Personal Income Up 0.1%, Consumer Spending Jumps 0.6% for September 2011
The Personal Income and Outlays report for September covers individual income, consumption and savings. Overall the report shows bad news as once again, America's income is rising less than spending....
View ArticleConsumer Spending up 0.1%, Personal Income increases 0.4%, for October 2011
The Personal Income and Outlays report for October covers individual income, consumption and savings. Consumer spending increased 0.1% while disposable income has increased 0.3%. Personal income...
View ArticleConsumer Spending, Personal Income both up 0.1%, for November 2011
The Personal Income and Outlays report for November covers individual income, consumption and savings. Consumer spending increased 0.1% while disposable income had no change. Personal income increased...
View ArticleReal Consumer Spending down -0.1%, Personal Income up 0.5%, for December 2011
People spent less and saved more in December. The Personal Income and Outlays report covers individual income, consumption and savings. Consumer spending was basically flatlined, or -0.02% from last...
View ArticleReal Consumer Spending Zero, Real Personal Income -0.1%, for January 2012
There is spending and income and then there is spending an income adjusted for price increases. The Personal Income and Outlays report covers individual income, consumption and savings. Consumer...
View ArticleReal Consumer Spending Up, 0.5%, Real Personal Income Down, -0.1%, for...
The Personal Income and Outlays report shows people spent more than they earned in February. Consumer spending increased 0.8% from last month, but after taking price increases into account, increased...
View ArticleReal Consumer Spending Increased 0.1% for March 2012, Real Disposable...
Consumer spending increased 0.3% from last month, but after taking price increases into account, showed only a 0.1% increase. Personal consumption expenditures are often called consumer spending. Real...
View ArticleReal Personal Consumption Increased 0.1% for May 2012
Consumer spending was unchanged from last month, but after taking price increases into account, shows a 0.1% increase. Personal consumption expenditures are often called consumer spending by the press....
View ArticleReal Consumer Spending Decreased -0.1%, But Wages Get a Boost for June 2012
Consumer spending was unchanged from last month, but after taking price increases into account, decreased by -0.1%. Personal consumption expenditures are often called consumer spending by the press....
View ArticleConsumer Spending Increased 0.8%, Real Personal Income Minus Government...
Americans spent more than they earned. That's what's implied in the BEA's September personal income and outlay's report. Consumer spending increased 0.8% from last month, and when adjusted for...
View ArticleThe Revisionist National Income And Product Accounts
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has revised the National Income and Product Accounts all the way back to 1928. With the release of Q2 GDP, Gross Domestic Product magically added $559.8 billion to 2012...
View ArticlePersonal Income Rose 0.4% in June; Personal Spending Rose 0.2%
Other than the employment report and the GDP report itself, the monthly report on Personal Income and Outlays from theBureau of Economic Analysis is the most important economic release we see monthly,...
View Article
