THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1996 economic news archive
Read original 1996 economic releases with the mortgage-rate and Treasury backdrop. Browse published inflation, employment, policy and economic data.
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Clear filtersNovember 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.1 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to dips in both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices. The U.S. Export…
November 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 158.6 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
November 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.4 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a 0.4-percent increase in October and a…
November 1996 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in November, and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment rose by 118,000, with modest but…
1996 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 1996. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of productivity…
October 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.4 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed a 1.1 percent advance in September and was attributable to a continuing rise…
October 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in October to a level of 158.3 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
October 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.4 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a 0.2-percent increase in September and a 0.3…
1996 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 1996. The preliminary seasonally-adjusted annual rates…
October 1996 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in October, and unemployment was unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment rose by 210,000, with the largest gains occurring in…
September 1996 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.8 percent before seasonal adjustment in the three months that ended September 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in…
September 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase, attributable to both rising petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices, followed a…
September 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in September to a level of 157.8 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
September 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.2 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed an increase of 0.3 percent in August and no…
September 1996 Employment Situation
Both unemployment and nonfarm payroll employment were essentially unchanged in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate was 5.2 percent in September; it had been 5.1…
August 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decline and was attributable to falling prices for both…
August 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in August to a level of 157.3 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
August 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.3 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. For July, the index registered no change, which followed a…
1996 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 1996. The revised seasonally-adjusted annual rates of…
August 1996 Employment Situation
Unemployment declined in August, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to increase, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The nation's jobless rate fell from 5.4 to 5.1 percent. The number of…
July 1996 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. The decrease, which followed declines of 1.1 percent in June and 0.6 percent in May, was due to a…
1996 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 1996. The preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
July 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in July to a level of 157.0 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
July 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods remained unchanged in July, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed an increase of 0.2 percent in June and a…
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