Michael Perelman wrote:
Very interesting. Does this mean that more manufacturing jobs are going
abroad and that service jobs are safer than manufacturing?
Certainly, it is not a growing interest in safety.
Richardson_D wrote:
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1997
It is thought that only 25 basis points have been shaved off the index
thus far. Another 20 or so points will be temporarily shaved off by the
9801 revision, and another 25 in 9901 by the move to Geomeans.
It is not so surprising that wages should begin to rise at this point
with UP at recent
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: BLS will hold a series of briefings to inform members
of the public
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Average annual pay of employees within the nation's 313
metropolitan areas increased by 4.0 percent from 1995 to 1996. The 4.0
percent increase from 1995 to 1996 was the largest over-the-year gain
since 1992. Average annual pay in
Richardson_D wrote:
Contrary to popular belief, average pay has steadily risen in the last
25 years, according to a report by American Enterprise Institute
economist Marvin H. Kosters.
[etc.]
This is brilliant! If you don't like what the data say, adjust them three
or four times to achieve the
Contrary to popular belief, when Humpty-dumpty used words they meant
whatever he wanted them to mean. Also contrary to popular belief,
Procrustes' bed could accomodate guests both tall and short. Marvin Koster
gives everyone a pay boost by defining average pay in a most peculiar way.
Whew is
Are people really talking about the US economy entering a "New Era"? The
last time those words were used was during the optimistic phase of the 1920s.
The "New Economy" is nicer in that it avoids the historical connection, but
in essence it's the same thing.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
News note: You may have noted that when the Senate passed Fast-Track in
committee, only Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) was opposed. As it turns out
there were several others who would have voted no save for a
simultaneous vote on the Senate floor. Nonetheless, the Senate is more
and more a
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
Growth in the manufacturing sector continues in September, but at a
slower pace, reflecting slower expansion of production and new orders,
the National Association of Purchasing Management reports (Daily
Labor Report, page A-11)_The
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AND 30, 1997
RELEASED ON TUESDAY: Most state unemployment rates showed little change
in August, as 43 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less
from July. The national jobless rate, 4.9 percent, was little changed
over the month.
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
Long-lived economic expansion is unlikely to end soon, thanks to
investment-led productivity growth and a healthy financial sector that
should be able to absorb unexpected shocks, says Janet Yellen, who
chairs the Council of Economic Advisers
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
Close to 10 million low-paid employees got a raise this year, with the
increase in the federal minimum wage that took effect Sept. 1. For
millions of other workers, their pay is regulated by state laws and
regulations that vary widely in their
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1997
The BLS experimental geometric mean version of the CPI rose 2 percent in
the year ended in August, the agency reports. The official CPI-U has
risen 2.2 percent in the year ended in August (Daily Labor Report,
page A-4).
In an article about
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Higher job-related death rates and health insurance costs are creating
barriers to hiring older workers, despite widespread labor shortages.
Older workers are more than twice as likely as younger ones to die of
job-related causes, recent BLS studies
Overtime persists at near-record levels, and many workers are chafing.
