[Economic Indicators March, 2001]
[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 fell at an annual rate of 0.2 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 2000.
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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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1992 .........................................   5,390.4     635.8    4,754.6      4,340.9      413.7     5,189.3    18,616   20,318   16,482   17,989          2.0        8.7        255,403
1993 .........................................   5,610.0     674.6    4,935.3      4,584.5      350.8     5,261.3    19,121   20,384   17,259   18,399           .3        7.1        258,107
1994 .........................................   5,888.0     722.6    5,165.4      4,849.9      315.5     5,397.2    19,820   20,709   18,097   18,910          1.6        6.1        260,616
1995 .........................................   6,200.9     778.3    5,422.6      5,120.2      302.4     5,539.1    20,613   21,055   18,888   19,294          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          1.6        4.8        265,504
1997 .........................................   6,937.0     968.8    5,968.2      5,715.3      252.9     5,854.5    22,262   21,838   20,625   20,232          2.1        4.2        268,087
1998 .........................................   7,391.0   1,070.9    6,320.0      6,054.7      265.4     6,134.1    23,359   22,672   21,625   20,989          3.8        4.2        270,560
1999 .........................................   7,789.6   1,152.0    6,637.7      6,490.1      147.6     6,331.0    24,314   23,191   22,962   21,901          2.3        2.2        272,996
2000 r........................................   8,281.7   1,291.9    6,989.8      6,998.3       -8.5     6,511.0    25,379   23,640   24,534   22,853          1.9        -.1        275,423
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                                                                                                        Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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1997:I .......................................   6,792.4     935.1    5,857.3      5,609.2      248.1     5,771.8    21,929   21,609   20,329   20,032          2.0        4.2        267,105
      II .....................................   6,879.1     954.9    5,924.2      5,654.1      270.1     5,821.2    22,129   21,744   20,435   20,080          2.5        4.6        267,713
      III ....................................   6,978.6     978.9    5,999.7      5,763.7      236.0     5,877.3    22,351   21,895   20,772   20,348          2.8        3.9        268,433
      IV .....................................   7,097.9   1,006.3    6,091.6      5,834.3      257.3     5,947.5    22,637   22,102   20,961   20,465          3.8        4.2        269,096
 
1998:I .......................................   7,230.7   1,035.8    6,194.9      5,909.2      285.6     6,042.8    22,976   22,412   21,188   20,667          5.7        4.6        269,623
      II .....................................   7,339.5   1,056.4    6,283.1      6,012.9      270.2     6,110.3    23,254   22,615   21,509   20,917          3.7        4.3        270,188
      III ....................................   7,445.1   1,084.0    6,361.1      6,099.5      261.6     6,164.1    23,483   22,756   21,756   21,083          2.5        4.1        270,882
      IV .....................................   7,548.6   1,107.5    6,441.1      6,197.1      244.0     6,219.2    23,720   22,903   22,044   21,285          2.6        3.8        271,548
 
1999:I .......................................   7,628.1   1,113.2    6,514.9      6,310.3      204.6     6,263.7    23,946   23,022   22,403   21,539          2.1        3.1        272,070
      II .....................................   7,729.7   1,133.4    6,596.3      6,432.8      163.6     6,306.6    24,196   23,133   22,791   21,789          1.9        2.5        272,619
      III ....................................   7,828.5   1,164.0    6,664.5      6,543.3      121.1     6,341.7    24,384   23,203   23,123   22,003          1.2        1.8        273,315
      IV .....................................   7,972.3   1,197.3    6,775.0      6,674.1      101.0     6,412.2    24,728   23,404   23,528   22,268          3.5        1.5        273,980
 
2000:I .......................................   8,105.8   1,239.3    6,866.5      6,855.6       11.0     6,443.1    25,014   23,472   24,122   22,635          1.2         .2        274,508
      II .....................................   8,242.1   1,277.2    6,964.9      6,944.3       20.6     6,502.0    25,322   23,639   24,381   22,761          2.9         .3        275,059
      III.....................................   8,349.0   1,308.1    7,040.9      7,054.7      -13.8     6,543.7    25,535   23,732   24,701   22,956          1.6        -.2        275,735
      IV r....................................   8,429.7   1,342.7    7,087.0      7,138.6      -51.6     6,555.3    25,641   23,718   24,930   23,059          -.2        -.7        276,388
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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).