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FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION: 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2000 James E. Rankin: (202) 606-5301 (Personal Income) BEA 00-13 Greg Key: 606-5302 (Personal Outlays) Recorded message: 606-5303 PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: APRIL 2000 Personal income increased $57.1 billion, or 0.7 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $45.0 billion, or 0.7 percent, in April, according to the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $24.1 billion, or 0.4 percent. In March, personal income increased $54.2 billion, or 0.7 percent, DPI increased $46.8 billion, or 0.7 percent, and PCE increased $38.9 billion, or 0.6 percent, based on revised estimates. 1999 2000 Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. (Percent change from preceding month) Personal income, current dollars 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 Disposable personal income: Current dollars .2 .7 .3 .7 .7 Chained (1996) dollars .0 .5 -.1 .2 .6 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars 1.1 .7 1.1 .6 .4 Chained (1996) dollars .9 .5 .7 .1 .3 Wages and salaries Private wage and salary disbursements increased $40.2 billion in April, compared with an increase of $25.0 billion in March. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $10.4 billion, compared with an increase of $7.3 billion; manufacturing payrolls increased $10.1 billion, compared with an increase of $1.2 billion. Distributive industries' payrolls increased $9.1 billion, compared with an increase of $6.3 billion. Service industries' payrolls increased $20.6 billion, compared with an increase of $11.5 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $3.1 billion in April, compared with an increase of $4.7 billion in March. The hiring of additional temporary workers for Census 2000 added $0.4 billion at an annual rate to federal civilian payrolls in April and $1.3 billion at an annual rate in March. Other personal income Proprietors' income increased $6.9 billion in April, compared with an increase of $14.6 billion in March. Farm proprietors' income increased $1.9 billion, compared with an increase of $4.6 billion. The changes in farm proprietors' income reflected the pattern of specially authorized federal farm subsidy payments, which were $7.5 billion at an annual rate in April, $7.2 billion at an annual rate in March, and $2.6 billion at an annual rate in February. Nonfarm proprietors' income increased $4.9 billion in April, compared with an increase of $10.1 billion in March. Transfer payments increased $3.6 billion in April, compared with an increase of $1.4 billion in March. Personal interest income increased $3.7 billion, compared with an increase of $4.3 billion. Personal dividend income increased $1.7 billion, compared with an increase of $1.9 billion. Rental income of persons decreased $1.8 billion, in contrast to an increase of $1.3 billion. Personal contributions for social insurance -- a subtraction in calculating personal income -- increased $2.6 billion in April, compared with an increase of $1.6 billion in March. Personal taxes and disposable personal income Personal tax and nontax payments increased $12.1 billion in April, compared with an increase of $7.4 billion in March. Disposable personal income (DPI) -- personal income less personal tax and nontax payments -- increased $45.0 billion, or 0.7 percent, in April, compared with an increase of $46.8 billion, or 0.7 percent, in March. Personal outlays and personal saving Personal outlays -- PCE, interest paid by persons, and personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net) -- increased $24.8 billion in April, compared with an increase of $39.7 billion in March. PCE increased $24.1 billion, compared with an increase of $38.9 billion. Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $48.4 billion in April, compared with $28.2 billion in March. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 0.7 percent in April, compared with 0.4 percent in March. Real DPI and real PCE Real DPI -- DPI adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.6 percent in April, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent in March. Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes -- increased 0.3 percent in April, compared with an increase of 0.1 percent in March. Purchases of durable goods decreased 0.1 percent, compared with a decrease of 1.3 percent. Purchases of nondurable goods increased 0.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of less than 0.1 percent. Purchases of services increased 0.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.5 percent. Revisions Estimates have been revised for January through March. Changes in personal income, current- dollar and chained (1996) dollar DPI, and current-dollar and chained (1996) dollar PCE for February and March -- revised and as published in last month's release -- are shown below. Revisions for January to personal income and PCE were small. A downward revision for January to DPI was primarily accounted for by an upward revision to personal tax and nontax payments. Change from preceding month February March Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised Previous Revised (Dollars) (Percent) (Dollars) (Percent) Personal Income: Current dollars.. 33.4 30.7 0.4 0.4 56.6 54.2 0.7 0.7 Disposable personal income: Current dollars.. 22.8 20.3 .3 .3 49.1 46.8 .7 .7 Chained (1996) dollars.. -4.7 -6.9 -.1 -.1 17.5 14.1 .3 .2 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars.. 93.5 70.7 1.4 1.1 34.5 38.9 .5 .6 Chained (1996) dollars. 63.1 41.7 1.0 .7 4.9 7.9 .1 .1 BEA's major national, international, regional, and industry estimates; the Survey of Current Business; and BEA news releases are available without charge on BEA's Web site:STAT-USA maintains an Internet site that contains BEA estimates, the Survey of Current Business, and BEA news releases. The information available through STAT-USA is often more detailed and more timely than that available from other sources. For information about STAT-USA, go to , or call (202) 482-1986. 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Annual Revision of the National Income and Product Accounts As part of the annual revision of the national income and product accounts, revised estimates of personal income and outlays for January 1997 through May 2000 will be released along with preliminary estimates for June 2000 on August 1. Information about the revision will be available in the August 1 news release and in an article describing the revision, which will appear in the August 2000 issue of the Survey of Current Business. * * * Next release -- Personal Income and Outlays for May will be released on June 30, at 8:30 A.M. EDT. Table 1. -- Personal Income [Billions of dollars] Seasonally adjusted at annual rates 1998 1999 1999 2000 Nov. Dec. Jan./r/ Feb./r/ Mar./r/ Apr./p/ Personal income 7,358.9 7,791.8 7,976.8 7,998.6 8,054.0 8,084.7 8,138.9 8,196.0 Wage and salary disbursements 4,186.0 4,472.3 4,569.5 4,600.5 4,640.9 4,654.4 4,684.0 4,727.3 Private industries 3,493.2 3,745.8 3,831.3 3,859.0 3,889.2 3,901.1 3,926.1 3,966.3 Goods-producing industries 1,038.7 1,082.4 1,100.3 1,102.5 1,115.3 1,119.8 1,127.1 1,137.5 Manufacturing 757.5 779.7 789.3 789.0 796.2 799.7 800.9 811.0 Distributive industries 944.6 1,005.8 1,021.1 