Economy at a Glance


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Sept
'96		 Oct
'96		 Nov
'96		 Dec
'96		 Jan
'97		 Feb
'97		 Mar
'97		 Apr
'97		 May
'97		 June
'97		 July
'97		 Aug
'97		 Sept
'97
Labor Market
Civilian Labor Force (1) Graph 134,291 134,636 134,831 135,022 135,848 135,634 136,319 136,098 136,173 136,200 136,290 136,480 136,467
Unemployment (1) Graph 7,043 7,019 7,187 7,167 7,268 7,205 7,144 6,714 6,534 6,836 6,583 6,677 6,752
Unemployment Rate (2) Graph 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.9
Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls (1) Graph 120,019 120,248 120,450 120,659 120,909 121,162 121,344 121,671 121,834 122,056 122,440 122,480(p) 122,695(p)
Hours, Earnings and Productivity
Average Weekly Hours (3) Graph 34.7 34.4 34.5 34.7 34.4 34.8 34.8 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.4 34.6(p) 34.5(p)
Average Hourly Earnings (3) Graph 11.91 11.91 11.98 12.03 12.05 12.10 12.14 12.14 12.19 12.23 12.24 12.30(p) 12.34(p)
Employment Cost Index (4) Graph 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8
Productivity (5) Graph -1.0 1.8 1.4 2.7
Prices
Consumer Price Index (6) Graph 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Producer Price Index (7) Graph 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.5

Footnotes:
(1) Seasonally adjusted, in thousands
(2) Seasonally adjusted, in percent
(3) For production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted
(4) Compensation, all civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, 3-month percent change
(5) Output per hour, nonfarm business, seasonally adjusted, percent change from previous quarter at annual rate
(6) All items, U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted, 1982-84=100, 1-month percent change
(7) Finished goods, seasonally adjusted, 1982=100, 1-month percent change
(P) Preliminary

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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