United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data		 Oct
2008		 Nov
2008		 Dec
2008		 Jan
2009		 Feb
2009		 Mar
2009

Unemployment Rate (1)

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 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6 8.1 8.5

Change in Payroll Employment (2)

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 -380 -597 -681 -741 (P) -651 (P) -663

Average Hourly Earnings (3)

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 18.28 18.34 18.40 18.43 (P) 18.47 (P) 18.50

Consumer Price Index (4)

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 -0.8 -1.7 -0.8 0.3 0.4 -0.1

Producer Price Index (5)

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 -2.6 -2.7 (P) -1.8 (P) 0.8 (P) 0.1 (P) -1.2

U.S. Import Price Index (6)

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 -6.0 -7.4 -4.6 -1.2 (R) -0.1 (R) 0.5

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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Data		 1st Qtr
2008		 2nd Qtr
2008		 3rd Qtr
2008		 4th Qtr
2008		 1st Qtr
2009

Employment Cost Index (1)

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 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3

Productivity (2)

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 2.6 4.7 2.2 -0.4  

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: May 01, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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