1,037.4 1,042.7 1,039.7 1,046.0 1,055.1 Service industries 1,509.9 1,657.6 1,709.9 1,719.1 1,731.2 1,741.6 1,753.1 1,773.7 Government 692.8 726.5 738.3 741.5 751.7 753.2 757.9 761.0 Other labor income 515.7 535.8 543.7 545.4 548.3 550.4 552.9 555.2 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj 606.1 658.5 694.8 675.9 677.5 682.0 696.6 703.5 Farm 25.1 31.3 46.1 21.8 21.9 22.3 26.9 28.8 Nonfarm 581.0 627.3 648.7 654.1 655.6 659.7 669.8 674.7 Rental income of persons with CCAdj 137.4 145.9 149.2 144.4 144.4 144.9 146.2 144.4 Personal dividend income 348.3 364.3 373.1 375.2 377.5 379.7 381.6 383.3 Personal interest income 897.8 931.3 958.6 964.6 968.9 972.2 976.5 980.2 Transfer payments to persons 983.6 1,018.2 1,027.8 1,034.4 1,043.0 1,048.5 1,049.9 1,053.5 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits 578.1 596.4 602.4 607.4 615.1 618.5 619.6 623.3 Government unemployment insurance benefits 19.8 20.3 20.3 20.4 20.1 20.6 20.0 19.8 Other 385.7 401.5 405.1 406.6 407.9 409.4 410.3 410.4 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance 315.9 334.6 339.9 341.8 346.5 347.3 348.9 351.5 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 1998 1999 1999 2000 Nov. Dec. Jan./r/ Feb./r/ Mar./r/ Apr./p/ Personal income 7,358.9 7,791.8 7,976.8 7,998.6 8,054.0 8,084.7 8,138.9 8,196.0 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments 1,072.6 1,152.1 1,182.0 1,192.9 1,203.3 1,213.7 1,221.1 1,233.2 Equals: Disposable personal income 6,286.2 6,639.7 6,794.8 6,805.7 6,850.7 6,871.0 6,917.8 6,962.8 Less: Personal outlays 6,056.6 6,483.3 6,659.3 6,732.7 6,778.2 6,849.9 6,889.6 6,914.4 Personal consumption expenditures 5,848.6 6,257.3 6,427.3 6,498.3 6,542.4 6,613.1 6,652.0 6,676.1 Interest paid by persons 185.7 201.7 207.3 209.7 210.8 211.8 212.5 213.3 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net) 22.3 24.3 24.7 24.7 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 Equals: Personal saving 229.7 156.3 135.5 73.0 72.5 21.1 28.2 48.4 Addenda: Disposable personal income: Chained (1996) dollars /1/ 6,107.1 6,349.4 6,447.2 6,444.8 6,475.3 6,468.4 6,482.5 6,522.3 Per capita: Current dollars 23,231 24,307 24,780 24,802 24,951 25,013 25,167 25,314 Chained (1996) dollars 22,569 23,244 23,512 23,487 23,584 23,547 23,584 23,712 Population (thousands) 270,595 273,161 274,209 274,399 274,562 274,704 274,875 275,060 Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income 3.7 2.4 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.7 p Preliminary. r Revised. 1. Disposable personal income in chained (1996) 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 1998 1999 1999 2000 Nov. Dec. Jan./r/ Feb./r/ Mar./r/ Apr./p/ Personal income 407.8 432.9 33.4 21.8 55.4 30.7 54.2 57.1 Wage and salary disbursements 297.1 286.3 12.8 31.0 40.4 13.5 29.6 43.3 Private industries 268.8 252.6 10.3 27.7 30.2 11.9 25.0 40.2 Goods-producing industries 63.2 43.7 -1.1 2.2 12.8 4.5 7.3 10.4 Manufacturing 38.7 22.2 -4.4 -0.3 7.2 3.5 1.2 10.1 Distributive industries 65.5 61.2 2.3 16.3 5.3 -3.0 6.3 9.1 Service industries 140.1 147.7 9.1 9.2 12.1 10.4 11.5 20.6 Government 28.4 33.7 2.6 3.2 10.2 1.5 4.7 3.1 Other labor income 14.8 20.1 1.8 1.7 2.9 2.1 2.5 2.3 Proprietors' income with IVA and CCAdj 27.5 52.4 10.6 -18.9 1.6 4.5 14.6 6.9 Farm -4.4 6.2 1.2 -24.3 0.1 0.4 4.6 1.9 Nonfarm 31.9 46.3 9.4 5.4 1.5 4.1 10.1 4.9 Rental income of persons with CCAdj 7.2 8.5 1.0 -4.8 0.0 0.5 1.3 -1.8 Personal dividend income 14.9 16.