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PPI for final demand advances 0.5% in December; services rise 0.7%, goods unchanged

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in December. Prices for final demand services advanced 0.7 percent, and the index for final demand goods was unchanged. On an unadjusted basis, prices for final demand rose 3.0 percent in 2025.

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01/29/2026 Productivity increases 4.9% in Q3 2025; unit labor costs decrease 1.9% (annual rates)

01/28/2026 Full-time wage and salary workers median weekly earnings are $1,204 in 2025

01/27/2026 November job openings rates down in 7 states; layoffs and discharges rates down in 7

01/27/2026 December jobless rates up in 6 states; payroll jobs essentially unchanged in all states

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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Industry and occupational employment projections overview, 2024–34

Total employment projected to grow 3.1 percent from 2024 to 2034, slower than 13.0-percent growth from 2014–24. read more

BLS REPORTS

A profile of the working poor, 2023

In 2023, 36.8 million people, or 11.1 percent of the nation’s population, lived below the official poverty level. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

The value of transactional data to a consumer spending survey

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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Industry growth patterns from 1990 to 2024

A closer look at output, productivity, and hours worked in a sample of fast-growing industries. read more

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.3% in Dec 2025

Unemployment Rate:
4.4% in Dec 2025

Payroll Employment:
+50,000(p) in Dec 2025

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.12(p) in Dec 2025

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.5%(p) in Dec 2025

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.8% in 3rd Qtr of 2025

Productivity:
+4.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2025