[Economic Indicators March, 1997]
[Page Number 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME

According to revised estimates, per capita disposable personal income in 
chained (1992) dollars rose at an annual rate of 1.7 percent in the 
fourth 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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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..........................................   5,480.1     689.9    4,790.2      4,575.8      214.4     4,666.9    18,555   18,078   17,253   16,809           .1        4.5        258,159   
1994..........................................   5,753.1     731.4    5,021.7      4,832.3      189.4     4,778.2    19,264   18,330   18,033   17,159          1.4        3.8        260,681   
1995..........................................   6,115.1     794.3    5,320.8      5,071.5      249.3     4,945.8    20,224   18,799   18,719   17,400          2.6        4.7        263,090   
1996 r........................................   6,452.3     863.8    5,588.5      5,314.0      274.4     5,088.6    21,050   19,167   19,404   17,669          2.0        4.9        265,482   
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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   ..........        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   ..........        6.1        256,543   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1993:I........................................   5,349.1     662.4    4,686.7      4,489.2      197.4     4,603.0    18,225   17,900   16,984   16,681         -8.0        4.2        257,155   
      II......................................   5,459.2     686.9    4,772.3      4,545.5      226.8     4,658.0    18,513   18,069   17,164   16,754          3.8        4.8        257,787   
      III.....................................   5,501.6     696.4    4,805.2      4,602.2      202.9     4,674.8    18,589   18,084   17,335   16,864           .3        4.2        258,501   
      IV......................................   5,610.5     713.8    4,896.7      4,666.3      230.5     4,731.7    18,892   18,256   17,528   16,937          3.9        4.7        259,192   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:I........................................   5,562.4     705.5    4,856.8      4,728.0      128.8     4,666.5    18,699   17,966   17,714   17,019         -6.2        2.7        259,738   
      II......................................   5,739.1     740.8    4,998.3      4,796.1      202.2     4,776.0    19,200   18,346   17,924   17,127          8.7        4.0        260,327   
      III.....................................   5,808.2     731.3    5,076.9      4,870.8      206.2     4,810.2    19,452   18,430   18,154   17,200          1.8        4.1        261,004   
      IV......................................   5,902.7     748.1    5,154.6      4,934.2      220.4     4,859.9    19,700   18,574   18,338   17,290          3.2        4.3        261,653   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:I........................................   6,004.5     770.0    5,234.5      4,980.3      254.2     4,903.8    19,965   18,704   18,463   17,296          2.8        4.9        262,181   
      II......................................   6,074.4     801.5    5,272.9      5,054.4      218.5     4,907.1    20,068   18,676   18,689   17,393          -.6        4.1        262,748   
      III.....................................   6,146.9     798.4    5,348.5      5,106.6      241.9     4,959.5    20,306   18,829   18,823   17,454          3.3        4.5        263,399   
      IV .....................................   6,234.5     807.2    5,427.3      5,144.7      282.6     5,012.9    20,555   18,986   18,901   17,458          3.4        5.2        264,032   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:I........................................   6,308.5     824.9    5,483.5      5,218.1      265.4     5,037.6    20,727   19,041   19,128   17,573          1.2        4.8        264,563   
      II......................................   6,412.4     870.6    5,541.8      5,300.7      241.1     5,054.5    20,900   19,063   19,383   17,679           .5        4.3        265,155   
      III ....................................   6,501.4     872.5    5,628.9      5,329.8      299.1     5,114.6    21,177   19,242   19,433   17,657          3.8        5.3        265,806   
      IV r....................................   6,587.0     887.2    5,699.7      5,407.5      292.2     5,147.5    21,395   19,322   19,670   17,764          1.7        5.1        266,405   
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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).