United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data		 Apr
2018		 May
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2018

Unemployment Rate(1)

 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 175 268 208 165 (p)270 (p)134

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 26.86 26.94 26.99 27.07 (p)27.16 (p)27.24

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Producer Price Index(5)

 0.2 0.5 (p)0.3 (p)0.0 (p)-0.1 (p)0.2

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 0.5 0.9 (r)0.0 (r)-0.1 (r)-0.4 (r)0.5

Footnotes
(1) In percent, seasonally adjusted. Annual averages are available for Not Seasonally Adjusted data.
(2) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Average Hourly Earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
(4) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(5) Final Demand, 1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(6) All imports, 1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
United States - Quarterly Data
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Data		 2nd Qtr
2017		 3rd Qtr
2017		 4th Qtr
2017		 1st Qtr
2018		 2nd Qtr
2018

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6

Productivity(2)

 1.6 2.3 -0.3 0.3 2.9

Footnotes
(1) Compensation, all civilian workers, quarterly data, 3-month percent change, seasonally adjusted.
(2) Output per hour, nonfarm business, quarterly data, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate, seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: October 16, 2018

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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