[Economic Indicators January, 2004]
[Page Number 6]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL INCOME

According to advance estimates, per capita disposable personal income in 
chained (2000) dollars fell at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the 
fourth quarter of 2003.
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                                                                                                        Dispos-      Per capita     Per capita personal
                                                                                                         able        disposable          consumption       Percent
                                                                                                       personal   personal  income      expenditures     change  in   Saving as
                                                          Less:     Equals:      Less:      Equals:    income in ---------------------------------------  real  per  percent of    Population,
                   Period                     Personal  Personal  Disposable    Personal    Personal   billions                                            capita                including Armed
                                               income    current    personal  outlays \1\   saving        of               Chained             Chained   disposable  disposable  Forces overseas
                                                          taxes     income                              chained   Current   (2000)   Current    (2000)     personal    personal  (thousands) \2\
                                                                                                        (2000)    dollars            dollars   dollars     income      income
                                                                                                        dollars            dollars
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                                                                Billions of dollars                                              Dollars
                                                    Percent
 
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1994........................................   5,842.5     690.7    5,151.8      4,902.4      249.5     5,746.4    19,555   21,812    18,004    20,082          1.5        4.8        263,455
1995........................................   6,152.3     744.1    5,408.2      5,157.3      250.9     5,905.7    20,287   22,153    18,665    20,382          1.6        4.6        266,588
1996........................................   6,520.6     832.1    5,688.5      5,460.0      228.4     6,080.9    21,091   22,546    19,490    20,835          1.8        4.0        269,714
1997........................................   6,915.1     926.3    5,988.8      5,770.5      218.3     6,295.8    21,940   23,065    20,323    21,365          2.3        3.6        272,958
1998........................................   7,423.0   1,027.0    6,395.9      6,119.1      276.8     6,663.9    23,161   24,131    21,291    22,183          4.6        4.3        276,154
1999........................................   7,802.4   1,107.5    6,695.0      6,536.4      158.6     6,861.3    23,968   24,564    22,491    23,050          1.8        2.4        279,328
2000........................................   8,429.7   1,235.7    7,194.0      7,025.6      168.5     7,194.0    25,467   25,467    23,858    23,858          3.7        2.3        282,479
2001........................................   8,713.1   1,243.7    7,469.4      7,342.2      127.2     7,320.2    26,156   25,633    24,671    24,178           .7        1.7        285,574
2002........................................   8,910.3   1,053.1    7,857.2      7,674.0      183.2     7,596.7    27,223   26,320    25,588    24,739          2.7        2.3        288,627
2003 p......................................   9,187.4     987.5    8,200.0      8,036.2      163.8     7,787.4    28,116   26,701    26,581    25,243          1.4        2.0        291,652
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2000:I......................................   8,266.2   1,207.0    7,059.2      6,888.0      171.2     7,109.7    25,094   25,274    23,511    23,680          8.1        2.4        281,308
      II....................................   8,372.3   1,231.1    7,141.2      6,970.0      171.3     7,157.5    25,320   25,378  r 23,713  r 23,768          1.7        2.4        282,037
      III...................................   8,514.4   1,248.0    7,266.4      7,076.3      190.1     7,249.3    25,688   25,627    23,982    23,926          4.0        2.6        282,873
      IV....................................   8,565.8   1,256.6    7,309.3      7,168.1      141.2     7,259.6    25,764   25,589  r 24,222    24,057          -.6        1.9        283,699
 
2001:I......................................   8,663.5   1,302.1    7,361.3      7,219.7      141.7     7,254.6    25,884   25,508    24,382    24,028         -1.3        1.9        284,402
      II....................................   8,690.2   1,308.7    7,381.6      7,302.3       79.3     7,228.8    25,887   25,352    24,610    24,101         -2.4        1.1        285,142
      III...................................   8,727.4   1,120.9    7,606.4      7,395.7      210.7     7,440.6    26,599   26,019    24,681    24,143         10.9        2.8        285,970
      IV....................................   8,771.2   1,243.0    7,528.1      7,451.0       77.1     7,356.6    26,250   25,652    25,007  r 24,438         -5.5        1.0        286,781
 
2002:I......................................   8,803.6   1,069.9    7,733.7      7,538.1      195.6     7,544.8    26,903   26,246    25,243    24,626          9.6        2.5        287,468
      II....................................   8,912.2   1,043.7    7,868.6      7,646.8      221.7     7,621.5    27,302   26,445    25,522    24,721          3.1        2.8        288,202
      III...................................   8,944.0   1,053.0    7,891.0      7,722.0      169.0     7,605.2    27,303   26,314    25,701    24,771         -2.0        2.1        289,019
      IV....................................   8,981.3   1,045.6    7,935.6      7,789.2      146.4     7,615.8    27,381   26,278    25,882  r 24,840          -.5        1.8        289,818
 
2003:I......................................   9,048.7   1,009.4    8,039.2      7,888.3      151.0     7,662.0    27,675   26,376    26,165    24,937          1.5        1.9        290,492
      II....................................   9,145.9   1,000.2    8,145.8      7,956.7      189.0     7,753.5    27,971   26,624    26,350    25,081          3.8        2.3        291,221
      III...................................   9,242.5     936.0    8,306.6      8,118.5      188.1     7,872.3    28,443   26,956    26,833    25,430          5.1        2.3        292,043
      IV p..................................   9,312.6   1,004.3    8,308.3      8,181.2      127.2     7,862.1    28,371   26,847    26,971    25,522         -1.6        1.5        292,851
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    \1\ Includes personal 
consumption expenditures, personal 
interest payments, and personal 
current transfer payments.
    \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).