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US Data: Personal Income and Disposition - Percent Changes>

Release for:  February 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Percent change from previous month
                                            Oct-17  Nov-17  Dec-17  Jan-18  Feb-18
Personal income                                0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4     0.4
Compensation                                   0.2     0.5     0.5     0.5     0.4
   Wages and salaries                          0.2     0.5     0.5     0.6     0.5
     Private industries                        0.2     0.6     0.5     0.6     0.5
       Goods-producing                         0.1     0.6     0.4     0.9     1.8
         Manufacturing                         0.3     0.3     0.2     1.1     2.0
       Services-producing                      0.2     0.6     0.6     0.5     0.2
         Trade, transportation, and
          utilities                            0.1     1.0     0.3     0.4     0.0
         Other services-producing
          industries                           0.3     0.5     0.6     0.5     0.2
     Government                                0.1     0.2     0.3     0.6     0.3
   Supplements to wages                        0.2     0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3
     Employer contributions for worker
      pension and insurance funds              0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2
     Employer contributions for govt
      social insurance                         0.2     0.5     0.5     0.7     0.5
 Proprietors' income with inventory
  valuation and capital consumption
  adjustments                                  0.4     1.0    -0.1     0.3     1.1
   Farm                                       -3.2    -3.0    -3.4     2.4     2.7
   Nonfarm                                     0.5     1.1     0.0     0.2     1.0
 Rental income of persons with capital
  consumption adjustment                       0.4     0.5     0.4     0.5     0.6
 Pers inc. receipts on assets                  0.9     0.6     0.8    -0.2     0.3
   Personal interest income                    1.4     1.4     1.4    -0.1    -0.1
   Personal dividend income                    0.2    -0.6     0.0    -0.3     0.9
  Personal current transfer receipts           0.4    -0.7     0.2     1.3     0.0
    Government social benefits to persons      0.4    -0.7     0.2     1.3     0.0
     Social Security                           0.7    -0.8     0.5     2.5    -0.2
     Medicare                                  0.3     0.3     0.3     0.1     0.2
     Medicaid                                  0.3     0.3     0.4     0.5     0.3
     Unemployment Insurance                   -2.1     1.1     0.0     1.4    -2.5
     Veteran's benefits                       -1.8     2.2    -0.6     2.1     0.6
     Other                                     0.9    -3.8    -0.6     1.3    -0.2
    Other current transfer receipts, from
     business (net)                            0.5     0.5     0.3     0.8     0.3
Less: Contributions for govt.
 social insurance                              0.2     0.5     0.5     1.6     0.5
Less: Personal current taxes                   0.8     0.7     0.5    -3.2     0.7
Equals: Disposable pers income                 0.3     0.3     0.4     1.0     0.4
Less: Personal outlays                         0.4     0.7     0.5     0.1     0.2
  PCE                                          0.3     0.7     0.5     0.2     0.2
   Goods                                       0.1     1.1     0.1    -0.2    -0.1
    Durable goods                              0.4     0.8     0.2    -1.5     0.2
    Nondurable goods                          -0.1     1.3     0.0     0.5    -0.2
   Services                                    0.4     0.5     0.6     0.3     0.3
  Personal interest payments                   2.4     2.4     2.3     0.0     0.0
  Personal current transfer payments           1.5     0.2     0.1     0.0     0.0
   To government                               0.3     0.3     0.3    -0.1     0.2
   To the rest of the world (net)              3.1     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0
Equals: Personal saving                       -2.5   -14.7    -3.8    34.7     5.5
  Personal saving as a percentage of
   disposable personal income                 -3.3   -13.8    -4.0    33.3     6.2
Addenda:
 Personal Income ex. Current
  transfer receipts, billions of
   chained 2005 dollars                        0.2     0.3     0.3    -0.1     0.3
  Disposable personal income:
    Total, billions of chained (2005)
     dollars                                   0.1     0.1     0.2     0.6     0.2
    Per capita:
      Current dollars                          0.2     0.2     0.3     0.9     0.3
      Chained (2005) dollars                   0.1     0.0     0.2     0.5     0.1
  Population (thousands)                       0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1     0.0
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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