[Economic Indicators August, 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 10.5 percent in the 
second 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 .......................................  10,269.8   1,207.8    9,062.0      9,029.5       32.5     8,121.4    30,576   27,403    29,335    26,290           .5         .4        296,373
2006 .......................................  10,993.9   1,353.2    9,640.7      9,570.0       70.7     8,407.0    32,222   28,098    30,773    26,835          2.5         .7        299,199
2007 .......................................  11,663.2   1,492.8   10,170.5     10,113.1       57.4     8,644.0    33,667   28,614    32,144    27,319          1.8         .6        302,087
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2005:I .....................................  10,044.5   1,163.8    8,880.7      8,808.1       72.5     8,060.4    30,069   27,292    28,716    26,063         -5.5         .8        295,342
      II ...................................  10,184.4   1,192.7    8,991.7      8,945.9       45.8     8,110.0    30,381   27,401    29,093    26,241          1.6         .5        295,969
      III ..................................  10,289.1   1,222.3    9,066.9      9,129.8      -62.9     8,084.0    30,557   27,245    29,628    26,416         -2.3        -.7        296,719
      IV ...................................  10,561.0   1,252.5    9,308.6      9,234.2       74.4     8,231.8    31,293   27,673    29,899    26,440          6.4         .8        297,462
 
2006:I .....................................  10,781.6   1,316.0    9,465.6      9,371.2       94.4     8,334.2    31,753   27,958    30,279    26,660          4.2        1.0        298,101
      II ...................................  10,913.2   1,341.1    9,572.1      9,518.0       54.2     8,360.4    32,038   27,983    30,665    26,783           .4         .6        298,774
      III ..................................  11,056.1   1,356.2    9,699.9      9,651.8       48.1     8,407.1    32,380   28,064    30,990    26,860          1.2         .5        299,568
      IV ...................................  11,224.7   1,399.6    9,825.1      9,739.0       86.1     8,526.2    32,712   28,387    31,154    27,035          4.7         .9        300,351
 
2007:I .....................................  11,473.0   1,459.5   10,013.5      9,904.2      109.3     8,617.7    33,267   28,630    31,644    27,233          3.5        1.1        301,004
      II ...................................  11,577.5   1,489.4   10,088.0     10,056.9       31.1     8,604.5    33,441   28,523    32,014    27,306         -1.5         .3        301,667
      III ..................................  11,730.4   1,501.6   10,228.8     10,182.0       46.8     8,671.1    33,820   28,669    32,288    27,371          2.1         .5        302,452
      IV ...................................  11,872.1   1,520.5   10,351.5     10,309.2       42.4     8,683.1    34,138   28,636    32,625    27,366          -.5         .4        303,225
 
2008:I r....................................  11,960.5   1,535.0   10,425.5     10,404.9       20.6     8,667.9    34,309   28,525    32,917    27,367         -1.5         .2        303,868
      II r..................................  12,174.2   1,352.0   10,822.2     10,542.3      279.9     8,905.4    35,538   29,243    33,330    27,427         10.5        2.6        304,528
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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 2008:I.
    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).