United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data		 Aug
2012		 Sept
2012		 Oct
2012		 Nov
2012		 Dec
2012		 Jan
2013

Unemployment Rate (1)

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 8.1 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.9

Change in Payroll Employment (2)

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 165 138 160 247 (P) 196 (P) 157

Average Hourly Earnings (3)

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 23.53 23.60 23.58 23.67 (P) 23.74 (P) 23.78

Consumer Price Index (4)

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 0.6 0.6 0.1 -0.3 0.0  

Producer Price Index (5)

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 1.6 (P) 1.2 (P) -0.2 (P) -0.8 (P) -0.2  

U.S. Import Price Index (6)

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 1.2 1.0 (R) 0.3 (R) -0.7 (R) -0.5 (R) 0.6

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Average Hourly Earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Finished goods, 1982=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(R) Revised
(P) Preliminary
United States - Quarterly Data
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Data		 4th Qtr
2011		 1st Qtr
2012		 2nd Qtr
2012		 3rd Qtr
2012		 4th Qtr
2012

Employment Cost Index (1)

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 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5

Productivity (2)

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 2.8 -0.5 1.9 (R) 3.2 -2.0

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.
(R) Revised

Data extracted on: February 14, 2013

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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