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 filtersJuly 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…
1997 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 1997. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of…
April 1997 Employment Situation
Unemployment declined in April, and nonfarm payroll employment rose modestly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The nation’s jobless rate fell from 5.2 to 4.9 percent. The number of payroll…
March 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) for March 1997 was 132.0 (June 1989=100), an increase of 2.9 percent from March 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in compensation…
March 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
-MARCH 1997- The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.4 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed decreases of 0.8 percent and 0.3 percent in February and…
March 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in March to a level of 160.0 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
March 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.1 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed decreases of 0.4 percent in February and 0.3…
March 1997 Employment Situation
Employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.2 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000, and average hourly…
February 1997 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 159.6 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
February 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.4 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a decrease of 0.3 percent in January and an…
1996 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…
February 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.3 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs increased by 339,000…
January 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a slight gain of 0.1 percent in December and was attributable to a drop in…
January 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in January to a level of 159.1 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
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