[Economic Indicators May, 2008]
[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 rose at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the 
first quarter of 2008.
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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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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    23,862    23,862          3.7        2.3        282,433
2001 .......................................   8,724.1   1,237.3    7,486.8      7,354.5      132.3     7,333.3    26,235   25,697    24,722    24,215           .9        1.8        285,372
2002 .......................................   8,881.9   1,051.8    7,830.1      7,645.3      184.7     7,562.2    27,167   26,238    25,504    24,632          2.1        2.4        288,215
2003 .......................................   9,163.6   1,001.1    8,162.5      7,987.7      174.9     7,729.9    28,053   26,566    26,476    25,073          1.3        2.1        290,964
2004 .......................................   9,727.2   1,046.3    8,680.9      8,499.2      181.7     8,008.9    29,563   27,274    27,911    25,750          2.7        2.1        293,644
2005 .......................................  10,301.1   1,209.1    9,092.0      9,047.4       44.6     8,147.9    30,677   27,492    29,381    26,330           .8         .5        296,373
2006 .......................................  10,983.4   1,354.3    9,629.1      9,590.3       38.8     8,396.9    32,183   28,064    30,831    26,885          2.1         .4        299,199
2007 r......................................  11,665.6   1,483.7   10,181.9     10,134.1       47.8     8,658.6    33,705   28,663    32,223    27,402          2.1         .5        302,087
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2004:III ...................................   9,770.9   1,062.1    8,708.9      8,553.7      155.2     8,012.2    29,623   27,253    28,045    25,802          1.9        1.8        293,991
      IV ...................................  10,025.5   1,090.7    8,934.8      8,710.6      224.2     8,158.8    30,316   27,683    28,479    26,005          6.5        2.5        294,722
 
2005:I .....................................  10,074.1   1,166.4    8,907.7      8,819.0       88.7     8,089.8    30,161   27,391    28,742    26,103         -4.2        1.0        295,342
      II ...................................  10,234.1   1,195.5    9,038.6      8,970.8       67.8     8,140.9    30,539   27,506    29,167    26,270          1.7         .8        295,969
      III ..................................  10,328.6   1,223.5    9,105.1      9,153.9      -48.8     8,115.4    30,686   27,350    29,693    26,465         -2.2        -.5        296,719
      IV ...................................  10,567.4   1,251.0    9,316.4      9,245.7       70.8     8,246.0    31,320   27,721    29,918    26,480          5.5         .8        297,462
 
2006:I .....................................  10,787.1   1,318.6    9,468.5      9,384.0       84.5     8,344.2    31,763   27,991    30,307    26,709          4.0         .9        298,101
      II ...................................  10,915.5   1,342.6    9,572.9      9,542.9       30.0     8,348.6    32,041   27,943    30,739    26,807          -.7         .3        298,774
      III ..................................  11,030.9   1,355.2    9,675.8      9,677.1       -1.4     8,384.5    32,299   27,989    31,064    26,918           .7         .0        299,568
      IV ...................................  11,200.2   1,401.0    9,799.2      9,757.2       42.0     8,510.7    32,626   28,336    31,209    27,106          5.1         .4        300,351
 
2007:I .....................................  11,469.2   1,454.7   10,014.5      9,917.5       97.0     8,623.9    33,270   28,650    31,695    27,294          4.5        1.0        301,004
      II ...................................  11,577.3   1,477.6   10,099.7     10,069.2       30.5     8,607.1    33,480   28,532    32,068    27,329         -1.6         .3        301,667
      III ..................................  11,735.0   1,489.8   10,245.2     10,200.9       44.4     8,692.1    33,874   28,739    32,355    27,450          2.9         .4        302,452
      IV r..................................  11,880.9   1,512.7   10,368.2     10,348.9       19.3     8,711.7    34,193   28,730    32,770    27,534          -.1         .2        303,225
 
2008:I r....................................  12,018.4   1,516.1   10,502.3     10,441.2       61.1     8,749.7    34,562   28,794    33,061    27,544           .9         .6        303,868
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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.--Revisions include changes 
to series affected by revised wage 
and salary estimates for 2007: IV.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).