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Consumer Price Index (CPI):
-0.1% in Mar 2018
Unemployment Rate:
4.1% in Mar 2018
Payroll Employment:
+103,000(p) in Mar 2018
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.08(p) in Mar 2018
Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.3%(p) in Mar 2018
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.8% in 1st Qtr of 2018
Productivity:
unchanged in 4th Qtr of 2017
U.S. Import Price Index:
unchanged in Mar 2018
U.S. Export Price Index:
+0.3% in Mar 2018
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April 2018 CPI data are scheduled to be released on May 10, 2018, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.read more »Latest News Release
CPI for all items falls 0.1% in March; gasoline index declines, shelter index rises
04/11/2018
In March, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers decreased 0.1
percent seasonally adjusted; rising 2.4 percent over the last 12 months, not
seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2
percent in March (SA); up 2.1 percent over the year (NSA).
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The Economics Daily
Consumer Price Index rose 2.4 percent over the year ending March 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 2.4 percent from March 2017 to March 2018. That was the largest 12-month increase since the period ending March 2017 and higher than the 1.6-percent average annual rate over the past 10 years. Consumer prices for food rose 1.3 percent from March 2017 to March 2018. Prices for food at home rose 0.4 percent, while prices for food away from home rose 2.5 percent. Energy prices were 7.0 percent higher in March 2018 than a year earlier. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Improving initial estimates of the Chained Consumer Price Index
An examination of the reasoning underlying the most recent update to the formula used to produce the preliminary Chained Consumer Price Index. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the decades as a study in long-term price change
This article examines the history of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and compares the original construction with a contemporary proposed rebuilding of it, which provides an interesting illustration of long-term price change in the United States, with the help of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. read more »
