July 14, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Petroleum import prices rise again
The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.8
percent in June. The increase was attributable to a rise in petroleum
prices; prices for nonpetroleum imports were unchanged in June.
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The 0.8-percent increase in import prices in June—the 11th increase
in the past 12 months—followed a 0.3-percent rise in May. The June rise
was attributable to a 7.0-percent advance in petroleum prices, which
increased 4.8 percent in May after dipping 11.8 percent in April.
Over the past 12 months, the petroleum index was up 80.2 percent.
These data are a product of the BLS International
Price program. Learn more in "U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes - June
2000," news release USDL
00-201. Note: import price data are subject to revision in each of the
three months after original publication.
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