[Economic Indicators September, 1998]
[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 1.8 percent in the 
second quarter of 1998.
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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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                                                                  Billions of dollars                                             Dollars
                                                      Percent
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1991..........................................   4,965.6     624.8    4,340.9      4,097.4      243.5     4,483.5    17,179   17,744   15,732   16,249         -1.2        5.6        252,680
1992..........................................   5,255.7     650.5    4,605.1      4,341.0      264.1     4,605.1    18,029   18,029   16,520   16,520          1.6        5.7        255,432
1993..........................................   5,481.0     690.0    4,791.1      4,580.7      210.3     4,666.7    18,558   18,077   17,273   16,825           .3        4.4        258,161
1994..........................................   5,757.9     739.1    5,018.9      4,842.1      176.8     4,772.9    19,251   18,308   18,093   17,207          1.3        3.5        260,705
1995..........................................   6,072.1     795.0    5,277.0      5,097.2      179.8     4,906.0    20,050   18,640   18,822   17,499          1.8        3.4        263,194
1996..........................................   6,425.2     890.5    5,534.7      5,376.2      158.5     5,043.0    20,840   18,989   19,639   17,894          1.9        2.9        265,579
1997..........................................   6,784.0     989.0    5,795.1      5,674.1      121.0     5,183.1    21,633   19,349   20,508   18,342          1.9        2.1        267,880
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                                                                                                        Seasonally adjusted annual rates
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1994:III......................................   5,804.1     739.9    5,064.2      4,876.1      188.1     4,795.2    19,400   18,369   18,199   17,232          1.8        3.7        261,040
      IV......................................   5,911.2     753.0    5,158.2      4,950.7      207.5     4,852.1    19,711   18,541   18,419   17,326          3.8        4.0        261,692
1995:I........................................   5,979.5     767.2    5,212.3      4,997.4      214.9     4,883.0    19,876   18,621   18,542   17,371          1.7        4.1        262,235
      II......................................   6,030.3     795.7    5,234.7      5,070.6      164.0     4,876.0    19,915   18,551   18,762   17,476         -1.5        3.1        262,847
      III.....................................   6,093.5     799.0    5,294.5      5,132.1      162.4     4,909.1    20,091   18,628   18,922   17,544          1.7        3.1        263,527
      IV......................................   6,185.0     818.3    5,366.8      5,188.8      178.0     4,956.1    20,316   18,761   19,061   17,602          2.9        3.3        264,169
1996:I........................................   6,284.3     849.7    5,434.6      5,261.1      173.5     4,992.0    20,533   18,860   19,299   17,727          2.1        3.2        264,680
      II......................................   6,390.0     893.3    5,496.7      5,356.2      140.5     5,018.4    20,722   18,919   19,600   17,894          1.3        2.6        265,258
      III.....................................   6,476.7     899.4    5,577.3      5,405.2      172.2     5,072.8    20,976   19,079   19,717   17,934          3.4        3.1        265,887
      IV......................................   6,549.8     919.7    5,630.1      5,482.5      147.6     5,089.0    21,127   19,096   19,938   18,021           .4        2.6        266,491
1997:I........................................   6,666.7     955.6    5,711.2      5,575.8      135.4     5,130.8    21,391   19,217   20,235   18,178          2.6        2.4        266,987
      II......................................   6,743.6     975.8    5,767.9      5,616.0      151.9     5,167.5    21,558   19,315   20,329   18,213          2.1        2.6        267,545
      III.....................................   6,820.9     999.0    5,821.8      5,723.3       98.5     5,198.4    21,709   19,385   20,660   18,447          1.5        1.7        268,171
      IV......................................   6,904.9   1,025.5    5,879.4      5,781.2       98.2     5,235.8    21,871   19,478   20,807   18,529          1.9        1.7        268,815
1998:I........................................   7,003.9   1,066.8    5,937.1      5,864.0       73.0     5,287.1    22,046   19,632   21,078   18,770          3.2        1.2        269,309
      II r....................................   7,081.9   1,092.9    5,988.9      5,963.3       25.6     5,321.5    22,192   19,719   21,394   19,010          1.8         .4        269,867
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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).