Personal Income and Spending

Market Sensitivity: Medium.

What Is It: Records the income Americans receive, how much they spend, and what they save.

News Release on Internet: www.bea.doc.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm

Home Web Address: www.bea.doc.gov

Release Time: 8:30 A.M. (ET); data is made public four or five weeks after the end of the reported month. (The Bureau of Economic Analysis expects to have this report out two weeks earlier by 2006.)

Frequency: Monthly.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce.

Revisions: After the initial release, data on income, spending, and savings undergoes revisions for the next several months as more complete information comes in. The magnitude of the changes is usually modest. Annual ...

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