U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis@bea · official source
Personal Income and Outlays, September 2026
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Summary
- The PCE price index rose 0.5% in September and 3.6% over 12 months. Core PCE prices rose 0.3% in the month and 3.1% over 12 months.
- Consumer spending rose 0.5% (August: +0.9%). Personal income rose 0.2% (August: +0.3%).
- Prior (August, as shown in this release): spending +0.9%, income +0.3%, PCE prices +0.3%. BEA updated July and August income.
- Next release: Wed Nov 25, 8:30 AM ET
Breakdown
- Personal income increased $54.5 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in September, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
- Disposable personal income (DPI) —personal income less personal current taxes—increased $52.7 billion (0.2 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $113.1 billion (0.5 percent).
- Personal outlays —the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $113.0 billion in September.
- Personal saving was $911.1 billion, and the personal saving rate —personal saving as a percentage of DPI—was 3.8 percent.
- The increase in current-dollar personal income in September primarily reflected increases in compensation and government social benefits.
Official source
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