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Compensation costs up 1.0% Sep 2021 to Dec 2021 and up 4.0% over the year ending Dec 2021

Compensation costs increased 1.0 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from September 2021 to December 2021. Over the year, total compensation rose 4.0 percent, wages and salaries rose 4.5 percent, and benefit costs rose 2.8 percent.

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01/26/2022 Gross job gains 8.1 million and gross job losses 7.2 million in the 2nd quarter of 2021

01/25/2022 December jobless rates down in 42 states; payroll jobs up in 17 states

01/21/2022 November quits rates up in 22 states; job openings rates down in 16; hires rates up in 4

01/20/2022 Union membership rate 10.3% in 2021, down from 10.8% in 2020 but the same as in 2019

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.5% in Dec 2021

Unemployment Rate:
3.9% in Dec 2021

Payroll Employment:
+199,000(p) in Dec 2021

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.19(p) in Dec 2021

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.2%(p) in Dec 2021

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+1.0% in 4th Qtr of 2021

Productivity:
-5.2%(r) in 3rd Qtr of 2021

U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.2% in Dec 2021

U.S. Export Price Index:
-1.8% in Dec 2021

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