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Personal Income and Outlays — September 2026

Released September 30, 2026 · Bureau of Economic Analysis · full release · charts & history on EconomicsGuru
Personal income rose 0.2% in September 2026 to $27,707.8B, +4.1% from a year ago. Prior month: $27,653.4B. Prior periods were revised in 18 series — figures below reflect that.
Personal income
$27,707.8B
▲ +0.2% m/m
· +4.1% y/y
Consumer spending
$22,452.8B
▲ +0.5% m/m
· +6.3% y/y
Saving rate
3.8%
▼ −0.2 pp m/m
· −1.3 pp y/y
Core PCE prices
130.9
▲ +0.3% m/m
· +3.1% y/y

Revision check

REVISIONS DETECTED (18) — since last report. Every change below is calculated on the revised figures.
Personal saving rate · August 20264.1%→4.0%▼ −0.1 pp
Personal saving rate · July 20264.6%→4.5%▼ −0.1 pp
Durable goods · August 2026$2,443.6B→$2,436.1B▼ −$7.4B
Services · August 2026$15,358.9B→$15,396.0B▲ +$37.1B
Nondurable goods · July 2026$4,439.9B→$4,449.4B▲ +$9.5B
Services · July 2026$15,282.2B→$15,303.9B▲ +$21.6B
Personal consumption expenditures · August 2026$22,308.5B→$22,339.7B▲ +$31.1B
Personal consumption expenditures · July 2026$22,117.7B→$22,146.0B▲ +$28.3B
Real personal income ex transfers · August 2026$17,046.6B→$17,068.4B▲ +$21.8B
Durable goods · July 2026$2,395.6B→$2,392.8B▼ −$2.8B
Personal income · August 2026$27,626.9B→$27,653.4B▲ +$26.4B
Disposable personal income · August 2026$24,223.2B→$24,236.3B▲ +$13.2B
Real personal income ex transfers · July 2026$17,059.8B→$17,068.3B▲ +$8.5B
Personal income · July 2026$27,560.3B→$27,570.0B▲ +$9.7B
and 4 more smaller revisions (all of them are applied to the figures below).

Key figures

Headline →September 2026August 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %12-period trend
Personal incomeREVISED
SAAR, billions of dollars
$27,707.8B$27,653.4B▲ +$54.5B▲ +0.2%▲ +$1,102.9B▲ +4.1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disposable personal incomeREVISED$24,289.0B$24,236.3B▲ +$52.7B▲ +0.2%▲ +$1,076.2B▲ +4.6%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real disposable personal income (2017 $)REVISED$18,366.1B$18,416.2B▼ −$50.1B▼ −0.3%▲ +$173.3B▲ +1.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal consumption expendituresREVISED$22,452.8B$22,339.7B▲ +$113.1B▲ +0.5%▲ +$1,326.3B▲ +6.3%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal saving rateREVISED3.8%4.0%▼ −0.2 pp—▼ −1.3 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 →September 2026August 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %12-period trend
PCE price index132.3131.6▲ +0.6▲ +0.5%▲ +4.7▲ +3.6%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Core PCE price index130.9130.5▲ +0.4▲ +0.3%▲ +4.0▲ +3.1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trend bars show year-over-year % change over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted.

What stood out

  • Personal saving rate: lowest since October 2022 (47 months).

Full detail

Show every category and subcategory
Full detail — spending by type →September 2026August 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %
Durable goodsREVISED$2,422.5B$2,436.1B▼ −$13.6B▼ −0.6%▲ +$142.2B▲ +6.2%
Nondurable goodsREVISED$4,556.2B$4,507.5B▲ +$48.7B▲ +1.1%▲ +$287.0B▲ +6.7%
ServicesREVISED$15,474.1B$15,396.0B▲ +$78.1B▲ +0.5%▲ +$897.1B▲ +6.2%
Real personal income ex transfersREVISED$17,015.2B$17,068.4B▼ −$53.2B▼ −0.3%▲ +$92.0B▲ +0.5%

Sources

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Prepared 2026-10-29 13:31 UTC. Green marks an increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.