Consumer Spending

Quick Guide: Personal Income & Outlays Releases

This monthly release combines:

Personal income

• From all sources, not just wages and salaries
• Includes government social benefits, such as unemployment insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and pandemic-related payments

Outlays primarily personal consumption expenditures, also known as consumer spending

Each monthly news release includes:

The Related Materials tab takes you to a longer version of the release with tables, historical comparisons, and more

Includes info about COVID-19 and federal s�mulus programs

• What about my state or city?

See bea.gov/news/schedule for release dates:

• Personal income and outlays by state
• Real personal income by state
• Personal income by county and metropolitan area

When using the data, note:

Personal income Available in current dollars

Consumer spending Available in current and real, or adjusted for inflation, dollars

The personal income landing page includes:

bea.gov/data/income-saving/personal-income

Download tables, modify �me periods, create charts, and save your findings

The consumer spending landing page includes:

bea.gov/data/consumer-spending/main

Download tables, modify �me periods, create charts, and save your findings

More details of spending on products and services

For more info about other numbers in the release, see bea.gov's Data by Topic landing pages:

• Disposable personal income
• Personal saving rate
• PCE price index
• PCE price index, excluding food and energy

• Government receipts and expenditures