Income & Saving

Personal income increased $65.3 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in April. Disposable personal income —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $40.2 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $42.8 billion (0.2 percent) and consumer spending increased $39.1 billion (0.2 percent). Personal saving was $744.5 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.6 percent in April. 

Personal income increased $122.0 billion (0.5 percent at a monthly rate) in March. Disposable personal income —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $104.0 billion (0.5 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $172.1 billion (0.9 percent) and consumer spending increased $160.9 billion (0.8 percent). Personal saving was $671.0 billion and the personal saving rate— personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.2 percent in March. 

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in 49 states and the District of Columbia in 2023, with the percent change ranging from 5.9 percent in North Dakota to –1.2 percent in Delaware.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2023, with the percent change ranging from 6.7 percent in Nevada to 0.2 percent in Nebraska.

Personal income increased $66.5 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in February. Disposable personal income —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $50.3 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $149.9 billion (0.8 percent) and consumer spending increased $145.5 billion (0.8 percent). Personal saving was $745.7 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.6 percent in February.

Personal income increased $233.7 billion (1.0 percent at a monthly rate) in January. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $67.6 billion (0.3 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $54.3 billion (0.3 percent) and consumer spending increased $43.9 billion (0.2 percent). Personal saving was $779.3 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.8 percent in January.

Personal income increased $60.0 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in December. Disposable personal income —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $51.8 billion (0.3 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $134.7 billion (0.7 percent) and consumer spending increased $133.9 billion (0.7 percent). Personal saving was $766.7 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 3.7 percent in December.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the “advance” estimate. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 4.9 percent. The increase in the fourth quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and exports. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in the third quarter of 2023, with the percent change ranging from 9.7 percent in Kansas to 0.7 percent in Arkansas.

In the third quarter of 2023, real GDP for the nation grew at an annual rate of 4.9 percent. Real GDP also increased in 15 of the 23 industry groups for which BEA prepares quarterly state estimates. 

Personal income increased $81.6 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in November. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $71.9 billion (0.4 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $47.8 billion (0.2 percent) and consumer spending increased $46.7 billion (0.2 percent). Personal saving was $839.8 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 4.1 percent in November.