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 Personal interest income 42.9 33.5 6.4 6.0 4.3 3.3 4.3 3.7 Transfer payments to persons 21.2 34.6 -0.5 6.6 8.6 5.5 1.4 3.6 Old-age, survivors, disability, and health insurance benefits 12.3 18.3 -1.8 5.0 7.7 3.4 1.1 3.7 Government unemployment insurance benefits -0.2 0.5 0.5 0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.6 -0.2 Other 9.1 15.8 0.9 1.5 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.1 Less: Personal contributions for social insurance 17.8 18.7 0.6 1.9 4.7 0.8 1.6 2.6 Less: Personal tax and nontax payments 104.3 79.5 5.5 10.9 10.4 10.4 7.4 12.1 Equals: Disposable personal income 303.4 353.5 27.9 10.9 45.0 20.3 46.8 45.0 Less: Personal outlays 344.9 426.7 52.4 73.4 45.5 71.7 39.7 24.8 Personal consumption expenditures 324.2 408.7 50.5 71.0 44.1 70.7 38.9 24.1 Interest paid by persons 19.0 16.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.8 Personal transfer payments to the rest of the world (net) 1.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Equals: Personal saving -41.4 -73.4 -24.5 -62.5 -0.5 -51.4 7.1 20.2 Addendum: Disposable personal income, chained (1996) dollars 240.4 242.3 20.2 -2.4 30.5 -6.9 14.1 39.8 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 1998 1999 1999 2000 Nov. Dec. Jan./r/ Feb./r/ Mar./r/ Apr./p/ Billions of current dollars Personal consumption expenditures 5,848.6 6,257.3 6,427.3 6,498.3 6,542.4 6,613.1 6,652.0 6,676.1 Durable goods 698.2 758.6 784.9 794.4 809.2 828.6 817.9 816.8 Nondurable goods 1,708.9 1,843.1 1,895.9 1,938.0 1,933.8 1,958.9 1,979.0 1,981.4 Services 3,441.5 3,655.6 3,746.5 3,765.9 3,799.3 3,825.6 3,855.2 3,877.9 Billions of chained (1996) dollars Personal consumption expenditures 5,681.8 5,983.6 6,098.5 6,153.7 6,183.9 6,225.6 6,233.5 6,253.7 Durable goods 731.5 815.7 849.3 862.0 879.2 901.9 890.7 889.7 Nondurable goods 1,685.3 1,776.1 1,805.8 1,837.8 1,831.7 1,839.4 1,839.1 1,844.8 Services 3,268.0 3,400.1 3,454.3 3,466.0 3,486.9 3,500.6 3,518.1 3,533.1 Implicit price deflators (Index numbers, 1996 = 100) Personal consumption expenditures 102.93 104.58 105.39 105.60 105.80 106.22 106.71 106.75 Durable goods 95.45 93.00 92.42 92.15 92.04 91.87 91.83 91.81 Nondurable goods 101.40 103.77 104.99 105.45 105.58 106.49 107.61 107.41 Services 105.31 107.52 108.46 108.65 108.96 109.28 109.58 109.76 Change From Preceding Period Billions of current dollars Personal consumption expenditures 324.2 408.7 50.5 71.0 44.1 70.7 38.9 24.1 Durable goods 55.3 60.4 17.9 9.5 14.8 19.4 -10.7 -1.1 Nondurable goods 67.2 134.3 12.4 42.1 -4.2 25.1 20.1 2.4 Services 201.7 214.1 20.2 19.4 33.4 26.3 29.6 22.7 Billions of chained (1996) dollars Personal consumption expenditures 264.6 301.8 42.0 55.2 30.2 41.7 7.9 20.2 Durable goods 74.1 84.2 20.4 12.7 17.2 22.7 -11.2 -1.0 Nondurable goods 65.4 90.8 13.4 32.0 -6.1 7.7 -0.3 5.7 Services 127.7 132.1 10.5 11.7 20.9 13.7 17.5 15.0 Table 5.-- Percent Change From Preceding Period in Selected Series Based on current dollars Personal income 5.9 5.9 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.7 Disposable personal income 5.1 5.6 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.7 Personal consumption expenditures 5.9 7.0 0.8 1.1 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.4 Durable goods 8.6 8.7 2.3 1.2 1.9 2.4 -1.3 -0.1 Nondurable goods 4.1 7.9 0.7 2.2 -0.2 1.3 1.0 0.1 Services 6.2 6.2 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 Based on chained (1996) dollars Disposable personal income 4.1 4.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.2 0.6 Personal consumption expenditures 4.9 5.3 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 Durable goods 11.3 11.5 2.5 1.5 2.0 2.6 -1.3 -0.1 Nondurable goods 4.0 5.4 0.7 1.8 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.3 Services 4.1 4.0 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 p Preliminary. r Revised. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.