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Economic Data Brief |
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Growth & spending
Personal Income and Outlays — August 2026
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| Personal income rose 0.2% in August 2026 to $27,626.9B, +4.3% from a year ago. Prior month: $27,560.3B. | |
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Personal income
$27,626.9B
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +4.3% y/y
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Consumer spending
$22,308.5B
▲ +0.9% m/m
· +6.1% y/y
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Saving rate
4.1%
▼ −0.5 pp m/m
· −1.1 pp y/y
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Core PCE prices
130.5
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +3.0% y/y
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| Revision check| Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data. |
Key figures| Headline → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| Personal income SAAR, billions of dollars | $27,626.9B | $27,560.3B | ▲ +$66.6B | ▲ +0.2% | ▲ +$1,131.9B | ▲ +4.3% | | | Disposable personal income | $24,223.2B | $24,154.6B | ▲ +$68.6B | ▲ +0.3% | ▲ +$1,101.9B | ▲ +4.8% | | | Real disposable personal income (2017 $) | $18,410.5B | $18,415.4B | ▼ −$4.9B | ▼ 0.0% | ▲ +$236.5B | ▲ +1.3% | | | Personal consumption expenditures | $22,308.5B | $22,117.7B | ▲ +$190.8B | ▲ +0.9% | ▲ +$1,279.1B | ▲ +6.1% | | | Personal saving rate | 4.1% | 4.6% | ▼ −0.5 pp | — | ▼ −1.1 pp | — | | | Trend bars show year-over-year % change for index series, the level for rates and survey indexes over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
| Prices → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| PCE price index | 131.6 | 131.2 | ▲ +0.4 | ▲ +0.3% | ▲ +4.4 | ▲ +3.4% | | | Core PCE price index | 130.5 | 130.1 | ▲ +0.3 | ▲ +0.2% | ▲ +3.8 | ▲ +3.0% | | | Trend bars show year-over-year % change over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
What stood out- Durable goods: up 7.3% from a year ago — the fastest pace since February 2022.
- Personal saving rate: lowest since November 2022 (45 months).
Full detailShow every category and subcategory| Full detail — spending by type → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % |
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| Durable goods | $2,443.6B | $2,395.6B | ▲ +$47.9B | ▲ +2.0% | ▲ +$167.2B | ▲ +7.3% | | Nondurable goods | $4,506.1B | $4,439.9B | ▲ +$66.2B | ▲ +1.5% | ▲ +$250.3B | ▲ +5.9% | | Services | $15,358.9B | $15,282.2B | ▲ +$76.7B | ▲ +0.5% | ▲ +$861.5B | ▲ +5.9% | | Real personal income ex transfers | $17,046.6B | $17,059.8B | ▼ −$13.1B | ▼ −0.1% | ▲ +$135.5B | ▲ +0.8% |
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-09-30 23:11 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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