BEA News: Personal Income and Outlays, October 2012

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today:

Personal income increased $0.4 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $0.8 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in October, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.  Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) decreased $20.2 billion, or 0.2 percent.  In September, personal income increased $47.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $42.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE increased $84.0 billion, or 0.8 percent, based on revised estimates.

The full text of the release on BEA's Web site can be found at www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm

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