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Feb
03
Payroll employment rises 243,000 in January; unemployment rate decreases to 8.3%
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent. Job growth was widespread, with large gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing.
Feb
02
Productivity increases 0.7% in fourth quarter 2011; unit labor costs rise 1.2%
Productivity rose 0.7 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the fourth quarter 2011; unit labor costs increased 1.2 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity declined 0.4 percent and unit labor costs increased 1.6 percent.
02/01/2012
Gross job gains increase in second quarter 2011; gross job losses also increase
02/01/2012Employment is projected to grow 14.3% from 2010-20, led by health care and construction
02/01/2012Dec. jobless rates down over the year in 329 of 372 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 239
01/31/2012Compensation costs up 0.4 % September-December, and up 2.0 % over the year ending ...
01/27/2012Union membership rate in 2011 was 11.8%, little changed from 11.9% in 2010
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION »
LATEST PRODUCTS FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICES:
New England:
Total compensation costs in Boston rose 2.5 percent over the year ending December 2011
New York-New Jersey:
New York area CPI rose 2.7% over the year ending December 2011
Mid-Atlantic:
Philadelphia had the highest local wage and salary growth from December 2010 to 2011
Southeast:
Wages in Tuscaloosa County rose 4.9% from second quarter 2010 to second quarter 2011 (PDF)
Midwest:
Chicago area consumer prices fell 0.5% in December and were up 2.1% over the year
Southwest:
Oklahoma County's 5.3% annual wage gain ranks 19th among large U.S. counties in June 2011
Mountain-Plains:
Job growth in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties exceeded national average in 2nd quarter 2011
West:
San Francisco area prices down 0.4% over past 2 months; up 2.9% since December 2010 (PDF)
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• Productivity, fourth quarter 2011
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PROGRAM PERSPECTIVES
Health Benefit Costs by Wage Category
Presents BLS data on participation rates, the share of premiums paid by employers, and average monthly employer and employee medical care premium contributions. read more »
Focus on Prices and Spending
Consumer Spending in 2010
On the basis of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), consumers spent less in 2010, compared with 2009, on almost all major components of the household budget.
read more »WOMEN WORKERS
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
This report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for women from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
read more »Focus on Prices and Spending
Technology in Commodity Markets
The emergence of electronic trading has served to exacerbate the level of volatility in commodity prices, as seen in some Producer Price Indexes.
read more »Focus on Prices and Spending
The Impact of the Earthquake in Japan on U.S. Imports
The economic impact on Japanese export trade to the United States.
read more »Latest Numbers
Consumer Price Index (CPI):
unchanged in Dec 2011
Unemployment Rate:
8.3% in Jan 2012
Payroll Employment:
+243,000(p) in Jan 2012
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.04(p) in Jan 2012
Producer Price Index (PPI):
-0.1%(p) in Dec 2011
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.4% in 4th Qtr of 2011
Productivity:
+0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2011
U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.1% in Dec 2011
U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.5% in Dec 2011
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