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Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers are $908 in 2nd quarter 2019

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 117.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $908 in the second quarter of 2019 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 3.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.8 percent in the CPI-U.

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07/16/2019

Import prices fall 0.9% in June on lower fuel and nonfuel prices; export prices drop 0.7%

07/12/2019

PPI for final demand advances 0.1% in June; services increase 0.4%; goods fall 0.4%

07/11/2019

CPI for all items rises 0.1% in June as shelter index rises, gasoline index falls

07/11/2019

Real average hourly earnings increase 0.2% over the month in June

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.1% in Jun 2019

Unemployment Rate:
3.7% in Jun 2019

Payroll Employment:
+224,000(p) in Jun 2019

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.06(p) in Jun 2019

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.1%(p) in Jun 2019

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.7% in 1st Qtr of 2019

Productivity:
+3.4%(r) in 1st Qtr of 2019

U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.9% in Jun 2019

U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.7% in Jun 2019

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