U.S Economy At a Glance. Couldn't be any better.Booo bad Acampora,wrong Acampora.
(Source:U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
'97 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '98 '99
Labor Market
Civilian Labor Force (1) 137,086 137,288 137,384 137,340 137,232 137,369 137,498 137,407 137,481 138,081 138,116 138,193 138,547 139,347
Unemployment (1) 6,448 6,345 6,363 6,432 5,952 6,039 6,245 6,231 6,217 6,263 6,258 6,080 6,021 5,950
Unemployment Rate (2) 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3
Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls (1) 124,289 124,640 124,832 124,914 125,234 125,562 125,751 125,869 126,191 126,363 126,527 126,804 127,102(p) 127,347(p)
Hours, Earnings and Productivity
Average Weekly Hours (3) 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.6 34.5 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.6 34.4 34.6 34.5 34.6(p) 34.5(p)
Average Hourly Earnings (3) 12.50 12.54 12.59 12.63 12.70 12.73 12.76 12.79 12.85 12.87 12.90 12.94 12.98(p) 13.04(p)
Employment Cost Index (4) 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7
Productivity (5) 3.6 0.3 2.5 3.7
Prices
Consumer Price Index (6) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1
Producer Price Index (7) -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.4
Footnotes:
(1) Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
(2) Seasonally adjusted, in percent
(3) For production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted
(4) Compensation, all civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, 3-month percent change
(5) Output per hour, nonfarm business, seasonally adjusted, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate
(6) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change
(7) Finished goods, seasonally adjusted, 1982=100, 1-month percent change
(P) Preliminary
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