Personal Spending: Release Dates, Results & History
Personal Spending last printed 0.2 on Wed, Aug 26, 2026 against a 0.2 consensus forecast and a 0.3 prior, exactly on consensus. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Personal spending is the broadest monthly consumption gauge: it covers services, the side of the consumer that retail sales barely touches. The nominal outlays print is raw material for the quarter's consumption line, so GDP trackers get marked on it in real time. Spending that persistently outruns income drains the savings rate, a classic late-cycle tell.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
A spending beat is bearish Treasuries as consumption trackers get marked up; a soft print feeds the slowdown bid. The reaction usually runs second to the inflation figures released alongside. 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.00 | ON THE SCREWS | |
| 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.00 | ON THE SCREWS |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| +0.16% | +0.35% | |
| +0.35% | +0.85% | |
| +0.85% | +0.62% | |
| +0.62% | +0.94% | |
| +0.94% | +0.62% | |
| +0.62% | +0.15% | |
| +0.15% | +0.42% | |
| +0.42% | +0.32% |
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.