Friday, October 29, 2021

BEA: Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index Year-over-Year Change, Up 4.4 Percent

From the BEA, October 29:

Change from Month One Year Ago
September 2021 4.4 percent
August 2021 4.2 percent
July 2021 4.2 percent
June 2021 4.0 percent

The press release:

EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021
BEA 21-53
Personal Income and Outlays, September 2021

Personal income decreased $216.2 billion (1.0 percent) in September according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (tables 3 and 5). Disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $236.9 billion (1.3 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $93.4 billion (0.6 percent).

Real DPI decreased 1.6 percent in September and Real PCE increased 0.3 percent; goods increased 0.1 percent and services increased 0.4 percent (tables 5 and 7). The PCE price index increased 0.3 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2 percent (table 9).

....MUCH MORE

We'll have more either this weekend or Monday. For now here are some details under the "Related Materials" tab:

Full Release & Tables (PDF)

Tables Only (Excel)

Release Highlights (PDF)

Historical Comparisons (PDF)