Personal Income & Spending Dispel Inflation Fears
The consumer is still strapped. The Commerce Department posted its data for September’s personal income and spending, and frankly it almost makes you question yesterday’s GDP data. The report showed that Personal Income was unchanged in September, but showed that…
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One issue to consider here is that August spending was revised higher to 1.4% from 1.3%. And August income was revised to 0.1% from 0.2%. One positive items for tomorrow rather than today is that savings rose to 3.3% of disposable income from 2.8% in August. As one in ten are out of work and other 6 or 8 in 10 are underemployed, it seems as though very little in this report could be deemed as heating up or very inflationary.
There is nothing hot about these numbers. And it might make some question just how high that Q3 GDP report came out yesterday, assuming you try to compare oranges to tangerines.
JON C. OGG
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