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Beyond the Numbers
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What the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for the future of IT jobs
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02/24/2022
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How did the 2020 census affect employment?
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02/24/2022
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How did employment change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from a new BLS survey supplement
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01/04/2022
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How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect input costs for U.S. producers? A review based on BLS input cost indexes
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12/16/2021
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for States in 2020
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10/25/2021
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Measuring consumer price change during economic downturns: a review of assumptions about consumer spending
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09/17/2021
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Inbound air freight prices go sky high in the midst of pandemic
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06/22/2021
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Trends in electricity prices during the transition away from coal
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05/04/2021
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What we know about the 2019 and 2020 labor market: comparing labor supply and demand
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05/04/2021
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Artificial intelligence: taking on a bigger role in our future security
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05/03/2021
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Understanding latency in fatal occupational injuries
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04/01/2021
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We can manage: employment trends for management occupations
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03/25/2021
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Improving the cost-of-living measure for older populations: some recommendations
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03/24/2021
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Minds at work: what’s required according to the Occupational Requirements Survey
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03/19/2021
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Solar and wind generation occupations: a look at the next decade
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02/26/2021
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the input and output prices of the airline and hotel industries: Insights from new BLS data
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02/18/2021
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Employment trends in retail trade, 2010–19
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01/26/2021
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Why computer occupations are behind strong STEM employment growth in the 2019–29 decade
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01/19/2021
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for Southern states in 2018
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12/17/2020
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Employer-provided bonuses: what are they, what types of businesses offer them, and who receives them?
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12/16/2020
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for Midwestern states in 2018
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12/11/2020
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What is driving increases in healthcare spending? Observations from BLS disease-based price indexes
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12/04/2020
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Forty years of falling manufacturing employment
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11/20/2020
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How have healthcare expenditures changed? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys
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11/16/2020
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How do jobseekers search for jobs? New data on applications, interviews, and job offers
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11/13/2020
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The effects of tariff rates on the U.S. economy: what the Producer Price Index tells us
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10/20/2020
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International cotton trade and causes of price volatility in the United States
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10/20/2020
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2019
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09/10/2020
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Receipt and use of stimulus payments in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic
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08/31/2020
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Nearly 50 years of occupational safety and health data
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07/17/2020
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for Western States in 2018
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07/08/2020
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Comparisons of hourly wage estimates by location, work levels, hours, and other factors
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05/27/2020
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How tariffs relate to BLS import and export price indexes
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05/08/2020
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Inside the decline of sales occupations
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05/05/2020
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A historical look at soybean price increases: What happened since the year 2000?
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03/12/2020
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The 2020 census and CES employment
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02/27/2020
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Why the prices of natural and synthetic rubber do not always bounce together
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02/14/2020
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Job openings and labor turnover trends for Northeastern states in 2018
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02/12/2020
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Checking out productivity in grocery stores
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12/18/2019
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A look at teachers’ job requirements, employer costs, and benefits
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10/31/2019
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Holiday employment in retail trade
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10/25/2019
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How does consumer spending differ among households in California, Texas, and New York? A new BLS data product can tell us
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09/23/2019
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Men who do not work during their prime years: What do the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth data reveal?
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08/12/2019
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Fatal occupational injuries to independent workers
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08/09/2019
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Has the required skill level of part-time jobs changed over time?
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07/29/2019
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Productivity trends in the wired and wireless telecommunications industries
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05/30/2019
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Are most Americans cutting the cord on landlines?
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05/20/2019
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The National Compensation Survey: a look at variable premium medical care plans
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05/14/2019
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Safety First! Projected growth in safety inspection occupations 2016–26
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04/16/2019
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The relationship between crude oil prices and export prices of major agricultural commodities
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04/11/2019
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Compensation trends into the 21st century
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03/22/2019
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Ahead of the pack: why are veterinary occupations growing much faster than average?
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03/01/2019
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The relationship between cash contributions, pretax income, and age
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02/07/2019
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Improving the CPI physicians services index
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01/25/2019
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Nonresidential building construction overhead and profit markups: an update
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01/11/2019
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The employment outlook for occupations tasked with building America’s infrastructure
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10/30/2018
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In the money: occupational projections for the financial industry
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10/26/2018
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Which industries are filling job openings and which industries are not? Exploring the JOLTS hires-per-job-opening ratio
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10/22/2018
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Television, capturing America's attention at prime time and beyond
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09/28/2018
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You don't need to walk it off: occupations that help to diagnose and treat sports injuries
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08/01/2018
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Exploring labor market trends through JOLTS firm-size data
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08/01/2018
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Tradeoffs in the expenditure patterns of families with children
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07/30/2018
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Housing and expenditures: before, during, and after the bubble
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06/11/2018
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An average mystery in hours and earnings data entails a weighty explanation
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06/07/2018
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Big data adds up to opportunities in math careers
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06/04/2018
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High-tech industries: an analysis of employment, wages, and output
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05/31/2018
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State and local government workers preparing for retirement: Do you understand your plan formula?
