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2004 economic news archive
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Clear filtersJuly 2004 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.2 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The July level of 189.4 (1982-84=100) was…
July 2004 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.3-percent decline in June and a…
July 2004 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.2 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase resumed the upward trend in the index, following a modest 0.1 percent decrease in June.…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: June 2004
The number of hires continued to outpace the number of separations in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. There were 4.3 million hires and 4.1 million separations in June, little changed…
2004 Second Quarter (Preliminary) Productivity and Costs
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported preliminary productivity data--as measured by output per hour of all persons- -for the second quarter of 2004. The preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
July 2004 Employment Situation
Nonfarm employment was little changed (+32,000) in July, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment levels in most of the…
June 2004 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.9 percent from March to June 2004, seasonally adjusted, moderating from the 1.1 percent gain from December 2003 to March 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.…
June 2004 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The June level of 189.7 (1982-84=100) was…
June 2004 Producer Price Index
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today that the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.3 percent in June. This decline followed a 0.8-percent rise in May and a 0.7-percent increase in…
June 2004 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.2 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was the first since September 2003 and was led by lower petroleum prices. Export…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: May 2004
There were 4.2 million hires and 4.0 million separations in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of hires outpaced the number of separations for the 13th straight month, and…
June 2004 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to rise in June, and the unemploy- ment rate remained at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Payroll employment increased by 112,000 in June,…
May 2004 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.8 percent in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.7-percent rise in April and a…
May 2004 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in May, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The May level of 189.1 (1982-84=100) was…
May 2004 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.6 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was led by petroleum, up 10.3 percent in May, the largest one-month advance in…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: April 2004
There were 4.4 million hires and 4.0 million separations during April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The number of hires dropped by 245,000 from March to April, but remained above the…
May 2004 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 248,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The May increase in payroll employment follows…
2004 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 2004. The revised seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
April 2004 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The April level of 188.0 (1982-84=100)…
April 2004 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.7 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.5-percent rise in March and a…
April 2004 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.2 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Higher prices for nonpetroleum imports more than offset a modest decline in petroleum prices.…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: March 2004
The number of hires rose by 441,000 in March to 4.5 million, while the number of separations was about unchanged at 4.1 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate edged…
April 2004 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 288,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The April in- crease in payroll…
2004 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 2004. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of…
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