Every month, Americans eagerly anticipate BEA’s GDP and personal income and outlays estimates. These statistics are essential for understanding, for instance, how fast our economy is growing, or how rapidly the incomes of people across the country are rising.
SUITLAND, Md. – The following updates to BEA’s post-shutdown economic release schedule are currently available:
GDP (Second Estimate), 4th Quarter and Year 2025, will be released March 13 at 8:30 a.m. This report was originally scheduled for Feb. 26.
Personal Income and Outlays, January 2026, will be released March 13 at 8:30 a.m. This report was originally scheduled for Feb. 26.
GDP (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 4th Quarter and Year 2025, will be released April 9 at 8:30 a.m. This report was originally scheduled for March 27.
Personal Income and Outlays, February 2026, will be released April 9 at 8:30 a.m. This report was originally scheduled for March 27.
SUITLAND, Md. – The following updates to BEA’s post-shutdown economic release schedule are currently available:
New dates:
Personal Income and Outlays, October and November 2025, will be released Jan. 22 at 10 a.m. The October and November reports, originally scheduled separately for Nov. 26 and Dec. 19, 2025, will be combined into one release with statistics for both months.
SUITLAND, Md. – Personal income and outlays data for the months of July, August, and September 2025 will be updated with the initial estimate of Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter of 2025 on Dec. 23 at 8:30 a.m.
Personal income increased $147.4 billion (0.6 percent at a monthly rate) in October. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $144.1 billion (0.7 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $69.8 billion (0.3 percent) and consumer spending increased $72.3 billion (0.4 percent). Personal saving was $962.7 billion and the personal saving rate— personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.4 percent in October.
Personal income increased $71.6 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in September. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $57.4 billion (0.3 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $106.3 billion (0.5 percent) and consumer spending increased $105.8 billion (0.5 percent). Personal saving was $1.00 trillion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.6 percent in September.
Personal income increased $50.5 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in August. Disposable personal income —personal income less personal current taxes— increased $34.2 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $48.3 billion (0.2 percent) and consumer spending increased $47.2 billion (0.2 percent). Personal saving was $1.05 trillion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.8 percent in August.
Personal income increased $75.1 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in July. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $54.8 billion (0.3 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $103.3 billion (0.5 percent) and consumer spending increased $103.8 billion (0.5 percent). Personal saving was $598.8 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 2.9 percent in July.
When I hear the phrase “personal income,” I think about my paycheck. When we talk about personal income in the context of BEA’s economic statistics, however, it’s my paycheck, your paycheck, your cousin’s paycheck—and much more. In fact, I believe our monthly personal income statistics are the most comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity available on a monthly basis. They are also a widely used tool for analyzing consumer purchasing power.
Personal income increased $50.4 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in June. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $37.7 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $59.3 billion (0.3 percent) and consumer spending increased $57.6 billion (0.3 percent). Personal saving was $703.0 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.4 percent in June.
