THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1998 economic news archive
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Clear filtersNovember 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.3 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline, attributable to a sharp drop in petroleum prices, followed increases of 0.2…
November 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in November, before seasonal adjustment, remaining at a level of 164.0 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.…
November 1998 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 decline followed a rise of 0.2 percent in October…
November 1998 Employment Situation
Employment increased in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 267,000, with sizable job gains in…
1998 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 1998. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of productivity…
October 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.2 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The monthly increase, the second in a row, again was led by a rise in the price index for…
October 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a rise of 0.3 percent in September…
1998 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 1998. The preliminary seasonally-adjusted annual rates…
October 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment grew modestly, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6 percent in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs was up by 116,000, following…
September 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for September 1998 was 139.0 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.7 percent from September 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI…
September 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 163.6 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
September 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.3 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a decrease of 0.4 percent in August. The…
September 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.1 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the ongoing decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The U.S.…
September 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose slightly, and unemployment was virtually unchanged at 4.6 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment was up by only 69,000. The…
August 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 163.4 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
August 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.3 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The August decrease, the 10th consecutive monthly decline for the index, was attributable to the…
August 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.4 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This drop followed a 0.2-percent advance in July and…
August 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose, and unemployment was unchanged in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 365,000, in part because workers who were off…
1998 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 1998. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of productivity…
July 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 163.2 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
July 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a decrease of 0.1 percent in June and an…
July 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.9 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease, the ninth in a row, was attributable to declines for both petroleum and nonpetroleum…
1998 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 1998. The preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
July 1998 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose slightly, and unemployment was unchanged in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 66,000 to 125.8 million, as growth was…
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