Personal outlays: Personal interest 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 interest payments" was 595,886 USD million (annual rate) in May 2026, versus 592,189 in April 2026. This represents a gain of 0.62 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the graph, there are 809 data points. The series covers the time period extending from January 1959 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics computed on the full sample: this national-accounts item registered a minimum of 5,054 USD million in January 1959; it hit a maximum of 596,139 in September 2025; it was equal on average to 153,531.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 588492.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 592189.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 595886.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Personal outlays: Personal interest 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 | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal current taxes (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Disposable personal income (personal income less personal current taxes) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal saving (disposable personal income less personal outlays) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
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Personal outlays detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal outlays: Personal consumption expenditures (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal interest payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To government (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Personal outlays: Personal current transfer payments: To the rest of the world (net) (USD million; annual rate) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |