Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (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 current transfer payments" was 307,200 USD million (annual rate) in September 2026, compared to 306,619 in the previous month. This constitutes an increase of 0.19 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 813 records overall. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 1959 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: this national-accounts item recorded a minimum of 757 USD million in January 1960; it hit a peak of 307,200 USD million in September 2026; it had a mean value of 80,269 USD million.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 306,093 |
| 2026-08-31 | 306,619 |
| 2026-09-30 | 307,200 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments |
| 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 | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
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 | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |