by Calculated Risk on 7/30/2019 08:40:00 AM

The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for June:

Personal income increased $83.6 billion (0.4 percent) in June according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased $69.7 billion (0.4 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $41.0 billion (0.3 percent).

Real DPI increased 0.3 percent in June and Real PCE increased 0.2 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.1 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2 percent.

The June PCE price index increased 1.4 percent year-over-year and the June PCE price index, excluding food and energy, increased 1.6 percent year-over-year.

The following graph shows real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) through June 2019 (2012 dollars). Note that the y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the change.

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The dashed red lines are the quarterly levels for real PCE.

The increase in personal income was above expectations, and the increase in PCE was at expectations.

PCE growth was solid in Q2, and inflation was below the Fed's target.