THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1999 economic news archive
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Clear filtersJune 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in June, before seasonal adjustment, remaining at a level of 166.2 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
June 1999 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease follows a 0.2-percent increase in May and a…
June 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.2 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Falling prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports contributed to the decline in the…
June 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in June, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 268,000.…
May 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in May, before seasonal adjustment, remaining at a level of 166.2 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
May 1999 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a 0.5-percent advance in April and a…
May 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.7 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase, the third in a row, again was primarily attributable to increasing petroleum prices. The…
1999 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 1999. The revised seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
May 1999 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate, at 4.2 percent, was little changed in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of nonfarm payroll jobs edged up by 11,000, following a large increase of…
April 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.7 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 166.2 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
April 1999 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise follows a 0.2-percent increase in March and a…
April 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was attributable to the upswing in imported petroleum prices and followed a 0.1 percent…
1999 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 1999. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
April 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 234,000. Job gains…
March 1999 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for March 1999 was 140.4 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.0 percent from March 1998, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost…
March 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 165.0 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
March 1999 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise follows a 0.4-percent decline in February and a…
March 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index edged up 0.1 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. An increase in imported petroleum prices more than offset a decline in nonpetroleum import prices.…
March 1999 Employment Situation
Employment was little changed in March, and the unemployment rate declined to 4.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by only 46,000. Employment…
February 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in February, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 164.5 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
February 1999 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 decline followed increases of 0.5 percent in January…
February 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.1 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 0.3 percent gain in January and was attributable to a decline in…
1998 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 1999 Employment Situation
Payroll employment rose in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 275,000; large…
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