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Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers are $919 in 3rd quarter 2019

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 118.4 million full-time wage and salary workers were $919 in the third quarter of 2019 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 3.6 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 1.8 percent in the CPI-U.

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10/11/2019

U.S. import prices rise 0.2% in September on higher fuel prices; export prices fall 0.2%

10/10/2019

CPI for all items unchanged in September as gasoline decline offsets shelter increase

10/10/2019

Real average hourly earnings are unchanged over the month in September

10/09/2019

Job openings (7.1 million) and separations little changed in August; hires edge down

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
unchanged in Sep 2019

Unemployment Rate:
3.5% in Sep 2019

Payroll Employment:
+136,000(p) in Sep 2019

Average Hourly Earnings:
-$0.01(p) in Sep 2019

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
-0.3%(p) in Sep 2019

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.6% in 2nd Qtr of 2019

Productivity:
+2.3% in 2nd Qtr of 2019

U.S. Import Price Index:
+0.2% in Sep 2019

U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.2% in Sep 2019

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