THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1998 economic news archive
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Clear filtersJune 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for June 1998 was 137.4 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.5 percent from June 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures…
June 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.5 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease marked the eighth consecutive month that this index has declined. The U.S. Export…
June 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 163.0 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
June 1998 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 decrease follows increases of 0.2 percent in both May…
June 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in June, and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment grew by 205,000, following 2 months of gains…
May 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in May, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 162.8 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
May 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.2-percent rise in April and a decline of…
May 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.1 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was the seventh in a row and was led by a continued fall in prices for nonpetroleum…
May 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in May, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 296,000 with all the…
1998 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 1998. The revised seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
April 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 162.5 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
April 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase follows declines in each of the last five months,…
April 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the continued decline in nonpetroleum import prices. The U.S.…
April 1998 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate declined to 4.3 percent in April; from November through March, the rate had been either 4.6 or 4.7 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 262,000, following a small decline in March. Manufacturing was weak for…
1998 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 1998. The seasonally-adjusted annual rates of…
March 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 1.0 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The index decreased for the fifth consecutive month, as both petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices…
March 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in March before seasonal adjustment to a level of 162.2 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
March 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.3 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed decreases of 0.1 percent in February…
March 1998 Employment Situation
Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were about unchanged in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Following 5 months of strong growth, the number of payroll jobs…
February 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in February before seasonal adjustment to a level of 161.9 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
February 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.1 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed decreases of 0.7 percent in January…
February 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.8 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline marked the fourth month in a row the index was down and was again attributable to…
1997 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 1998 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.6 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of payroll jobs rose by 310,000,…
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