February 16, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Import prices fall again
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.4 percent in January. The decline followed a 0.8-percent decrease in the previous month and was largely attributable to a drop in petroleum prices.
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The January decrease for overall import prices was led by a 5.0-percent decline for imported petroleum prices, which had dropped 10.8 percent in the previous month. The index for nonpetroleum import prices rose 0.3 percent in January, following a 0.9-percent increase in the previous month.
Overall import prices rose 2.3 percent for the 12 months ended in January.
These data are a product of the BLS International
Price program. Learn more in "U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes - January 2001," news release
USDL 01-43. Note: import price data are subject to revision in each of the
three months after original publication.
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