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2008 economic news archive
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Clear filtersFOMC meeting minutes: 2008-03-18
The Manager of the System Open Market Account reported on recent developments in foreign exchange markets. There were no open market operations in foreign currencies for the System's account in the period since the previous meeting. The…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: February 2008
On the last business day of February, there were 3.8 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings,…
March 2008 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate rose from 4.8 to 5.1 percent in March, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down (-80,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the past 3 months,…
February 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.3 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 1.0-percent advance in January and a…
February 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index advanced 0.2 percent in February, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, as a 0.6 percent increase in nonpetroleum prices more than offset a 1.5 percent downturn in…
February 2008 Employment Situation
Nonfarm payroll employment edged down in February (-63,000), and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Employment fell in…
2007 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 2008 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 1.0 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a decline of 0.3 percent in December and…
FOMC meeting minutes: 2008-01-30
The Manager of the System Open Market Account reported on recent developments in foreign exchange markets. There were no open market operations in foreign currencies for the System's account in the period since the previous meeting. The…
January 2008 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.7 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, led by a 5.5 percent increase in petroleum prices. The overall increase followed a 0.2 percent…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: December 2007
On the last business day of December, there were 4.0 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings…
2007 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 2007. The seasonally adjusted…
January 2008 Employment Situation
Both nonfarm payroll employment, at 138.1 million, and the unemployment rate, at 4.9 percent, were essentially unchanged in January, the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The small January…
December 2007 Employment Cost Index
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent from September to December 2007, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was the same increase as the…
December 2007 Producer Price Index
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.1 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 3.2-percent rise in November and…
December 2007 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A 0.3 percent increase in nonpetroleum prices was offset by a 0.6 percent decline in the price index…
Job Openings and Labor Turnover: November 2007
On the last business day of November, there were 4.0 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings,…
December 2007 Employment Situation
The unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent in December, while nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (+18,000), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth in several…
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