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Category Archives: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Productivity and Costs - 1st Quarter 2008

07-May-08

Productivity and Employment Costs at a Glance

Business Sector Productivity: Up 1.9%
Nonfarm Business Productivity: Up 2.2%
Manufacturing Productivity: Up 4.1%
Durable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 2.3%
Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 7.0%
Business Unit Labor Costs: Up 2.2%%

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Employment Situation - April 08

04-May-08

Employment Situation At a Glance

Total Employment: 146,331 million
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 137,818 million
Monthly Change: Down 20,000
Unemployed Persons: 7,626 million
Unemployment Rate: 5.0%
Change: Down 0.1%

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - March 2008

16-Apr-08

CPI At a Glance

CPI-U: 231.528
Monthly Change: Up 0.9%
Year-to-year Change: Up 4.0%
Core CPI-U: Up 0.2% [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 209.147
Monthly Change: Up 0.9%
Year-to-year Change: Up 4.3%
Chained CPI-U: 123.204
Monthly Change: Up 0.8%%
Year-to-Year Change: Up 3.6%

Important notes: Numbers are not seasonally adjusted unless noted; base year=100 for CPI-U and CPI-W is 1982-1984; base year for C-CPI-U is 1999.
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Producer Price Index (PPI) - March 2008

15-Apr-08

Producer Price Index At a Glance

Finished Goods Index: Up 1.1%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.2%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 6.9%
Finished Goods Energy: Up 2.9%
Finished Goods Food: Down 1.2%
Intermediate Goods Index: Up 2.3%
Crude Goods Index: Up 8.0%

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Import Export Price Indexes - March 2008

12-Apr-08

Import Export Prices At a Glance

Import Prices: Up 2.8%
Non-petroleum Import Prices: Up 1.1%
Export Prices: Up 1.5%
Non-agricultural Export Prices: Up 1.2%
Agricultural Export Prices: Up 4.1%
Yearly Import Price Change: Up 14.8%
Yearly Export Price Change: Up 7.9%

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Employment Situation - March 2008

04-Apr-08

Employment Situation At a Glance

Total Employment: 145,969 million
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 137,846 million
Monthly Change: Down 80,000
Unemployed Persons: 7,815 million
Unemployment Rate: 5.1%
Change: Up 0.3%

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