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Mar

08

February payroll employment rises (+236,000); unemployment rate edges down (7.7%)

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 236,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent. Employment increased in professional and business services, construction, and health care.

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Mar

07

Productivity declines 1.9% in 4th quarter 2012 (annual rate); unit labor costs rise 4.6%

Productivity decreased 1.9 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the fourth quarter of 2012; unit labor costs increased 4.6 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity increased 2.1 percent and unit labor costs decreased 1.9 percent.

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03/01/2013

Thirty percent of women and 22 percent of men earned a bachelor's degree by age 25

03/01/2013

Jobless rates down in 46 states in 2012; employment-population ratios up in 26 states

02/26/2013

In January, 1,328 mass layoff actions affected 134,026 workers

02/22/2013

Volunteer rate declines to 26.5% in year ending September 2012

02/21/2013

CPI for all items unchanged in January; gas declines and food flat but other indexes rise

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LATEST PRODUCTS FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICES:

New England:

Boston area consumer prices rose 1.7% over the year in January 2013

New York-New Jersey:

The January New York CPI rose 0.5% over the month and 2.2% over the year

Mid-Atlantic:

Baltimore had a preliminary total of 28 workplace fatalities in 2011, down 12 from 2010

Southeast:

Consumer prices in the South up 0.4% in January and 1.6% over the year

Midwest:

Chicago area prices rose 0.2% in January and were 1.2% higher over the year

Southwest:

Nearly all measures of labor force underutilization improved for LA, OK, and TX in 2012

Mountain-Plains:

Offsetting movements leave Midwest CPI little changed in Jan; prices up 1.3% over the year

West:

Los Angeles area prices rose 0.8% in January; up 2.0% over the year

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Recent college graduates in the U.S. labor force

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Average Food Prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century

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Illness-related work absences

Absences resulting from a worker´s own illness or injury were higher in January 2013 than in any month since February 2008.
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Gold prices during and after the Great Recession

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
unchanged in Jan 2013

Unemployment Rate:
7.7% in Feb 2013

Payroll Employment:
+236,000(p) in Feb 2013

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.04(p) in Feb 2013

Producer Price Index (PPI):
+0.2%(p) in Jan 2013

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.5% in 4th Qtr of 2012

Productivity:
-1.9%(r) in 4th Qtr of 2012

U.S. Import Price Index:
+0.6% in Jan 2013

U.S. Export Price Index:
+0.3% in Jan 2013

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