United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data		 Oct
2018		 Nov
2018		 Dec
2018		 Jan
2019		 Feb
2019		 Mar
2019

Unemployment Rate(1)

 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 277 196 227 312 (p)33 (p)196

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 27.35 27.43 27.53 27.56 (p)27.66 (p)27.70

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4

Producer Price Index(5)

 0.8 -0.1 (p)-0.2 (p)-0.1 (p)0.1 (p)0.6

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 0.5 -1.6 -1.4 0.1 (r)1.0 (r)0.6

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		 4th Qtr
2017		 1st Qtr
2018		 2nd Qtr
2018		 3rd Qtr
2018		 4th Qtr
2018

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7

Productivity(2)

 (r)-0.4 (r)0.6 (r)2.8 (r)1.8 1.9

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.
(r) Revised

Data extracted on: April 12, 2019

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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