THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1996 economic news archive
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Clear filtersJuly 1996 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in July, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 193,000…
June 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 1.2 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease, which followed a 0.6 percent decline in May, was again paced by falling petroleum prices.…
June 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in June to a level of 156.7 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
June 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a decrease of 0.1 percent in May and a…
June 1996 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in June, and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 239,000 over the month,…
May 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.5 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed increases of 0.8 percent in April and 0.7 percent in March and largely reflected a…
1996 First 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 first quarter of 1996. The revised seasonally-adjusted annual rates of…
May 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in May to a level of 156.6 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
May 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.1 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed increases of 0.4 percent in April and 0.5…
May 1996 Employment Situation
Employment increased in May, and the unemployment rate returned to its March level of 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate was 5.4 percent in April. Nonfarm payroll…
April 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index moved up 0.9 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase follows a 0.6 percent rise in March and was led by higher prices for petroleum…
1996 First 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 first quarter of 1996. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of…
April 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent before seasonal adjustment in April to a level of 156.3 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
April 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.4 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a 0.5-percent rise in March and a 0.2-percent…
March 1996 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) increased 0.9 percent before seasonal adjustment in the 3 months ended in March 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The March 1996 ECI level of 128.5 (June…
March 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.5 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was attributable to higher petroleum prices and followed a 0.1 percent decrease in…
March 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent before seasonal adjustment in March to a level of 155.7 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
March 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a 0.2 percent decline in February and a rise…
1995 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…
March 1996 Employment Situation
Employment increased in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 140,000 over the month,…
February 1996 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.5 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed three consecutive monthly increases and was attributable to a downturn in…
February 1996 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in February to a level of 154.9 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
February 1996 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.2 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In January, the finished goods index rose 0.3…
1995 Fourth-Quarter and Annual Averages (Preliminary) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor today reported preliminary fourth-quarter seasonally adjusted annual rates of change in productivity--as measured by output per hour of all persons--and changes for the full…
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