BEA News: Personal Income and Outlays, July 2024

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

Personal income increased $75.1 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in July. Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $54.8 billion (0.3 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $103.3 billion (0.5 percent) and consumer spending increased $103.8 billion (0.5 percent). Personal saving was $598.8 billion and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income—was 2.9 percent in July.

The full text of the release can be found at www.bea.gov/news/2024/personal-income-and-outlays-july-2024.