U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis@bea · official source
Personal Income and Outlays, April 2026
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Key points
- Personal income decreased less than $0.1 billion (less than 0.1 percent at a monthly rate) in April, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
- Disposable personal income (DPI) —personal income less personal current taxes—decreased $19.9 billion (0.1 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $111.1 billion (0.5 percent).
- Personal outlays —the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $114.0 billion in April.
- Personal saving was $611.7 billion in April, and the personal saving rate —personal saving as a percentage of DPI—was 2.6 percent.
- The decrease in current-dollar personal income in April primarily reflected a decrease in farm proprietors’ income that was partly offset by an increase in compensation.
Official source
BEAMay 28, 2026Official release ↗ Exact table ↗
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