Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal income and its disposition
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to national-accounts data for the United States published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the item "Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures" was 21,615,053 USD million (annual rate) in February 2026, compared to 21,511,847 in January. This constitutes an increase of 0.48 percent.
Sample. There are 806 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 1959 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: this national-accounts item had a mean of 6,080,416 USD million; it hit a trough of 306,091 in January 1959; it recorded a maximum of 21,615,053 in February 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 21445932.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 21511847.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 21615053.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Rescaling | Annual rate |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollar million |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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Top-level items
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal income (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
Personal income detail
Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |