September 2017 Personal Income and Outlays
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on November 1st, 2017Personal income rose 0.4 percent in September 2017 according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This $66.9 billion uptick accelerated from August’s increase of 0.2 percent. Likewise, disposable personal income, aka after-tax pay, improved 0.4 percent. Americans used the additional take-home pay to partially fund their 1.0 percent increase in consumption. Since out