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United States

United States - Monthly Data
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Data		 June
2019		 July
2019		 Aug
2019		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019

Unemployment Rate(1)

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5

Change in Payroll Employment(2)

 178 166 219 193 (p)156 (p)266

Average Hourly Earnings(3)

 27.91 27.99 28.11 28.12 (p)28.22 (p)28.29

Consumer Price Index(4)

 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.3

Producer Price Index(5)

 -0.3 0.2 (p)0.2 (p)-0.3 (p)0.4 (p)0.0

U.S. Import Price Index(6)

 -1.1 0.0 (r)-0.6 (r)0.1 (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		 3rd Qtr
2018		 4th Qtr
2018		 1st Qtr
2019		 2nd Qtr
2019		 3rd Qtr
2019

Employment Cost Index(1)

 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7

Productivity(2)

 1.2 0.1 3.5 2.5 (r)-0.2

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: December 12, 2019

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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