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Personal income
Strong gains in consumer spending and incomes in March
Apr 30, 2021
U.S. consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in nine months while incomes soared by a record amount in March.
Consumer spending and personal income fell. That's bad news for the economy
Dec 23, 2020
With stimulus checks long gone and unemployment benefits running out, many consumers are less willing to spend.
Personal incomes are up, but it won't last
Aug 28, 2020
Federal data for July caught the tail end of the $600 a week in additional federal unemployment insurance just before it expired.
Incomes rose in April, but only because of government relief payments
May 29, 2020
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that personal income rose by 10.5% in April. But without government relief payments, it would have fallen by roughly 5%.