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" stood at 617,925 USD million (annual rate) in September 2026, compared to 618,670 in the previous month. This marks a decrease of 0.12 percent.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 813 data points in total. The span of time covered by the series stretches from January 1959 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: this national-accounts item hit a maximum of 620,161 USD million in June 2026; it reached its lowest level of 5,054 USD million in January 1959; it had a mean of 155,610 USD million.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollar million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 619,415 |
| 2026-08-31 | 618,670 |
| 2026-09-30 | 617,925 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 | 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 |