3,494.1 Goods-producing industries.... 909.0 975.0 1,020.1 1,022.8 1,025.5 1,021.3 1,020.1 1,030.8 Manufacturing............... 674.6 719.5 751.8 750.8 753.2 748.3 743.1 752.4 Distributive industries....... 823.3 879.8 920.5 926.4 935.6 934.4 943.2 948.0 Service industries............ 1,257.9 1,370.8 1,457.3 1,464.7 1,477.5 1,487.1 1,500.3 1,515.3 Government...................... 640.9 664.2 681.4 683.6 685.7 688.1 690.2 691.9 Other labor income................ 387.0 392.9 403.8 404.7 405.7 406.6 407.5 408.4 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj........................... 527.7 551.2 568.8 570.2 570.2 574.8 575.1 576.2 Farm............................ 38.9 35.5 26.6 27.2 27.7 28.2 24.5 21.1 Nonfarm......................... 488.8 515.8 542.2 543.0 542.5 546.6 550.6 555.1 Rental income of persons with CCAdj........................... 150.2 158.2 158.3 159.4 160.9 162.6 165.0 166.7 Personal dividend income.......... 248.2 260.3 261.8 262.0 262.1 262.3 262.4 262.8 Personal interest income.......... 719.4 747.3 759.3 761.2 762.8 765.0 767.5 770.2 Transfer payments to persons...... 1,068.0 1,110.4 1,144.7 1,143.8 1,145.3 1,148.3 1,150.6 1,151.9 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits. 538.0 565.9 584.4 583.7 585.1 586.2 588.1 588.8 Government unemployment insurance benefits............ 21.9 19.9 19.7 19.6 19.4 19.6 19.5 19.3 Other........................... 508.0 524.6 540.6 540.5 540.8 542.5 543.0 543.8 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance................ 306.3 326.2 342.2 343.6 345.5 346.2 347.9 350.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary. r Revised. IVA Inventory valuation adjustment CCAdj Capital consumption adjustment 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 1996 1997 Mar. 98 Apr. 98r May 98r June 98r July 98r Aug. 98p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 6,425.2 6,784.0 7,033.9 7,055.3 7,085.9 7,104.4 7,134.2 7,172.1 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments........................... 890.5 989.0 1,072.4 1,083.3 1,094.9 1,100.5 1,105.8 1,115.3 Equals: Disposable personal income... 5,534.7 5,795.1 5,961.5 5,972.0 5,990.9 6,004.0 6,028.4 6,056.9 Less: Personal outlays............... 5,376.2 5,674.1 5,884.7 5,914.4 5,970.4 6,005.2 5,999.0 6,036.1 Personal consumption expenditures... 5,215.7 5,493.7 5,697.5 5,723.9 5,782.1 5,815.0 5,807.5 5,843.9 Interest paid by persons............ 143.6 161.5 168.0 170.6 168.4 170.4 171.6 172.3 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net)........... 16.9 18.9 19.2 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.9 Equals: Personal saving.............. 158.5 121.0 76.8 57.6 20.5 -1.2 29.4 20.8 Addenda: Disposable personal income: Chained (1992) dollars 1/........... 5,043.0 5,183.1 5,309.5 5,311.7 5,318.8 5,334.0 5,347.3 5,366.4 Per capita: Current dollars................... 20,840 21,633 22,122 22,145 22,200 22,231 22,303 22,389 Chained (1992) dollars............ 18,989 19,349 19,703 19,697 19,709 19,751 19,784 19,837 Population (thousands).............. 265,579 267,880 269,482 269,669 269,862 270,069 270,289 270,524 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income ......... 2.9 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- p Preliminary. r Revised. 1/ Disposable personal income in chained (1992) 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 1996 1997 Mar. 98 Apr. 98r May 98r June 98r July 98r Aug. 98p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 353.1 358.8 26.6 21.4 30.6 18.5 29.8 37.9 Wage and salary disbursements........ 202.6 258.7 12.9 18.3 26.7 6.7 22.8 32.3 Private industries................ 184.4 235.5 11.4 16.1 24.6 4.2 20.8 30.5 Goods-producing industries...... 45.1 66.0 -0.1 2.7 2.7 -4.2 -1.2 10.7 Manufacturing................. 26.7 44.9 1.0 -1.0 2.4 -4.9 -5.2 9.3 Distributive industries......... 40.4 56.5 -0.3 5.9 9.2 -1.2 8.8 4.8 Service industries.............. 99.0 112.9 11.8 7.4 12.8 9.6 13.2 15.0 Government........................ 18.2 23.3 1.4 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.1 1.7 Other labor income.................. -14.6 5.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj............................. 39.6 23.5 4.9 1.4 0.0 4.6 0.3 1.1 Farm.............................. 16.5 -3.4 -0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 -3.7 -3.4 Nonfarm........................... 23.2 27.0 5.6 0.8 -0.5 4.1 4.0 4.5 Rental income of persons with CCAdj............................. 16.5 8.0 -0.1 1.1 1.5 1.7 2.4 1.7 Personal dividend income............ 55.4 12.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 Personal interest income............ 14.5 27.9 2.3 1.9 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.7 Transfer payments to persons........ 52.1 42.4 6.3 -0.9 1.5 3.0 2.3 1.3 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits... 30.2 27.9 3.2 -0.7 1.4 1.1 1.9 0.7 Government unemployment insurance benefits.............. 0.5 -2.0 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.2 Other............................. 21.4 16.6 2.9 -0.1 0.3 1.7 0.5 0.8 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance.................. 12.7 19.9 1.0 1.4 1.9 0.7 1.7 2.3 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments............................ 95.5 98.5 3.0 10.9 11.6 5.6 5.3 9.5 Equals: Disposable personal income.... 257.6 260.4 23.6 10.5 18.9 13.1 24.4 28.5 Less: Personal outlays................ 279.0 297.9 14.7 29.7 56.0 34.8 -6.2 37.1 Personal consumption expenditures... 261.8 278.0 14.8 26.4 58.2 32.9 -7.5 36.4 Interest paid by persons............ 16.0 17.9 -0.1 2.6 -2.2 2.0 1.2 0.7 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net)........... 1.2 2.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Equals: Personal saving............... -21.3 -37.5 8.9 -19.2 -37.1 -21.7 30.6 -8.6 Addendum: Disposable personal income, chained (1992) dollars.......... 136.9 140.1 22.5 2.2 7.1 15.2 13.3 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- p Preliminary. r Revised. IVA Inventory valuation adjustment CCAdj Capital consumption adjustment Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Table 4. -- Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasonally adjusted at annual rates --------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 Mar. 98 Apr. 98r May 98r June 98r July 98r Aug. 98p ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of current dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 5,215.7 5,493.7 5,697.5 5,723.9 5,782.1 5,815.0 5,807.5 5,843.9 Durable goods....................... 643.3 673.0 697.6 698.6 724.3 737.3 703.6 711.2 Nondurable goods.................... 1,539.2 1,600.6 1,638.8 1,646.8 1,657.9 1,661.0 1,672.3 1,676.3 Services............................ 3,033.2 3,220.1 3,361.0 3,378.5 3,399.9 3,416.7 3,431.6 3,456.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (1992) dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 4,752.4 4,913.5 5,074.3 5,091.1 5,133.4 5,166.1 5,151.4 5,177.8 Durable goods....................... 626.1 668.6 703.8 704.2 734.0 749.8 715.1 724.9 Nondurable goods.................... 1,450.9 1,486.3 1,531.4 1,536.8 1,540.7 1,545.2 1,553.5 1,553.3 Services............................ 2,676.7 2,761.5 2,843.8 2,854.3 2,866.1 2,880.0 2,887.5 2,904.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Implicit price deflators (Index numbers, 1992 = 100) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 109.75 111.81 112.28 112.43 112.64 112.56 112.74 112.87 Durable goods....................... 102.75 100.66 99.12 99.20 98.68 98.33 98.40 98.11 Nondurable goods.................... 106.08 107.69 107.02 107.16 107.61 107.49 107.65 107.92 Services............................ 113.32 116.61 118.19 118.36 118.62 118.63 118.85 119.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change from preceding period ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of current dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 261.8 278.0 14.8 26.4 58.2 32.9 -7.5 36.4 Durable goods....................... 32.3 29.7 -10.6 1.0 25.7 13.0 -33.7 7.6 Nondurable goods.................... 65.6 61.4 2.1 8.0 11.1 3.1 11.3 4.0 Services............................ 164.0 186.9 23.2 17.5 21.4 16.8 14.9 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billions of chained (1992) dollars -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal consumption expenditures..... 146.8 161.1 14.6 16.8 42.3 32.7 -14.7 26.4 Durable goods....................... 37.0 42.5 -9.3 0.4 29.8 15.8 -34.7 9.8 Nondurable goods.................... 33.3 35.4 7.7 5.4 3.9 4.5 8.3 -0.2 Services............................ 77.1 84.8 14.8 10.5 11.8 13.9 7.5 17.0 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table 5. -- Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 1997 Mar. 98 Apr. 98r May 98r June 98r July 98r Aug. 98p -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on current dollars --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal income....................... 5.8 5.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 Disposable personal income............ 4.9 4.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 Personal consumption expenditures..... 5.3 5.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.6 -0.1 0.6 Durable goods....................... 5.3 4.6 -1.5 0.1 3.7 1.8 -4.6 1.1 Nondurable goods.................... 4.4 4.0 0.1 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.2 Services............................ 5.7 6.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on chained (1992) dollars --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disposable personal income............ 2.8 2.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 Personal consumption expenditures..... 3.2 3.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.6 -0.3 0.5 Durable goods....................... 6.3 6.8 -1.3 0.1 4.2 2.1 -4.6 1.4 Nondurable goods.................... 2.4 2.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 Services............................ 3.0 3.2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.