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Economy at a Glance


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Labor Market
Civilian Labor Force (1) Graph 135,689 136,115 136,043 136,060 136,206 136,294 136,404 136,439 136,406 136,864 137,169 137,493 137,557
Unemployment (1) Graph 7,174 7,080 6,768 6,566 6,814 6,633 6,657 6,678 6,496 6,289 6,392 6,409 6,393
Unemployment Rate (2) Graph 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6
Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls (1) Graph 121,162 121,344 121,671 121,834 122,056 122,440 122,492 122,792 123,083 123,512 123,866 124,241(p) 124,551(p)
Hours, Earnings and Productivity
Average Weekly Hours (3) Graph 34.8 34.8 34.5 34.5 34.6 34.4 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.8 34.6 34.8(p) 34.9(p)
Average Hourly Earnings (3) Graph 12.10 12.14 12.14 12.19 12.23 12.24 12.31 12.35 12.40 12.48 12.48 12.52(p) 12.60(p)
Employment Cost Index (4) Graph 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.0
Productivity (5) Graph 1.1 2.3 3.6 2.0
Prices
Consumer Price Index (6) Graph 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Producer Price Index (7) Graph -0.3 -0.2 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1

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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Cite: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1998-99, UM-St. Louis Libraries Edition, derived and modified by Raleigh Muns April 14, 1998, from http://stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm
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