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September 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.1 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The decrease was the same as the decline in August and marked the fourth consecutive monthly decline for…
September 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in September to a level of 161.2 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
September 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.5 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a rise of 0.3 percent in August. Prices…
September 1997 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate was unchanged in September, and returning strikers bolstered an otherwise modest rise in nonfarm payroll employment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. At 4.9 percent,…
August 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.1 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease, attributable to falling nonpetroleum prices, followed declines in both July and June.…
August 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in August to a level of 160.8 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
August 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.3 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed declines in each of the 7 previous months.…
1997 Second 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 second quarter of 1997. The revised seasonally- adjusted annual rates of…
August 1997 Employment Situation
Employment and unemployment were little changed in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate was 4.9 percent in August; it had been 4.8 percent in July and has shown little…
July 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Declines in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum prices contributed to the July decrease.…
July 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in July to a level of 160.5 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
July 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed drops of 0.1 percent in June and 0.3 percent…
1997 Second Quarter (Preliminary) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons--for the second quarter of 1997. The preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
July 1997 Employment Situation
Employment rose, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.8 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate had risen from 4.8 percent in May to 5.0 percent in June. The…
June 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) for June 1997 was 132.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 2.8 percent from June 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in compensation…
June 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A rise in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum prices contributed to the increase. The…
June 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in June to a level of 160.3 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
June 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed drops of 0.3 percent in May and 0.6 percent in…
May 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Imported petroleum prices increased after declining in the three previous months but were offset by a…
May 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in May to a level of 160.1 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
May 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 0.3 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This was the fifth consecutive monthly decline. The index for…
May 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in May, and unemployment was about unchanged after falling in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 138,000 in May,…
April 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The monthly decline was the fourth in a row with both petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices…
April 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.6 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed decreases of 0.1 percent in March and 0.4…
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