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05/30/2018
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The facts of the faller: Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to loggers 2006–2015
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04/17/2018
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So you want to be in pictures: jobs in video production
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04/02/2018
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Measuring employer and employee confidence in the economy: the quits-to-layoffs-and-discharges ratio
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03/26/2018
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Consumer spending by state: BLS puts New Jersey to the test
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03/15/2018
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Drilling deep into PPI indexes to understand regional variations in natural gas price movements
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02/21/2018
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Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the decades as a study in long-term price change
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10/13/2017
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The rise and fall of almond prices: Asia, drought, and consumer preference
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10/12/2017
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Why did Rhode Island have slower employment growth than the nation during the recovery period, 2009–16?
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09/21/2017
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Nailing down the price of new nonresidential building construction: expanding the PPI to include indexes by region and type of contractor
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07/31/2017
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Hispanic household spending in 2015
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07/27/2017
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How pay and benefits change as job level rises: data from the National Compensation Survey
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06/23/2017
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The cost of care: new insights into healthcare spending growth
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06/14/2017
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Understanding the labor productivity and compensation gap
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06/06/2017
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Use with caution: interpreting Consumer Expenditure income group data
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05/05/2017
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How do United States consumer expenditures compare with the United Kingdom and Japan?
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02/28/2017
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The cost of crisis: why stock fees rise when markets slip
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02/06/2017
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Below trend: the U.S. productivity slowdown since the Great Recession
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01/31/2017
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Spending habits of urban consumers and "blue-collar" consumers living in urban areas, 1984 and 2015
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01/13/2017
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Impact of the 2015 U.S. dollar rise on export prices and on the agricultural industry
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12/20/2016
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Defined contribution retirement plans: Who has them and what do they cost?
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12/07/2016
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Healthcare jobs you can get without a bachelor’s degree
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11/23/2016
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Labor market risks of a magnitude-6.8 Hayward Fault earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area: an update
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10/13/2016
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What the Consumer Expenditure Survey tells us about mortgage instruments before and after the housing collapse
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10/11/2016
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Household healthcare spending in 2014
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08/29/2016
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Impact of the strengthening dollar on U.S. import prices in 2015
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08/19/2016
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Eating and drinking in Miami: consumer expenditures, 2010–14
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08/18/2016
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What happened to ethanol producer prices after passage of the Renewable Fuel Standard?
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07/12/2016
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You’re getting a pension: What are your payment options?
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06/17/2016
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The high-tech industry, what is it and why it matters to our economic future
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05/17/2016
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Employment patterns in political organizations
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05/13/2016
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The consumer price index continued its slowdown in 2015: energy was the main factor
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04/14/2016
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Using gasoline data to explain inelasticity
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03/08/2016
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A closer look at spending patterns of older Americans
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03/03/2016
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Producer prices in 2015: Services inflation slows, goods prices continue to decrease
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02/26/2016
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Trends in employer costs for defined benefit plans
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02/19/2016
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Expenditures on cellular phone services have increased significantly since 2007
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02/03/2016
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People who are not in the labor force: why aren't they working?
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12/30/2015
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Consumer expenditures vary by age
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12/10/2015
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As crude oil plunges, retail gasoline margins spike, then retreat
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12/10/2015
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Access to specific provisions of employer-provided benefits: new estimates
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09/25/2015
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Selected characteristics of savings and thrift plans for private industry workers
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07/01/2015
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The cost of 'basic necessities' has risen slightly more than inflation over the last 30 years
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06/18/2015
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The 2014 plunge in import petroleum prices: What happened?
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05/27/2015
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Gasoline prices: cyclical trends and market developments
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05/18/2015
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A look at today’s pension equity plans
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04/15/2015
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Movies, music, and sports: U.S. entertainment spending, 2008–2013
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03/25/2015
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Falling gasoline prices lead to lowest inflation since 2008
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03/13/2015
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Disability insurance plans: trends in employee access and employer costs
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02/24/2015
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Producer inflation in 2014: energy prices drop but prices for services advance
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02/23/2015
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Understanding health plan types: What’s in a name?
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01/16/2015
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Access to dependent care reimbursement accounts and workplace-funded childcare
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01/07/2015
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Slicing through fruit price volatility
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12/22/2014
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Analyzing alternatives to export price indexes
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11/21/2014
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Oil extraction surges with the help of sand
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11/17/2014
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Trends in unemployment and other labor market difficulties
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11/06/2014
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Income and spending patterns among Black households
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11/05/2014
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Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries commemorates 20 years of occupational safety and health data
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10/17/2014
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An analysis of multiemployer pension plans
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10/15/2014
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Two measures of consumer price change: How are they different?
