The Economic Populist notes: While disposable income increased by 0.4%, when adjusted for inflation, disposable income was actually a 0.2% ...

Marketwatch provides detail on a trend that will be important to keep an eye on: Consumer spending is rising at tortoise’s pace for a very ...

Reuters details U.S. consumer spending was flat in December as households put the largest rise in income in nine months into their savings,...

Over the past twelve months the rate of personal spending is up even though personal savings has risen (the obvious key is that personal wag...

Let me walk through the below chart, which I think tells a very broad story of where we were, what happened during the crisis, and how we ar...

The chart below shows the year over year change in personal income across regions. In my opinion, the key is not to analyze which regions ha...

Marketwatch details: The savings rate for U.S. households fell to its lowest level in more than a year in September as incomes fell and spe...

Yesterday, EconomPic detailed the slow growth in real personal income over the latest decade. Below we break down the contribution of real...

Marketwatch details: The savings rate for U.S. households fell in July to the lowest level in three months as spending outpaced income, the...

Marketwatch details: The savings rate among U.S. households rose to the highest level in a year in June as income and spending were flat, t...

The chart below details the year over year change (in this case 12 months ended January of each year) in the categories that makes up dispos...

RTT News details: the Commerce Department released a report on Monday showing that personal income increased by less than anticipated in th...

BEA details: Although third-quarter personal income growth was slower than second-quarter growth (0.8 percent), its composition improved. Ne...

RTT News with details of the latest release: With consumers saving more as a result of economic uncertainty, the Commerce Department relea...

Peter Boockvar (via The Big Picture ) with the latest on personal consumption: August Personal Income rose 0.2%, 0.1% more than expected an...

WSJ reports: Without government support, personal income is under pressure as the U.S. workweek gets shorter. In a report showing the U.S. ...

WSJ reports: The income of Americans soared in May because of the government's economic stimulus, leading them to increase spending mod...

WSJ reports: Americans spent at a slower rate in February as their income fell and they saved money at a historically elevated level to cus...

The BEA reports: The range of state growth rates was wide. The high end included oil producing states such as Alaska, Wyoming, Oklahoma, an...

A breakdown of those areas contributing to disposable income going back to 1948 is below. Compensation for employees and proprietors income ...