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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Orcastraiter who wrote (23182)	5/16/2004 8:40:58 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Sorry Orca It may be widely posted - but if so by people like kerry spirit. Here are the real numbers. bea.gov News Release: Personal Income and Outlays The entire release is available in PDF format. The tables in this release are available in an XLS spreadsheet. EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2004 James E. Rankin: (202) 606-5301 (Personal Income) BEA 04-19 Greg Key: (202) 606-5302 (Personal Outlays) Recorded message: (202) 606-5303 PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2004 Personal income increased $38.3 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $34.6 billion, or 0.4 percent, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $33.0 billion, or 0.4 percent. In February, personal income increased $45.7 billion, or 0.5 percent, DPI increased $40.0 billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE increased $33.0 billion, or 0.4 percent, based on revised estimates. 2003 2004 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. (Percent change from preceding month) Personal income, current dollars 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 Disposable personal income: Current dollars 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.4 Chained (2000) dollars 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 Personal consumption expenditures: Current dollars 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 Chained (2000) dollars 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 Beginning on May 27, 2004, BEA will accelerate by one month revisions to the estimates of wages and salaries for the prior quarter. The revised estimates will be released along with the "preliminary" GDP estimates instead of the "final" estimates. These revisions incorporate wage and salary tabulations of employees covered by state unemployment insurance from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The accelerated schedule reflects the more timely availability of the BLS tabulations. Wages and salaries Private wage and salary disbursements increased $10.4 billion in March, compared with an increase of $23.0 billion in February. Goods-producing industries' payrolls increased $3.9 billion, compared with an increase of $5.2 billion; manufacturing payrolls decreased $0.1 billion, in contrast to an increase of $3.6 billion. Services-producing industries' payrolls increased $6.5 billion, compared with an increase of $17.8 billion. Government wage and salary disbursements increased $2.5 billion, compared with an increase of $2.7 billion. More from following the link!