United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data
Mar
2008
Apr
2008
May
2008
June
2008
July
2008
Aug
2008

Unemployment Rate (1)

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5.1 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.1

Change in Payroll Employment (2)

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-88 -67 -47 -100 (P) -60 (P) -84

Average Hourly Earnings (3)

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17.87 17.89 17.95 18.00 (P) 18.07 (P) 18.14

Consumer Price Index (4)

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0.3 0.2 0.6 1.1 0.8  

Producer Price Index (5)

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0.9 0.3 (P) 1.4 (P) 1.8 (P) 1.2 (P) -0.9

U.S. Import Price Index (6)

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3.1 2.8 2.8 (R) 3.1 (R) 0.2 (R) -3.7

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) For production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Finished goods, 1982=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(R) Revised
(P) Preliminary

United States - Quarterly Data
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2nd Qtr
2007
3rd Qtr
2007
4th Qtr
2007
1st Qtr
2008
2nd Qtr
2008

Employment Cost Index (1)

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0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7

Productivity (2)

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4.1 5.8 0.8 2.6 4.3

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: September 12, 2008

Source: U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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