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U.S. Personal Income +0.4%, Consumer Spending +0.3% in March 2012; Savings Rate at 3.8%

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that personal income in March 2012 rose 0.4 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 0.3 percent and real PCE rose 0.1 percent. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) increased 0.4 percent and real DPI rose 0.2 percent. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 3.8 percent in March.

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U.S. Personal Income +0.2%, Consumer Spending +0.8% in February 2012; Savings Rate at 3.7%

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that personal income in February 2012 rose 0.2 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 0.8 percent and real PCE rose 0.5 percent. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) increased 0.2 percent while real DPI declined 0.1 percent. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 3.7 percent in February.

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U.S. Personal Income +0.3%, Consumer Spending +0.2%, Savings Rate at 4.6% in January 2012

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that personal income in January 2012 rose 0.3 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 0.2 percent while real PCE was unchanged. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) rose 0.1 percent while real DPI declined 0.1 percent. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 4.6 percent in January.

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Personal Income +0.5%, Consumer Spending Unchanged, Savings Rate at 4.0% in December 2011

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that personal income in December 2011 rose 0.5 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) was unchanged and real PCE declined 0.1 percent. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) rose 0.4 percent and real DPI increased 0.3 percent. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 4.0 percent in December.

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U.S. Personal Income +0.1%, Consumer Spending +0.1%, Savings Rate at 3.5% in November 2011

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has reported that personal income in November 2011 rose 0.1 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 0.1 percent while real PCE rose 0.2 percent. Nominal and real disposable personal income (DPI) were unchanged. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 3.5 percent in November.

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