Personal Income: Release Dates, Results & History
Personal Income last printed 0.4 on Wed, Aug 26, 2026 against a 0.3 consensus forecast and a 0.2 prior, a +0.56 standard-deviation surprise. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Personal income is the top line of the household ledger: the earnings that fund the spending two-thirds of GDP rides on. The wages-and-salaries component is the cleanest monthly read on labor earnings, while swings in transfers and dividends can distort the headline. Set against outlays it produces the savings rate, the market's gauge of how much consumer runway is left.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
An income beat leans mildly bearish Treasuries via the consumer-strength channel, though the PCE inflation figures in the same release usually own the reaction. A sagging savings rate warns that spending is outrunning earnings. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
Recent prints, as captured by the desk
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +0.56 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -0.56 | BELOW FORECAST |
The 2 most recent prints from the desk's live capture (began July 2026), a sample. Every row links the print page published the moment the number landed; the full graded history is served by the API.
Official series history
| PERIOD | VALUE (% M/M) | PRIOR |
|---|---|---|
| +0.43% | +0.18% | |
| +0.18% | +0.69% | |
| +0.69% | +0.1% | |
| +0.1% | +0.53% | |
| +0.53% | -0.05% | |
| -0.05% | +0.48% | |
| +0.48% | +0.22% | |
| +0.22% | +0.23% |
The most recent official rows; the chart above draws the longer series. Desk-captured prints above include the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise the moment each number landed.
Monthly, end of month with Personal Income & Outlays · 8:30 AM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.