Import prices from China decrease 1.7 percent over the year ending January 2017
February 15, 2017
Prices for imports from China fell 0.1 percent in January, after recording no change in December and fell 1.7 percent over the past 12 months. The price index for imports from China has not recorded a monthly increase since the index rose 0.1 percent in December 2014.
read full article »Recent Articles
View All »February 14, 2017
192 metropolitan areas had jobless rates below U.S. rate of 4.5 percent in December 2016
In December 2016, a total of 192 areas had jobless rates below the U.S. rate of 4.5 percent, 186 areas had rates above it, and 9 areas had rates equal to that of the nation. In December, Ames, Iowa, and Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, had the lowest unemployment rates, 2.1 percent each. El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, had the highest unemployment rates, 18.8 percent and 15.3 percent, respectively.
February 13, 2017
Employment up in 49 of the 51 largest metro areas, December 2015 to December 2016
From December 2015 to December 2016, nonfarm employment rose in 49 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, and fell in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin (-0.5 percent), and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (-0.4 percent).
February 10, 2017
Unit labor costs for nonfarm business increase 1.9 percent during 2016
During 2016, unit labor costs in the nonfarm business sector increased 1.9 percent, as hourly compensation increased 2.9 percent and labor productivity (output per hour) increased 1.0 percent. Since the end of 2006, unit labor costs for nonfarm business increased 12.7 percent, as hourly compensation grew 27.3 percent and labor productivity increased 13.0 percent.
February 09, 2017
Union membership rate 10.7 percent in 2016
The union membership rate—the percentage of wage and salary workers who are members of unions—was 10.7 percent in 2016, down 0.4 percentage point from 2015. In 1983, the first year for which comparable data are available, the union membership rate was 20.1 percent.
Popular TED Subjects
View All »OF INTEREST
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics
-
STEM occupations: past, present, and future
A look at employment and wages in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics occupations. -
Workplace injuries and illnesses and employer costs for workers’ compensation
Workplace injury and illness data and the costs to employers for workers’ compensation in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations. -
A look at the future of the U.S. labor force to 2060
Projected long-term trends in the growth, size, and composition of the labor force. -
Union membership in the United States
Historical trends in union membership among employed wage and salary workers; union membership by a variety of demographic characteristics.
