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Employment Situation - January 2009

08-Feb-09

Employment Situation At a Glance

Total Employment: 142,099,000
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 134,580,000
Monthly Change: Down 598,000
Unemployed Persons: 11,616,000
Unemployment Rate: 7.6%
Change: Down Up 0.4%

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Producer Price Index - December 2008

18-Jan-09

Producer Price Index At a Glance

Finished Goods Index: Down 1.9%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.2%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Down 0.9%
Finished Goods Energy: Down 9.3%
Finished Goods Food: Down 1.5%
Intermediate Goods Index: Down 4.2%
Crude Goods Index: Down 5.3%

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Import Export Price Indexes - December 2008

18-Jan-09

Import Export Prices At a Glance

Import Prices: -4.2%
Non-petroleum Import Prices: -1.1%
Export Prices: -2.3%
Non-agricultural Export Prices: -1.9%
Agricultural Export Prices: -6.5%
Yearly Import Price Change: -9.3%
Yearly Export Price Change: -3.2%

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Consumer Price Index - December 2008

18-Jan-09

CPI At a Glance

CPI-U: 210.228
Monthly Change: Down 1%
Year-to-year Change: Up 0.1%
Core CPI-U: Up 1.8% [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 204.813
Monthly Change: Down 1.2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 0.5%
Chained CPI-U: 120.661
Monthly Change: Down 1.3%
Year-to-Year Change: Down 0.5%

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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Employment Situation - December 2008

12-Jan-09

Employment Situation At a Glance

Total Employment: 143,338 million
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 135,489 million
Monthly Change: Down 524,000
Unemployed Persons: 11,108 million
Unemployment Rate: 7.2%
Change: Up 0.4%

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - November 2008

17-Dec-08

CPI At a Glance

CPI-U: 212.425
Monthly Change: Down 1.9%
Year-to-year Change: Up 1.1%
Core CPI-U: unchanged [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 207.296
Monthly Change: Down 2.3%
Year-to-year Change: Up 0.7%
Chained CPI-U: 124.784
Monthly Change: Down 2%
Year-to-Year Change: Up 0.7%

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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