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09/30/2014
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Wage differentials: how jobseekers can use them to analyze occupational wage and cost of living data by U.S. area
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09/16/2014
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How has labor force participation among young moms and dads changed? A comparison of two cohorts
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09/12/2014
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Trends in producer prices between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail trade establishments
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08/18/2014
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Fatal injuries and nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving insects, arachnids, and mites
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08/06/2014
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Restaurants help feed job growth: how the leisure and hospitality industry fared after the recent employment downturn
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07/28/2014
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How does consumer spending change during boom, recession, and recovery?
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06/26/2014
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Shrimp disease in Asia resulting in high U.S. import prices
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06/24/2014
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Do different groups invest differently in higher education?
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06/09/2014
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What can labor productivity tell us about the U.S. economy?
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05/29/2014
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How frequently do private businesses pay workers?
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05/23/2014
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Examining trends in the nonresidential building construction producer price indexes (PPIs)
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05/14/2014
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Americans’ aging autos
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05/08/2014
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An overview of employment and wages in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) groups
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04/30/2014
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The impact of the falling yen on U.S. import prices
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04/25/2014
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Employer-sponsored benefits extended to domestic partners
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03/28/2014
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Why does BLS provide both the CPI-W and CPI-U?
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02/28/2014
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Improvements to the Producer Price Index measure: the Final-Demand–Intermediate-Demand system
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02/26/2014
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Measuring occupational concentration by industry
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02/19/2014
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Persistence of a high unemployment rate in New York City during the recent recovery
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02/18/2014
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New education classification better reflects income and spending patterns in the Consumer Expenditure Survey
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01/27/2014
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Spending patterns of families receiving means-tested government assistance
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12/16/2013
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The Consumer Price Index and the 'median CPI'
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12/13/2013
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Forty Years of the BLS Export and Import Price Indexes: trends and competition
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12/09/2013
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Measures of gasoline price change
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09/13/2013
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Death on the job: fatal work injuries in 2011
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08/29/2013
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Long-term unemployment over men’s careers
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08/16/2013
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Highlights of the 2013 PPI User Survey
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08/13/2013
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The reemergence of the United States as a global petroleum producer
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08/12/2013
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Paid leave in private industry over the past 20 years
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08/01/2013
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Why are there revisions to the jobs numbers?
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07/10/2013
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Spending on pets: “Tails” from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
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05/17/2013
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Compensation highlights in trade, transportation, and utilities industries
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05/16/2013
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Owners’ equivalent rent and the Consumer Price Index: 30 years and counting
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05/15/2013
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The effects of shale gas production on natural gas prices
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05/14/2013
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Growing demand for fertilizer keeps prices high
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05/10/2013
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Employment and wage changes in oil-producing counties in the Bakken Formation, 2007–2011
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04/26/2013
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Retirement and medical benefits: Who has both?
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04/16/2013
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Careers in the growing field of information technology services
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04/09/2013
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Employment-based health benefits in small and large private establishments
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04/05/2013
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Reduce, reuse, recycle: green technologies and practices at work
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03/25/2013
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Average Food Prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century
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02/26/2013
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Expenditures of urban and rural households in 2011
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02/25/2013
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Gold prices during and after the Great Recession
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02/19/2013
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Coal: A key player in expanded U.S. energy exports
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02/12/2013
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Patterns of homeownership, delinquency, and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers
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02/06/2013
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Injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries in mining in 2010
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01/22/2013
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Travel expenditures, 2005–2011: spending slows during recent recession
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12/12/2012
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Retirement costs for defined benefit plans higher than for defined contribution plans
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12/12/2012
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Writing an escalation contract using the Consumer Price Index
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11/14/2012
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Will the 2012 drought have a bigger impact on grocery prices than the 1988 drought?
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11/13/2012
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Impact of the drought on corn exports: paying the price
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11/08/2012
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Employment and wages in community and social service occupations
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10/31/2012
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A comparison of 25 years of consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters
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10/11/2012
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A comparison of college attendance and high school coursework from two cohorts of youth
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10/01/2012
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Who has benefits in private industry in 2012?
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09/12/2012
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Consumer Price Index data quality: how accurate is the U.S. CPI?
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08/21/2012
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How parents use time and money
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08/20/2012
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Atlanta’s thriving air transportation industry: employment and wages, 1990–2010
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08/19/2012
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Facts of the catch: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to fishing workers, 2003–2009
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08/17/2012
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Wholesale and retail Producer Price Indexes: margin prices
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08/13/2012
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Bureau of Labor Statistics introduces new locality of origin import price indexes by industry sector
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08/09/2012
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An overview of U.S. occupational employment and wages in 2011
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07/30/2012
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How have health benefits changed in state and local governments from 1998 to 2011?
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06/28/2012
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Employment, college enrollment, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans during the recent recession
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06/02/2012
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Energy prices jump while food prices show modest increases
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05/03/2012
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How new fees are affecting the Producer Price Index for air travel
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05/02/2012
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International air passenger fares shrug off the recession
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05/01/2012
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