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September 2008 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent from June to September 2008, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, the same as the increase for the last…
September 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.4 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed a 0.9-percent drop in August and a…
September 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 3.0 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, following a 2.6 percent decline in August. Falling petroleum prices led the overall decrease,…
FOMC meeting minutes: 2008-09-16
The Manager of the System Open Market Account reported on recent developments in foreign exchange markets. There were no open market operations in foreign currencies for the System's account in the period since the previous meeting. The…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: August 2008
On the last business day of August, there were 3.3 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings…
September 2008 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 159,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in construction,…
August 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.9 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed advances of 1.2 percent in July and…
August 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 3.7 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, after a revised 0.2 percent advance in July. A 12.8 percent drop in petroleum prices led the…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: July 2008
On the last business day of July, there were 3.4 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate…
August 2008 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate rose from 5.7 to 6.1 percent in August, and non- farm payroll employment continued to trend down (-84,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In August, employment fell…
2008 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 2008. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of productivity…
FOMC meeting minutes: 2008-08-05
The Manager of the System Open Market Account reported on recent developments in foreign exchange markets. There were no open market operations in foreign currencies for the System's account in the period since the previous meeting. The…
July 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 1.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 1.8-percent jump in June and a…
July 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.7 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, after a 2.9 percent rise in June. Both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices contributed to the…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: June 2008
On the last business day of June, there were 3.6 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate,…
2008 Second 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 second quarter of 2008. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
July 2008 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in July (-51,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in…
June 2008 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.7 percent from March to June 2008, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, the same as the increase from December 2007…
June 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 1.8 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed advances of 1.4 percent in May and 0.2…
June 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 2.6 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed a 2.6 percent advance in May and was led by a continuing rise in petroleum…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: May 2008
On the last business day of May, there were 3.6 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate…
June 2008 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in June (-62,000), while the unemployment rate held at 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment continued to fall in…
May 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 1.4 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a 0.2-percent advance in April and a…
May 2008 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8 percent in May, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The May level of 216.632 (1982-84=100) was…
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