Personal Income and Outlays, September 2026
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The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates that personal income increased by $54.5 billion in September 2026, a 0.2% increase at a monthly rate.
Disposable personal income (DPI) increased by $52.7 billion, or 0.2%; personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased by $113.1 billion, or 0.5%.
Personal outlays (the sum of PCE, personal interest payments and personal current transfer payments) increased by $113.0 billion in September.
Personal saving was $911.1 billion, and the personal saving rate (personal saving as a percentage of DPI) was 3.8%.
Key figures
- Personal income changeSeptember
- $54.5 billion
- Personal income, monthly changeSeptember
- 0.2 percent
- Disposable personal income changeSeptember
- $52.7 billion
- Personal consumption expenditures changeSeptember
- $113.1 billion
- Personal consumption expenditures growthSeptember
- 0.5 percent
- Personal outlays changeSeptember
- $113.0 billion
- Personal savingSeptember
- $911.1 billion
- Personal saving rateSeptember
- 3.8 percent