[Economic Indicators November, 2009]
[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 (2005) dollars fell at an annual rate of 2.4 percent in the 
third quarter of 2009.
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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   (2005)   Current    (2005)     personal    personal  (thousands) \2\
                                                                                                        (2005)    dollars            dollars   dollars     income      income
                                                                                                        dollars            dollars
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                                                                Billions of dollars                                              Dollars
                                                    Percent
 
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1999 .......................................   7,910.8   1,107.5    6,803.3      6,595.5      207.8     7,766.7    24,356   27,805    22,707    25,923          1.9        3.1        279,328
2000 .......................................   8,559.4   1,232.3    7,327.2      7,114.1      213.1     8,161.5    25,945   28,899    24,186    26,940          3.9        2.9        282,413
2001 .......................................   8,883.3   1,234.8    7,648.5      7,443.5      204.9     8,360.1    26,809   29,303    25,058    27,389          1.4        2.7        285,294
2002 .......................................   9,060.1   1,050.4    8,009.7      7,727.5      282.2     8,637.1    27,806   29,984    25,826    27,849          2.3        3.5        288,055
2003 .......................................   9,378.1   1,000.3    8,377.8      8,088.0      289.8     8,853.9    28,816   30,454    26,843    28,369          1.6        3.5        290,729
2004 .......................................   9,937.2   1,047.8    8,889.4      8,585.7      303.7     9,155.1    30,303   31,209    28,243    29,087          2.5        3.4        293,348
2005 .......................................  10,485.9   1,208.6    9,277.3      9,149.6      127.7     9,277.3    31,338   31,338    29,790    29,790           .4        1.4        296,036
2006 .......................................  11,268.1   1,352.4    9,915.7      9,680.7      235.0     9,650.7    33,183   32,296    31,198    30,364          3.1        2.4        298,820
2007 .......................................  11,894.1   1,490.9   10,403.1     10,224.3      178.9     9,860.6    34,478   32,679    32,566    30,868          1.2        1.7        301,737
2008 .......................................  12,238.8   1,432.4   10,806.4     10,520.0      286.4     9,911.3    35,486   32,546    33,264    30,509          -.4        2.7        304,529
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                                                                                         Seasonally adjusted annual rates
 
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2006:I .....................................  11,026.7   1,321.5    9,705.2      9,493.5      211.7     9,533.8    32,596   32,020    30,725    30,182          6.8        2.2        297,743
      II ...................................  11,204.0   1,340.2    9,863.8      9,618.2      245.6     9,617.3    33,056   32,230    31,054    30,278          2.6        2.5        298,399
      III ..................................  11,336.9   1,354.3    9,982.5      9,754.9      227.7     9,662.5    33,367   32,297    31,392    30,386           .8        2.3        299,175
      IV ...................................  11,504.8   1,393.5   10,111.2      9,856.4      254.8     9,788.8    33,708   32,633    31,617    30,609          4.2        2.5        299,965
 
2007:I .....................................  11,706.9   1,459.5   10,247.4     10,038.3      209.1     9,830.2    34,085   32,697    32,126    30,818           .8        2.0        300,644
      II ...................................  11,823.4   1,481.8   10,341.7     10,158.2      183.5     9,842.7    34,320   32,664    32,398    30,835          -.4        1.8        301,332
      III ..................................  11,945.6   1,500.7   10,445.0     10,275.6      169.4     9,883.9    34,574   32,716    32,656    30,901           .6        1.6        302,108
      IV ...................................  12,100.3   1,521.9   10,578.4     10,425.0      153.5     9,886.2    34,928   32,642    33,081    30,917          -.9        1.5        302,865
 
2008:I .....................................  12,142.2   1,531.8   10,610.4     10,484.1      126.3     8,826.9    34,960   32,379    33,262    30,806         -3.2        1.2        303,498
      II ...................................  12,292.9   1,326.2   10,966.7     10,592.2      374.4    10,059.0    36,059   33,075    33,521    30,747          8.9        3.4        304,128
      III ..................................  12,286.6   1,437.3   10,849.3     10,613.6      235.7     9,838.3    35,586   32,270    33,522    30,399         -9.4        2.2        304,872
      IV ...................................  12,233.5   1,434.3   10,799.1     10,389.9      409.2     9,920.4    35,335   32,460    32,752    30,087          2.4        3.8        305,620
 
2009:I .....................................  11,952.7   1,187.3   10,765.4     10,362.3      403.1     9,926.4    35,153   32,413    32,613    30,071          -.6        3.7        306,245
      II r..................................  12,048.8   1,082.6   10,966.2     10,370.5      595.7    10,077.5    35,735   32,840    32,585    29,944          5.4        5.4        306,872
      III r.................................  12,088.7   1,089.1   10,999.6     10,509.7      489.9    10,040.6    35,758   32,640    32,964    30,090         -2.4        4.5        307,615
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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 2009:II.

    Source: Department of Commerce 
(Bureau of Economic Analysis and 
Bureau of the Census).