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May 26, 2023
US PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAY, APRIL 2023

Month over month (April 2023 vs. March 2023, seasonally adjusted)

The US Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that US personal income increased $80.1 billion, or 0.4%.
US personal disposable income increased $79.4 billion, or 0.4%.
In real per capita terms, US disposable personal income increased $1 or 0.002%.
US personal consumption expenditures increased $151.7 billion, or 0.8%.

Personal savings (disposable personal income minus personal consumer expenditures, interest paid, and transfers to government and the rest of the world) decreased $76.7 billion, or 8.7%.

 

 The personal savings rate was 4.1% of disposable income, down from 4.5%.

  

SOURCE

US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Press release, April 2023

Data retrieved from FRED, Federal Bank of St Louis, Table 2.6. Personal Income and Its Disposition, Monthly NIPA