Friday, October 31, 2008
Tweet[IWS] BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS September 2008 [31 October 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS September 2008 [31 October 2008]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pi0908.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/xls/pi0908.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908_fax.pdf
Personal income increased $24.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $25.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $33.6 billion, or 0.3 percent. In August, personal
income increased $44.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI decreased $107.7 billion, or 1.0 percent, and PCE
increased $4.5 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates. Excluding the rebate
payments under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, DPI increased $30.3 billion, or 0.3 percent in
September, and increased $44.0 billion, or 0.4 percent in August.
Real DPI increased 0.1 percent in September, in contrast to a decrease of 1.0 percent in August.
Real PCE decreased 0.4 percent, in contrast to an increase of less than 0.1 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS September 2008 [31 October 2008]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pi0908.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/xls/pi0908.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908_fax.pdf
Personal income increased $24.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI)
increased $25.7 billion, or 0.2 percent, in September, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $33.6 billion, or 0.3 percent. In August, personal
income increased $44.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI decreased $107.7 billion, or 1.0 percent, and PCE
increased $4.5 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, based on revised estimates. Excluding the rebate
payments under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, DPI increased $30.3 billion, or 0.3 percent in
September, and increased $44.0 billion, or 0.4 percent in August.
Real DPI increased 0.1 percent in September, in contrast to a decrease of 1.0 percent in August.
Real PCE decreased 0.4 percent, in contrast to an increase of less than 0.1 percent.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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