THE ECONOMIC RECORD
1999 economic news archive
Read original 1999 economic releases with the mortgage-rate and Treasury backdrop. Browse published inflation, employment, policy and economic data.
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Clear filtersJanuary 1999 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 164.3 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
January 1999 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.4-percent advance in December…
January 1999 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.2 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A turnaround in the price index for petroleum led the increase; the price index for imports had…
1998 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 1998. In the fourth quarter,…
January 1999 Employment Situation
Employment rose in January and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000, about in line with the average…
December 1998 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted, for December 1998 was 139.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.4 percent from December 1997, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The ECI…
December 1998 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.7 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 0.5 percent decrease the previous month and was again attributable to a…
December 1998 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent in December, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The December 1998 CPI-U level of 163.9…
December 1998 Employment Situation
Employment rose in December and the unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, was little changed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 378,000. Growth was spread…
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