Disposable and discretionary income

Disposable income is the income someone has after they have paid their taxes. Mathematically, it is total personal income minus personal current taxes.^[1] In national accounts definitions, personal income minus personal current taxes equals disposable personal income.^[2]

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"A simple discretionary income calculator". Archived from the original on 2005-01-23.—even though this says it's measuring "disposable income," using the economist's language, it's discretionary income.
Eurostat, News Release No. 60/2010, "Household Savings and Disposable Income" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-01-23. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2010-06-02 suggested (help), 30 April 2010
Eurostat, Statistics Explained, Glossary article: National Disposable Income
OECD Disposable income statistics
Google – public data: GDP and Personal Income of the U.S. (annual): Disposal Personal Income
Google – public data: GDP and Personal Income of the U.S. (annual): Disposal Personal Income per capita

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[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2017-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2019-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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