October 15, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Import prices increase in September 2009
One-month percent change in export price indexes, September 2008–September 2009
| Month |
Imports |
| All imports |
Fuel Imports |
Nonfuel imports |
Sep 2008 |
-3.6 |
-11.7 |
-0.5 |
Oct 2008 |
-6.0 |
-20.8 |
-0.8 |
Nov 2008 |
-7.4 |
-27.8 |
-1.7 |
Dec 2008 |
-4.6 |
-22.2 |
-1.1 |
Jan 2009 |
-1.3 |
-4.7 |
-0.7 |
Feb 2009 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
-0.4 |
Mar 2009 |
0.5 |
7.8 |
-0.6 |
Apr 2009 |
1.1 |
7.5 |
0.1 |
May 2009 |
1.7 |
9.8 |
0.2 |
Jun 2009 |
2.7 |
16.0 |
0.2 |
Jul 2009 |
-0.7 |
-2.8 |
-0.2 |
Aug 2009 |
1.6 |
7.1 |
0.3 |
Sep 2009 |
0.1 |
-1.8 |
0.6 |
These data featured in the TED article, Import prices increase in September 2009.
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