Economic Alert! The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today: Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022.
Economic Alert! The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today: Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, following a decrease of 1.6 percent in the first quarter.
Source: https://www.bea.gov/news/2022/gross-domestic-product-second-quarter-2022-advance-estimate
Personal Income
Current-dollar personal income increased $353.8 billion in the second quarter, compared with an increase of $247.2 billion in the first quarter. The increase primarily reflected increases in compensation (led by private wages and salaries), proprietors' income (both nonfarm and farm), personal income receipts on assets, and rental income.
Disposable personal income increased $291.4 billion, or 6.6 percent, in the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of $58.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, in the first quarter. Real disposable personal income decreased 0.5 percent, compared with a decrease of 7.8 percent.
Personal saving was $968.4 billion in the second quarter, compared with $1.02 trillion in the first quarter. The personal saving rateโpersonal saving as a percentage of disposable personal incomeโwas 5.2 percent in the second quarter, compared with 5.6 percent in the first quarter.
