6月の米実質個人消費は0.1%減(名目は0.4%増)。5月の景気刺激策による一時的な影響の反動で個人所得は大幅下落。政府による多額の支援策にもかかわらず、※1のグラフが示すように、米GDPの7割を占める米実質個人消費は、昨年の3Q、4Qで急落した後、今年の1Q、2Qは横ばい。今のところ、V字でもU字でもなくL字を続けている。週次の消費者信頼感指数もかなり悪い水準である(※4)。
一方、米中古住宅販売数の先行指数である米住宅販売保留指数は6月+3.6%、6年ぶりに5カ月連続上昇したという(※5、6)。これ自体はいいニュース。想定されている通り、販売数という面での住宅市場の安定化はかなりはっきりとしてきた。
初めての購入者向けの8千ドルの税メリットをとるための購入や投資家の購入で主に低価格帯の販売が伸びているという。税メリットは期限(11月30日までにClosing、Closingは通常2か月かかる)がある、ということなので、税メリットによる購入はあと1~2か月でなくなるという。この反動がどのくらい出るのかは要注目。
※1 June PCE and Personal Saving
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/08/june-pce-and-personal-saving.html
Personal income decreased $159.8 billion, or 1.3 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) decreased $143.8 billion, or 1.3percent, in June, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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The June change in personal income reflects selected provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which boosted personal current transfer receipts in May much more than in June. Excluding these receipts ... personal income decreased $7.8 billion, or 0.1 percent, in June, following a decrease of $2.5 billion, or less than 0.1 percent, in May.
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Real PCE -- PCE adjusted to remove price changes –- decreased 0.1 percent in June, in contrast to an increase of less than 0.1 percent in May.
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Personal saving -- DPI less personal outlays -- was $504.8 billion in June, compared with $681.0 billion in May. Personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income was 4.6 percent in June, compared with 6.2 percent in May.
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The following graph shows real Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) through June (2005 dollars). Note that the y-axis doesn't start at zero to better show the change. The quarterly change in PCE is based on the change from the average in one quarter, compared to the average of the preceding quarter.
※2 米個人消費支出、6月は前月比0.4%増
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/kaigai/us/20090804D2M0403T04.html
※3 UPDATE2: 6月米個人消費支出は予想上回る+0.4%、個人所得は4年半ぶりの大幅な落ち込み
http://jp.reuters.com/article/economicIndicatorsAndComments/idJPnJT852062720090804
※4 米消費者信頼感指数は‐49、前週から2ポイント悪化=ABC調査
http://jp.reuters.com/article/economicIndicatorsAndComments/idJPnJT852117920090804
※5 UPDATE1: 6月米住宅販売保留指数は+3.6%、6年ぶりに5カ月連続上昇=NAR
http://jp.reuters.com/article/economicIndicatorsAndComments/idJPnJT852081120090804
※6 Pending Home Sales Index Increases in June
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/08/pending-home-sales-index-increases-in.html
・・・"Activity has been consistently much stronger for lower priced homes,” [Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist] said. “Because it may take as long as two months to close on a home after signing a contract, first-time buyers must act fairly soon to take advantage of the $8,000 tax credit because they must close on the sale by November 30.”・・・