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February 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.1 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed decreases of 0.7 percent in January…
February 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.8 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline marked the fourth month in a row the index was down and was again attributable to…
1997 Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages (Revised Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported revised fourth-quarter seasonally-adjusted annual rates of productivity change--as measured by output per hour of all persons--and revised annual changes for…
February 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.6 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 310,000,…
January 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.7 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline was led by a sharp drop for finished energy…
January 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 1.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to continuing declines in both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices and…
1997 Fourth-Quarter and Annual Averages (Preliminary) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the fourth quarter and for the full year 1997. In the fourth quarter,…
January 1998 Employment Situation
Employment rose substantially in January, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 358,000, with large gains…
December 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) for December 1997 was 135.2 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.3 percent from December 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in…
December 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.6 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the continuing decline in nonpetroleum prices, as well as the…
December 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined
December 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose substantially in December, following a similar increase in November, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported…
December 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.2 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a decrease of 0.2 percent in November. The…
November 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 161.5 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
November 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.2 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a rise of 0.1 percent in October. Prices…
November 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.3 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to a turnaround in petroleum prices as well as the continuing decline…
November 1997 Employment Situation
Employment rose sharply in November, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 404,000 with gains…
1997 Third Quarter (Revised) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported revised productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the third quarter of 1997. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of productivity…
October 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
Led by increasing petroleum prices, the U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.1 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The increase occurred despite a continued decline in prices for…
October 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in October to a level of 161.6 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
October 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.1 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a rise of 0.5 percent in September. Prices…
1997 Third Quarter (Preliminary) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the third quarter of 1997. The preliminary seasonally-adjusted annual rates…
October 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate declined to 4.7 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs increased by 284,000; although…
September 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), for September 1997 was 134.1 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.0 percent from September 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in…
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