Personal Income and Outlays, April 2024 May 31, 2024 at 06:00PM Personal income increased $65.3 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in April. Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less personal current taxes-increased $40.2 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays-the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments-increased $42.8 billion (0.2 percent) and consumer spending increased $39.1 billion (0.2 percent). Personal saving was $744.5 billion and the personal saving rate-personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income-was 3.6 percent in April. Full Text

Personal Income and Outlays, April 2024 Personal income increased $65.3 billion (0.3 percent at a monthly rate) in April. Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less personal current taxes-increased $40.2 billion (0.2 percent). Personal outlays-the sum of personal consumption expenditures (PCE), personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments-increased $42.8 billion (0.2...

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Gross Domestic Product, First Quarter 2024 (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary) May 30, 2024 at 06:00PM Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2024, according to the "second" estimate. In the fourth quarter of 2023, real GDP increased 3.4 percent. The increase in the first quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and housing investment that were partly offset by a decrease in inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased. Full Text

Gross Domestic Product, First Quarter 2024 (Second Estimate) and Corporate Profits (Preliminary) Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2024, according to the "second" estimate. In the fourth quarter of 2023, real GDP increased 3.4 percent. The increase in the first quarter primarily reflected increases in consumer spending and housing...

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2024 May 02, 2024 at 06:00PM The U.S. goods and services trade deficit decreased in March 2024 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $69.5 billion in February (revised) to $69.4 billion in March, as imports decreased more than exports. The goods deficit increased $0.8 billion in March to $92.5 billion. The services surplus increased $0.9 billion in March to $23.1 billion. Full Text

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, March 2024 The U.S. goods and services trade deficit decreased in March 2024 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit decreased from $69.5 billion in February (revised) to $69.4 billion in March, as imports decreased more than exports. The goods deficit increased $0.8 billion in March to $92.5 billion....

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