THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1997 economic news archive
Read original 1997 economic releases with the mortgage-rate and Treasury backdrop. Browse published inflation, employment, policy and economic data.
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Clear filtersNovember 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…
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…
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