[Economic Indicators April, 1996]
[Page Number 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME

According to advance estimates, per capita disposable personal income in 
chained (1992) dollars rose in the first quarter of 1996.
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                                                                                                          Dispos-      Per capita         Per capita                                            
                                                                                                           able        disposable          personal        Percent                              
                                                            Less:                                        personal   personal  income     consumption     change  in   Saving as                 
                                                          Personal    Equals:      Less:      Equals:    income in ------------------    expenditures     real  per  percent of    Population,  
                    Period                      Personal   tax and  Disposable    Personal    Personal   billions                    -------------------   capita    disposable  including Armed
                                                 income    nontax     personal   outlays\1\   saving        of               Chained                     disposable    personal  Forces overseas
                                                          payments    income                              chained   Current   (1992)  Current   Chained    personal    income     (thousands)\2\
                                                                                                          (1992)    dollars           dollars   (1992)     income                               
                                                                                                          dollars            dollars            dollars                                         
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(4)Billions of dollars                                                                                                                                                                          
(3)Dollars                                                                                                                                                                                      
(1)Percent                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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1987..........................................   3,877.3     514.2    3,363.1      3,194,7      168.4     4,154.1    13,849   17,106   12,743   15,740          0.7        5.0        242,842   
1988..........................................   4,172.8     532.0    3,640.8      3,451.7      189.1     4,318.1    14,857   17,621   13,669   16,211          3.0        5.2        245,061   
1989..........................................   4,489.3     594.9    3,894.5      3,706.7      187.8     4,403.7    15,742   17,801   14,531   16,430          1.0        4.8        247,387   
1990..........................................   4,791.6     624.8    4,166.8      3,958.1      208.7     4,484.6    16,670   17,941   15,360   16,532           .8        5.0        249,956   
1991..........................................   4,968.5     624.8    4,343.7      4,097.4      246.4     4,486.4    17,191   17,756   15,732   16,249         -1.0        5.7        252,680   
1992..........................................   5,264.2     650.5    4,613.7      4,341.0      272.6     4,613.7    18,062   18,062   16,520   16,520          1.7        5.9        255,432   
1993..........................................   5,479.2     689.9    4,789.3      4,572.9      216.4     4,666.2    18,552   18,075   17,253   16,810           .1        4.5        258,159   
1994..........................................   5,750.2     731.4    5,018.8      4,826.5      192.4     4,775.6    19,253   18,320   18,025   17,152          1.4        3.8        260,681   
1995..........................................   6,101.7     794.3    5,307.4      5,066.7      240.8     4,934.7    20,174   18,757   18,717   17,403          2.4        4.5        263,090   
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1990:IV.......................................   4,868.6     627.1    4,241.5      4,027.9      213.5     4,468.8    16,896   17,802   15,564   16,398         -3.8        5.0        251,031   
1991:IV.......................................   5,048.9     632.5    4,416.4      4,149.8      266.6     4,506.3    17,405   17,759   15,871   16,194          -.0        6.0        253,743   
1992:IV.......................................   5,415.3     674.8    4,740.5      4,450.0      290.5     4,688.7    18,478   18,277   16,877   16,692          6.7        6.1        256,543   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1993:I........................................   5,348.7     662.4    4,686.3      4,486.6      199.6     4,602.8    18,223   17,899   16,985   16,682         -8.0        4.3        257,155   
      II......................................   5,458.4     686.9    4,771.6      4,542.6      228.9     4,657.6    18,510   18,068   17,164   16,754          3.8        4.8        257,787   
      III.....................................   5,500.5     696.4    4,804.1      4,599.3      204.9     4,674.0    18,585   18,081   17,335   16,865           .3        4.3        258,501   
      IV......................................   5,609.1     713.8    4,895.3      4,663.2      232.1     4,730.4    18,887   18,251   17,528   16,937          3.8        4.7        259,192   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:I........................................   5,562.4     705.5    4,856.9      4,723.0      133.9     4,666.4    18,699   17,966   17,707   17,013         -6.1        2.8        259,738   
      II......................................   5,743.0     740.8    5,002.2      4,791.9      210.3     4,779.8    19,215   18,361   17,920   17,123          9.1        4.2        260,327   
      III.....................................   5,801.7     731.3    5,070.4      4,863.0      207.4     4,804.2    19,427   18,407   18,139   17,187          1.0        4.1        261,004   
      IV......................................   5,893.9     748.1    5,145.8      4,927.9      217.8     4,852.0    19,666   18,544   18,330   17,283          3.0        4.2        261,653   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:I........................................   5,995.5     770.0    5,225.5      4,972.2      253.3     4,895.5    19,931   18,672   18,447   17,282          2.8        4.8        262,181   
      II......................................   6,061.9     801.5    5,260.4      5,049.0      211.4     4,896.1    20,021   18,634   18,682   17,388          -.8        4.0        262,748   
      III.....................................   6,135.6     798.4    5,337.2      5,104.6      232.6     4,950.3    20,263   18,794   18,831   17,465          3.5        4.4        263,399   
      IV......................................   6,213.9     807.2    5,406.7      5,140.9      265.8     4,997.1    20,477   18,926   18,908   17,475          2.8        4.9        264,032   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Ip.......................................   6,291.3     812.4    5,478.9      5,214.7      264.2     5,037.1    20,710   19,040   19,132   17,590          2.4        4.8        264,557   
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    \1\Includes personal consumption 
expenditures, interest paid by 
persons, and personal transfer 
payments to rest of the world (net).
    \2\Annual data are averages of 
quarterly data, which are averages 
for the period.

    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).