[Economic Indicators March, 2004]
[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 (2000) dollars fell at an annual rate of 0.5 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    25,472   25,472    23,863    23,863          3.7        2.3        282,425
2001 .......................................   8,713.1   1,243.7    7,469.4      7,342.2      127.2     7,320.2    26,175   25,653    24,690    24,196           .7        1.7        285,358
2002 .......................................   8,910.3   1,053.1    7,857.2      7,674.0      183.2     7,596.7    27,259   26,355    25,622    24,773          2.7        2.3        288,240
2003 r......................................   9,203.7     990.6    8,213.1      8,043.0      170.0     7,797.8    28,215   26,789    26,650    25,303          1.6        2.1        291,086
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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    23,512    23,680          8.1        2.4        281,304
      II ...................................   8,372.3   1,231.1    7,141.2      6,970.0      171.3     7,157.5    25,322   25,380    23,715    23,769          1.7        2.4        282,014
      III ..................................   8,514.4   1,248.0    7,266.4      7,076.3      190.1     7,249.3    25,694   25,634    23,988    23,932          4.1        2.6        282,800
      IV ...................................   8,565.8   1,256.6    7,309.3      7,168.1      141.2     7,259.6    25,775   25,600    24,232    24,067          -.5        1.9        283,582
 
2001:I .....................................   8,663.5   1,302.1    7,361.3      7,219.7      141.7     7,254.6    25,896   25,520    24,394    24,040         -1.2        1.9        284,265
      II ...................................   8,690.2   1,308.7    7,381.6      7,302.3       79.3     7,228.8    25,905   25,369    24,627    24,117         -2.3        1.1        284,952
      III ..................................   8,727.4   1,120.9    7,606.4      7,395.7      210.7     7,440.6    26,621   26,041    24,702    24,164         11.0        2.8        285,726
      IV ...................................   8,771.2   1,243.0    7,528.1      7,451.0       77.1     7,356.6    26,277   25,678    25,033    24,462         -5.5        1.0        286,490
 
2002:I .....................................   8,803.6   1,069.9    7,733.7      7,538.1      195.6     7,544.8    26,932   26,274    25,270    24,653          9.6        2.5        287,156
      II ...................................   8,912.2   1,043.7    7,868.6      7,646.8      221.7     7,621.5    27,337   26,478    25,554    24,752          3.1        2.8        287,840
      III ..................................   8,944.0   1,053.0    7,891.0      7,722.0      169.0     7,605.2    27,342   26,352    25,738    24,806         -1.9        2.1        288,605
      IV ...................................   8,981.3   1,045.6    7,935.6      7,789.2      146.4     7,615.8    27,425   26,320    25,923    24,879          -.5        1.8        289,360
 
2003:I .....................................   9,048.7   1,009.4    8,039.2      7,888.3      151.0     7,662.0    27,720   26,419    26,208    24,978          1.5        1.9        290,016
      II ...................................   9,145.9   1,000.2    8,145.8      7,956.7      189.0     7,753.5    28,022   26,673    26,398    25,127          3.9        2.3        290,689
      III r.................................   9,256.3     938.5    8,317.8      8,118.5      199.3     7,882.9    28,540   27,048    26,888    25,482          5.7        2.4        291,445
      IV r..................................   9,363.9   1,014.5    8,349.4      8,208.6      140.8     7,893.0    28,575   27,013    27,102    25,621          -.5        1.7        292,194
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    \1\ Includes personal 
consumption expenditures, personal 
interest payments (nonmortgage), and 
personal current transfer payments.
    \2\ Annual data are averages of 
quarterly data, which are averages 
for the period.
    Note.--See note, p. 5.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).