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2006 economic news archive
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Clear filtersMarch 2006 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.6 percent from December 2005 to March 2006, seasonally adjusted, compared with the 0.8 percent gain from September to December 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.…
March 2006 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The March level of 199.8 (1982-84=100)…
March 2006 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.5 percent in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 1.4-percent decline in February and a…
March 2006 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.4 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a similar 0.5 percent drop in February. In contrast, export prices increased…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: February 2006
The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were all essentially unchanged in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of…
March 2006 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in March, and the unemploy- ment rate was little changed at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the month, job growth was…
February 2006 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 1.4 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 0.3-percent gain in January and a…
February 2006 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in February, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The February level of 198.7…
February 2006 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.5 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease followed a 1.4 percent increase in January and was impacted by lower prices for…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: January 2006
The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were all unchanged in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings,…
February 2006 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, and the unemploy- ment rate was little changed at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in con- struction,…
2005 Fourth Quarter (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 changes for…
January 2006 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The January level of 198.3…
January 2006 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.6-percent advance in December and a…
January 2006 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index rose 1.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed declines of 1.8 percent and 0.1 percent in November and December, and was…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: December 2005
The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were all essentially unchanged in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of…
2005 Fourth 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 fourth quarter and for the full year 2005. The seasonally adjusted…
December 2005 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent from September to December 2005, seasonally adjusted, the same increase that occurred between June and September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department…
December 2005 Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.4 percent in December, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The December level of 196.8…
December 2005 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.9 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.7-percent decline in November and a…
December 2005 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed a 1.8 percent decrease in November and was again led by lower petroleum…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: November 2005
The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were all little changed in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job…
December 2005 Employment Situation
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 108,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The December in- crease in…
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