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US Data: Personal Income and Disposition - Level Changes>

Release for:  September 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Level change from previous month, billions of U.S. dollars
                                            May-18  Jun-18  Jul-18  Aug-18  Sep-18
Personal income                               61.4    70.5    56.3    67.0    35.7
Compensation                                  31.9    43.0    35.1    47.6    24.0
   Wages and salaries                         27.1    37.2    30.5    42.0    19.6
     Private industries                       23.4    31.6    28.3    38.9    15.1
       Goods-producing                        -1.9     7.6     5.5     4.3     3.7
         Manufacturing                        -6.0     5.6     3.0     0.9    -0.4
       Services-producing                     25.3    23.9    22.9    34.6    11.4
         Trade, transportation, and            0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
          utilities                           11.0     4.4     2.4     8.2     2.8
         Other services-producing
          industries                          14.2    19.6    20.5    26.4     8.6
     Government                                3.7     5.6     2.1     3.1     4.6
   Supplements to wages                        4.8     5.7     4.7     5.7     4.3
     Employer contributions for worker
      pension and insurance funds              3.1     3.3     2.6     3.0     3.2
     Employer contributions for govt
      social insurance                         1.7     2.4     2.1     2.7     1.1
 Proprietors' income with inventory
  valuation and capital consumption
  adjustments                                  9.2     8.2     4.2     5.4   -13.0
   Farm                                        0.5     0.5    -4.3    -4.2    -4.3
   Nonfarm                                     8.7     7.7     8.5     9.6    -8.7
 Rental income of persons with capital
  consumption adjustment                       1.3     2.9     4.5     5.9     7.2
 Pers inc. receipts on assets                 18.2    12.6     4.9     2.9     3.7
   Personal interest income                    6.1     6.2     1.2     1.3     1.2
   Personal dividend income                   12.0     6.4     3.7     1.6     2.6
  Personal current transfer receipts           4.7     8.9    12.0    10.9    16.5
    Government social benefits to persons      4.2     8.5    11.6    10.5    16.1
     Social Security                           1.8     4.0     2.2     4.0     0.0
     Medicare                                  4.1     4.6     5.1     5.6     6.1
     Medicaid                                  4.1     2.6     2.6     1.7     0.8
     Unemployment Insurance                   -1.2     0.0     0.2    -0.5    -0.7
     Veteran's benefits                       -3.1    -2.1     1.9     0.8     7.1
     Other                                    -1.5    -0.6    -0.4    -1.2     2.9
    Other current transfer receipts, from
     business (net)                            0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4
Less: Contributions for govt.
 social insurance                              3.8     5.1     4.4     5.8     2.6
Less: Personal current taxes                   2.3     6.5    10.4    11.6     6.6
Equals: Disposable pers income                59.2    63.9    46.0    55.4    29.2
Less: Personal outlays                        80.6    65.8    73.1    69.8    57.9
  PCE                                         75.4    60.4    65.4    64.8    53.0
   Goods                                      36.0     1.8    24.6    15.0    27.8
    Durable goods                              3.5    -1.5     7.5     9.1    20.5
    Nondurable goods                          32.4     3.3    17.0     6.0     7.4
   Services                                   39.4    58.7    40.7    49.9    25.1
  Personal interest payments                   4.9     4.9     4.5     4.5     4.5
  Personal current transfer payments           0.4     0.5     3.3     0.4     0.4
   To government                               0.5     0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4
   To the rest of the world (net)
Equals: Personal saving                      -21.6    -1.7   -27.2   -14.4   -28.7
  Personal saving as a percentage of
   disposable personal income                 -0.1    -0.1    -0.2    -0.1    -0.2
Addenda:
 Personal Income ex. Current
  transfer receipts, billions of
   chained 2012 dollars                       25.1    41.8    22.4    37.3     1.5
  Disposable personal income:
    Total, billions of chained (2012)
     dollars                                  25.5    43.0    22.7    35.9     9.5
    Per capita:
      Current dollars                        153.0   167.0   109.0   136.0    56.0
      Chained (2012) dollars                  53.0   104.0    41.0    79.0    -1.0
  Population (thousands)                     188.0   199.0   215.0   225.0   224.0
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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