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2002 economic news archive
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Clear filtersJuly 2002 Employment Situation
Both the unemployment rate, 5.9 percent, and total nonfarm payroll employment, 130.8 million, were unchanged in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A gain in payroll employment in…
June 2002 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index for total compensation increased 4.0 percent for the year ended June 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment Cost Index (ECI), a component of the National…
June 2002 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The June level of 179.9 (1982-84=100) was…
June 2002 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods edged up 0.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This slight increase followed decreases of 0.4 percent in May…
June 2002 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.6 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline was the first since December 2001 and was attributable to a turnaround in prices for…
June 2002 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate was essentially unchanged in June, at 5.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment was little changed for the fourth month in a row, and none of the…
May 2002 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in May, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The May level of 179.8 (1982-84=100) was 1.2…
May 2002 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 0.4 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 0.2-percent decline in April and a…
May 2002 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The index increased 1.6 percent in April and 1.3 percent in March. The Export Price Index decreased 0.1…
2002 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 2002. The revised seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
April 2002 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 179.8 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
April 2002 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.2 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease, which was led by a drop in finished consumer…
April 2002 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.4 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase--which followed a 1.2 percent rise in March--continued to be led by rising petroleum…
2002 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 2002. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
April 2002 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent in April, and payroll employment was little changed (+43,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment rose in the services industry but fell in…
March 2002 Employment Cost Index
The Employment Cost Index for total compensation increased 3.9 percent (civilian workers, not seasonally adjusted) for the year ended March 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The Employment…
March 2002 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 178.8 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the…
March 2002 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 1.0 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.2-percent increase in February and…
March 2002 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.1 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase, the largest since September 2000, was attributable to a large jump in petroleum…
March 2002 Employment Situation
Both payroll employment and the unemployment rate were little changed in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Manufacturing and construction each lost nearly 40,000 jobs, but services…
February 2002 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in February, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 177.8 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For…
February 2002 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a 0.1-percent advance in January and a…
February 2002 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 decline followed a 0.4 percent increase in January and was attributable to a decline in…
February 2002 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment was up by 66,000 in February, following several months…
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