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Category Archives: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Productivity and Costs - 2nd Quarter 2008

04-Sep-08

Productivity and Employment Costs at a Glance

Business Sector Productivity: Up 4.3%
Nonfarm Business Productivity: Up 4.3%
Manufacturing Productivity: Down 2.2%
Durable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Down 4.5%
Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 0.2%
Business Unit Labor Costs: Down 0.4%

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Producer Price Index - July 2008

19-Aug-08

Producer Price Index At a Glance

Finished Goods Index: Up 1.2%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.7%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 9.8%
Finished Goods Energy: Up 3.1%
Finished Goods Food: Up 0.3%
Intermediate Goods Index: Up 2.7%
Crude Goods Index: Up 4.2%

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - July 2008

14-Aug-08

CPI At a Glance

CPI-U: 219.964
Monthly Change: Up 0.5%
Year-to-year Change: Up 5.6%
Core CPI-U: Up 0.3% [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 216.304
Monthly Change: Up 0.5%
Year-to-year Change: Up 6.2%
Chained CPI-U: 126.116
Monthly Change: Up 0.4%
Year-to-Year Change: Up 4.8%

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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Import Export Price Indexes - July 2008

14-Aug-08

Import Export Prices At a Glance

Import Prices: Up 1.7%
Non-petroleum Import Prices: Up 0.9%
Export Prices: Up 1.4%
Non-agricultural Export Prices: Up 0.8%
Agricultural Export Prices: Up 6.7%
Yearly Import Price Change: Up 21.6%
Yearly Export Price Change: Up 10.2%

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Productivity and Costs - 2nd Quarter 2008

09-Aug-08

Productivity and Employment Costs at a Glance

Business Sector Productivity: 2.3%
Nonfarm Business Productivity: 2.2%
Manufacturing Productivity: -1.4%
Durable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: -3.5%
Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 0.7%
Business Unit Labor Costs: Up 1.5%

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Employment Situation - July 2008

02-Aug-08

Employment Situation At a Glance

Total Employment: 145,819 thousand
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 137,615 thousand
Monthly Change: Down 51,000
Unemployed Persons: 8.784 million
Unemployment Rate: 5.7%
Change: Up 0.2%

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