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Personal Income and Outlays

Tags: GDP, Economy
2 Nov 12:24am
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Econoday Report: Personal Income and Outlays  31, 2008

Personal income in September 2008 rose 0.2% from August.  Real personal consumption expenditures (PCE) fell 0.4% and nominal PCE fell 0.3%.  Real disposable personal income (DPI) rose 0.1% and nominal DPI increased 0.2%. The personal savings rate as a percentage of DPI was 1.3% in September.

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