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December 21, 2018US PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAY, NOVEMBER 2018 
The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that US personal income increased $40.2 billion, or 0.2 per cent in November 2018 (seasonally adjusted levels at annualized rates).
US personal disposable income increased $37.8 billion, or 0.2 per cent in November 2018. In real per capita terms, US disposable personal income increased $54.0 billions of Chained (2012) dollars or 0.1 per cent in November 2018.
US personal consumption expenditures increased $54.4 billion, or 0.4 per cent in November 2018.
Personal savings (disposable personal income minus personal consumer expenditures, interest paid, and transfers to government and the rest of the world) was $944.2 billion, in November 2018.
The personal savings rate was 6.0 per cent of disposable income.
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
Press Release and Table 2.6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Monthly NIPA
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