THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1998 economic news archive
Read original 1998 economic releases with the mortgage-rate and Treasury backdrop. Browse published inflation, employment, policy and economic data.
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Clear filtersJanuary 1998 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.7 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline was led by a sharp drop for finished energy…
January 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 1.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to continuing declines in both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices and…
1997 Fourth-Quarter and Annual Averages (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 fourth quarter and for the full year 1997. In the fourth quarter,…
January 1998 Employment Situation
Employment rose substantially in January, and the unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 358,000, with large gains…
December 1997 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI) for December 1997 was 135.2 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.3 percent from December 1996, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI measures changes in…
December 1997 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.6 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to the continuing decline in nonpetroleum prices, as well as the…
December 1997 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined
December 1997 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose substantially in December, following a similar increase in November, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported…
December 1997 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.2 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed a decrease of 0.2 percent in November. The…
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