[Economic Indicators February, 2000]
[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 (1996) dollars rose at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 1999.
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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                including Armed
                                                 income    nontax     personal  outlays \1\   saving        of               Chained                     disposable  disposable  Forces overseas
                                                          payments    income                              chained   Current   (1996)  Current   Chained    personal    personal  (thousands) \2\
                                                                                                          (1996)    dollars           dollars   (1996)     income      income
                                                                                                          dollars            dollars            dollars
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                                                                  Billions of dollars                                             Dollars
                                                      Percent
 
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1991 .........................................   5,085.4     610.5    4,474.8      4,103.2      371.7     5,026.2    17,710   19,892   15,717   17,653         -0.4        8.3        252,677
1992 .........................................   5,390.4     635.8    4,754.6      4,340.9      413.7     5,199.8    18,616   20,359   16,482   18,025          2.3        8.7        255,403
1993 .........................................   5,610.0     674.6    4,935.3      4,584.5      350.8     5,253.6    19,121   20,354   17,259   18,372          -.0        7.1        258,107
1994 .........................................   5,888.0     722.6    5,165.4      4,849.9      315.5     5,388.3    19,820   20,675   18,097   18,878          1.6        6.1        260,616
1995 .........................................   6,200.9     778.3    5,422.6      5,120.2      302.4     5,533.0    20,613   21,032   18,888   19,272          1.7        5.6        263,073
1996 .........................................   6,547.4     869.7    5,677.7      5,405.6      272.1     5,677.7    21,385   21,385   19,727   19,727          1.7        4.8        265,504
1997 .........................................   6,951.1     968.3    5,982.8      5,711.7      271.1     5,884.7    22,320   21,954   20,610   20,272          2.7        4.5        268,046
1998 .........................................   7,358.9   1,072.6    6,286.2      6,056.6      229.7     6,125.1    23,231   22,636   21,614   21,060          3.1        3.7        270,595
1999 r........................................   7,791.0   1,151.9    6,639.0      6,483.5      155.5     6,367.2    24,304   23,309   22,907   21,969          3.0        2.3        273,161
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                                                                                                        Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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1996:III .....................................   6,597.1     877.3    5,719.8      5,433.7      286.1     5,710.9    21,517   21,483   19,801   19,770          3.5        5.0        265,834
      IV .....................................   6,677.9     898.1    5,779.7      5,512.6      267.1     5,735.3    21,687   21,520   20,029   19,875           .7        4.6        266,504
 
1997:I .......................................   6,807.6     934.2    5,873.4      5,609.9      263.4     5,798.0    21,994   21,712   20,337   20,076          3.6        4.5        267,040
      II .....................................   6,900.6     954.4    5,946.2      5,650.2      296.1     5,857.9    22,215   21,885   20,422   20,119          3.2        5.0        267,671
      III ....................................   6,993.5     978.6    6,014.9      5,759.4      255.5     5,909.8    22,410   22,019   20,749   20,387          2.5        4.2        268,399
      IV .....................................   7,102.7   1,006.0    6,096.7      5,827.4      269.3     5,973.0    22,658   22,198   20,929   20,504          3.3        4.4        269.075
 
1998:I .......................................   7,194.7   1,031.2    6,163.5      5,914.7      248.9     6,031.5    22,863   22,373   21,198   20,744          3.2        4.0        269,591
      II .....................................   7,296.3   1,058.0    6,238.3      6,020.9      217.5     6,087.5    23,086   22,528   21,524   21,004          2.8        3.5        270,219
      III ....................................   7,413.6   1,088.3    6,325.3      6,100.5      224.8     6,154.6    23,345   22,715   21,737   21,151          3.4        3.6        270,946
      IV .....................................   7,530.8   1,113.0    6,417.8      6,190.3      227.5     6,226.6    23,628   22,924   21,993   21,338          3.7        3.5        271,623
 
1999:I .......................................   7,630.2   1,124.8    6,505.4      6,310.3      195.1     6,289.3    23,904   23,110   22,381   21,637          3.3        3.0        272,145
      II .....................................   7,732.6   1,139.4    6,593.2      6,425.2      168.0     6,339.1    24,171   23,239   22,732   21,856          2.3        2.5        272,778
      III ....................................   7,831.4   1,160.4    6,671.0      6,531.5      139.5     6,384.8    24,389   23,343   23,047   22,058          1.8        2.1        273,518
      IV r....................................   7,969.6   1,183.2    6,786.5      6,666.8      119.6     6,455.4    24,750   23,542   23,465   22,320          3.5        1.8        274,204
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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).