United States Personal Income 1959-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Personal income in the United States rose 0.3 percent month-over-month in July of 2018, easing from 0.4 percent in the previous month and in line with market expectations. Wages and salaries increased 0.4 percent, the same pace as in June and disposable income went up 0.3 percent (0.4 percent in June). The saving rate was 6.7 percent, slightly below a 6.8 percent gain in the prior month. Personal Income in the United States averaged 0.53 percent from 1959 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 4.60 percent in May of 2008 and a record low of -4.70 percent in January of 2013.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-06-29	12:30 PM	Personal Income MoM	0.4%	0.2%	0.4%	0.3%
2018-07-31	12:30 PM	Personal Income MoM	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
2018-08-30	12:30 PM	Personal Income MoM	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
2018-09-28	12:30 PM	Personal Income MoM		0.3%	0.4%	0.34%
2018-10-29	12:30 PM	Personal Income MoM				0.33%
2018-11-29	01:30 PM	Personal Income MoM				0.34%

United States Consumer	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Consumer Confidence	100.80	96.20	111.40	51.70	Index Points	[+]
Retail Sales MoM	0.10	0.70	6.70	-3.90	percent	[+]
Retail Sales YoY	6.60	6.70	11.20	-11.50	percent	[+]
Retail Sales Ex Autos	0.30	0.90	2.60	-4.00	percent	[+]
Consumer Spending	12841.20	12722.84	12841.20	1403.69	USD Billion	[+]
Disposable Personal Income	15566.48	15520.43	15566.48	351.90	USD Billion	[+]
Personal Spending	0.40	0.40	2.80	-2.10	percent	[+]
Personal Income	0.30	0.40	4.60	-4.70	percent	[+]
Personal Savings	6.70	6.80	17.30	2.20	percent	[+]
Consumer Credit	16.60	8.50	118.10	-113.40	USD Billion	[+]
Private Sector Credit	9383.23	9380.95	9463.65	39.04	USD Billion	[+]
Bank Lending Rate	5.00	5.00	20.50	2.00	percent	[+]
Economic Optimism Index	55.70	58.00	62.90	35.80		[+]
Redbook Index	5.40	6.30	7.60	-5.80	percent	[+]
Chain Store Sales	3782.00	3961.00	15875.00	3055.00	USD Million	[+]
Gasoline Prices	0.75	0.75	0.99	0.32	USD/Liter	[+]
Households Debt To Gdp	78.70	78.50	98.00	23.80	percent of GDP	[+]
Consumer Confidence Current Conditions	113.20	112.50	121.10	57.50		[+]
Consumer Confidence Economic Expectations	80.20	83.90	108.60	44.20		[+]
Consumer Confidence Price Trends	2.70	2.60	10.40	0.40		[+]

United States Personal Income

Personal Income refers to the income that persons receive in return for their provision of labor, land, and capital used in current production, plus current transfer receipts less contributions for government social insurance. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Personal Income - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Personal Income - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.