Personal Income
A monthly US measure of all the money people receive: wages, benefits, rent, dividends and interest.
In plain English
A monthly US measure of all the money people receive: wages, benefits, rent, dividends and interest.
Personal income measures the total income flowing to American households before taxes: paychecks, government benefits, interest, dividends, rental income. More income usually means more spending later, which supports growth.
Traders read it next to personal spending. Together they show whether consumers are earning enough to keep spending, or are running down their savings to do it.
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