[Economic Indicators May, 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 3.5 percent in the 
first quarter of 1997.
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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..........................................   4,501.0     594.9    3,906.1      3,706.7      199.4     4,416.8    15,790   17,854   14,531   16,430          1.0        5.1        247,387   
1990..........................................   4,804.2     624.8    4,179.4      3,958.1      221.3     4,498.2    16,721   17,996   15,360   16,532           .8        5.3        249,956   
1991..........................................   4,981.6     624.8    4,356.8      4,097.4      259.5     4,500.0    17,242   17,809   15,732   16,249         -1.0        6.0        252,680   
1992..........................................   5,277.2     650.5    4,626.7      4,341.0      285.6     4,626.7    18,113   18,113   16,520   16,520          1.7        6.2        255,432   
1993..........................................   5,495.6     689.9    4,805.7      4,575.8      229.9     4,682.0    18,615   18,136   17,253   16,809           .1        4.8        258,159   
1994..........................................   5,762.0     731.4    5,030.6      4,832.3      198.3     4,786.7    19,298   18,362   18,033   17,159          1.2        3.9        260,681   
1995..........................................   6,112.4     794.3    5,318.1      5,071.5      246.6     4,943.3    20,214   18,789   18,719   17,400          2.3        4.6        263,090   
1996..........................................   6,449.5     863.8    5,585.7      5,314.0      271.6     5,086.0    21,040   19,158   19,404   17,669          2.0        4.9        265,482   
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1993:I........................................   5,365.5     662.4    4,703.1      4,489.2      213.9     4,619.2    18,289   17,963   16,984   16,681         -7.8        4.5        257,155   
      II......................................   5,475.7     686.9    4,788.9      4,545.5      243.4     4,674.2    18,577   18,132   17,164   16,754          3.8        5.1        257,787   
      III.....................................   5,517.1     696.4    4,820.7      4,602.2      218.5     4,690.0    18,649   18,143   17,335   16,864           .2        4.5        258,501   
      IV......................................   5,624.1     713.8    4,910.3      4,666.3      244.0     4,744.8    18,944   18,306   17,528   16,937          3.6        5.0        259,192   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994:I........................................   5,593.6     705.5    4,888.1      4,728.0      160.1     4,696.5    18,819   18,082   17,714   17,019         -4.8        3.3        259,738   
      II......................................   5,744.6     740.8    5,003.8      4,796.1      207.7     4,781.3    19,221   18,367   17,924   17,127          6.5        4.2        260,327   
      III.....................................   5,809.8     731.3    5,078.6      4,870.8      207.8     4,811.8    19,458   18,436   18,154   17,200          1.5        4.1        261,004   
      IV......................................   5,900.1     748.1    5,151.9      4,934.2      217.8     4,857.4    19,690   18,564   18,338   17,290          2.8        4.2        261,653   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995:I........................................   6,002.9     770.0    5,232.9      4,980.3      252.6     4,902.3    19,959   18,698   18,463   17,296          2.9        4.8        262,181   
      II......................................   6,072.2     801.5    5,270.7      5,054.4      216.3     4,905.1    20,060   18,668   18,689   17,393          -.6        4.1        262,748   
      III.....................................   6,144.1     798.4    5,345.7      5,106.6      239.1     4,956.9    20,295   18,819   18,823   17,454          3.3        4.5        263,399   
      IV......................................   6,230.2     807.2    5,423.1      5,144.7      278.4     5,009.0    20,539   18,971   18,901   17,458          3.3        5.1        264,032   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:I........................................   6,304.5     824.9    5,479.6      5,218.1      261.5     5,034.0    20,712   19,028   19,128   17,573          1.2        4.8        264,563   
      II......................................   6,409.6     870.6    5,539.0      5,300.7      238.3     5,052.0    20,890   19,053   19,383   17,679           .5        4.3        265,155   
      III.....................................   6,498.9     872.5    5,626.4      5,329.8      296.6     5,112.3    21,167   19,233   19,433   17,657          3.8        5.3        265,806   
      IV......................................   6,584.9     887.2    5,697.7      5,407.5      290.2     5,145.7    21,387   19,315   19,670   17,764          1.7        5.1        266,405   
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:I r......................................   6,702.1     919.1    5,783.0      5,506.3      276.7     5,199.4    21,667   19,481   19,997   17,979          3.5        4.8        266,901   
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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).