Economic News Releases

LATEST RELEASES

• Employment Cost Index 01/28/2022
• Quarterly Data Series on Business Employment Dynamics 01/26/2022
• State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) 01/25/2022

MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Consumer Price Index

In December, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.5 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 7.0 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.6 percent in December (SA); up 5.5 percent over the year (NSA).

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Employment Cost Index

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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Employment Situation

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 199,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.9 percent. Employment continued to trend up in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing.

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Producer Price Index

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in December, as prices for final demand services advanced 0.5 percent and the index for final demand goods decreased 0.4 percent. Final demand prices rose 9.7 percent in 2021.

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Productivity and Costs

Productivity decreased 5.2 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the third quarter of 2021; unit labor costs increased 9.6 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity decreased 1.8 percent and unit labor costs increased 4.6 percent.

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Real Earnings

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1 percent in December, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.6 percent and CPI-U increased 0.5 percent. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.1 percent over the month.

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U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

Prices for U.S. imports decreased 0.2 percent in December, after rising 0.7 percent the previous month. Export prices fell 1.8 percent in December following a 0.8-percent rise in November. Over the past year, import prices increased 10.4 percent and export prices advanced 14.7 percent.

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Employment & Unemployment

Monthly

• Employment Situation (PDF) (Charts)
• Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation (PDF)
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover (PDF) (Charts)
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (PDF) (Charts)
• Real Earnings (PDF)
• State Employment and Unemployment (PDF) (Charts)
• State Job Openings and Labor Turnover (PDF) (Charts)

Quarterly, annual, and other

• American Time Use Survey (PDF) (Charts)
• Business Employment Dynamics (PDF) (Charts)
• College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates (PDF)
• Computer and Internet Use at Work (PDF)
• Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangements (PDF)
• County Employment and Wages (PDF) (Charts)
• Employee Tenure (PDF)
• Employment Characteristics of Families (PDF)
• Employment Situation of Veterans (PDF)
• Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics (PDF)
• Employment Experience of Youths: Results from a Longitudinal Survey (PDF)
• Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results from a National Longitudinal Survey (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages (PDF)
• Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics (PDF)
• Regional and State Unemployment (Annual) (PDF)
• Summer Employment and Unemployment among Youth (PDF)
• Union Members (PDF)
• Unpaid Eldercare in the United States (PDF)
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers (PDF) (Charts)
• Volunteering in the United States (PDF)
• Work At Home (PDF)
• Work Experience of the Population (PDF)
• Worker Displacement (PDF)
• Workers on Flexible and Shift Schedules (PDF)

Inflation & Prices

• Consumer Price Index (PDF) (Charts)
• Producer Price Index (PDF) (Charts)
• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes (PDF) (Charts)
• Consumer Expenditures Survey (Annual) (PDF)

Pay & Benefits & Workplace Injuries

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (PDF) (Charts)
• Employee Benefits in the United States (PDF) (Charts)
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (PDF) (Charts)
• Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (PDF) (Charts)
• Employment Cost Index (PDF) (Charts)
• Major Work Stoppages (PDF)
• Occupational Requirements Survey (PDF)

Productivity & Technology

• Multifactor Productivity Trends (PDF)
• Multifactor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries (PDF)
• Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing (PDF)
• Productivity and Costs (PDF) (Charts)
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries (PDF) (Charts)
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing Industries (PDF) (Charts)
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale and Retail Trade (PDF) (Charts)
• Productivity by State (PDF) (Charts)

Employment Projections and Occupational Outlook Handbook

• Employment Projections and Occupational Outlook Handbook (PDF)

Regional News Releases

• New England (Boston, MA)
• New York-New Jersey (New York, NY)
• Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia, PA)
• Southeast (Atlanta, GA)
• Midwest (Chicago, IL)
• Southwest (Dallas, TX)
• Mountain-Plains (Kansas City, MO)
• Western (San Francisco, CA)

 

Last Modified Date: November 4, 2021