Manufacturing overtime reached a record average 4.9 hours a week in
March and April, slipped, and climbed again -- to 4.8 hours in August,
the Labor Department says. Many companies want to avoid hiring that
could mean layoffs
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1997
All States except Alaska and Hawaii registered gains in
inflation-adjusted per capita personal income during 1996, with the
largest increases in the Plains region, according to revised figures
from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1997
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 5,000 to
a seasonally adjusted 306,000 in the week ended Sept. 13, the Labor
Department reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-8)_The number of
Americans filing new claims for
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in
August, the same as in July. The food index increased 0.4 percent in
August. Grocery store food prices, which rose 0.3 percent in July,
increased 0.6 percent in
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1997
Seven consecutive monthly decreases in wholesale prices, the longest
such string since the government began tracking these costs in 1947,
finally come to an end. Rising energy costs in August boosted the PPI
for Finished Goods by a seasonally
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The average annual pay of all workers covered by State
and Federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs was $28,945 in 1996, a
3.9 percent increase over the 1995 national average, according to
preliminary data. The annual pay of
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In June 1997, there were 1,113 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a
single establishment, and the number
I just had an idea about the job tenure debate, prompted by this latest
BLS report (thanks!). Perhaps the churning has increased primarily in
the primary sector, where hanging on to your job is more important, and
in which there have been traditional expectations of greater tenure. If
churning
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The revised seasonally adjusted annual rate of
productivity change in the second quarter of 1997 was 2.7 percent in
both the business and the nonfarm business sectors. In both sectors,
productivity growth was stronger than in the
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1997
__U.S. nonfarm payroll employment grew by a seasonally adjusted 49,000
in August, held down by a massive strike at United Parcel Service. The
unemployment rate rose a statistically insignificant 0.1 percent to 4.9
percent. The jobless rate has
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Employment and unemployment were little
changed in August. The jobless rate was 4.9 percent in August; it had
been 4.8 percent in July and has shown little movement over the past
several months. Nonfarm
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1997
As the second half of a two-part minimum wage hike took effect Sept. 1,
a look at the latest data from BLS shows that 1.5 million workers were
making the former minimum wage of $4.75 in the second quarter of 1997
Unpublished work tables from BLS
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997
With thousands of solid-paying, career-oriented jobs available, a
steadily increasing number of high school graduates are deciding they
don't need to spend four years in college to get their piece of the
American dream. A tight labor market and the
(See last item). Here at the Labor Dept. we are wondering what it is
that we did so well to so disturb Mr. Armey.
--
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1997:
The government's summertime snapshot of the youth labor force picks up
the tones of a robust economy, with total employment
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The number of employed youth increased by 2.8 million
(not seasonally adjusted) from April to July, the traditional summertime
peak for youth employment. This year's seasonal expansion in employment
of 16- to 24-year-olds was slightly
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997
The pay gap that separates college and high school educated workers
favors only college graduates whose literacy skills are commensurate
with their educational level, according to a report in the July issue of
the BLS "Monthly Labor Review." The authors
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1997
The Labor Department announced a schedule for the release of databases
under its new Occupational Information Network (O*NET) -- a system for
collecting, classifying, and disseminating information about
requirements and characteristics of occupations
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: State unemployment rates were little changed in July,
as 43 states recorded changes of 0.3 percentage point or less from June.
The national jobless rate edged down to 4.8 percent in July. Nonfarm
payroll employment increased in 30
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1997
__Prices of goods imported to the United States dropped 0.2 percent in
July, BLS reports. The price of exports dipped 0.1 percent. Declines
in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum prices contributed to
the July downturn. Petroleum prices
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent
in July, following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding
four months. The food index increased 0.3 percent in July The
energy index continued to
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of
productivity change in the second quarter were: 0.7 percent in the
business sector and 0.6 percent in the nonfarm business sector. In both
the business and nonfarm business sectors,
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased
0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted. This followed drops of 0.1
percent in June and 0.3 percent in May and is the seventh consecutive
monthly decline in the index. Prices
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1997
The index of forward-looking economic indicators was unchanged in June,
after rising 0.3 percent in May, the Conference Board reports. The New
York-based board said five of the 10 leading economic indicators rose in
June. The most significant
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1997
In many ways, UPS is a metaphor for the 1990s economy, says a Washington
Post Sunday commentary (page C1) What the UPS workers mostly want is
the simple right to work full time. Only 40 percent of them, mostly
drivers, now do so The duration of
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1997
__The widespread use of part-time workers at United Parcel Service is
drawing public attention to one of the thorniest workplace issues.
Part-time employment in private industry has grown rapidly in the last
two decades, now amounting to about 22 million
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Largely as a result of reductions in job-related
homicides and electrocutions, the number of fatal work injuries fell in
1996 to 6,112, the lowest level in the five-year history of the Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The
I censored the USA Today report on UPS as too biased.
--
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997
Total spending on new construction -- including the full range of
structures from houses to highways -- declined by 1.1 percent in June,
ending the second quarter on a weak note,
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997
__The economy keeps up its robust pace of job creation, adding 316,000
jobs to nonfarm payrolls in July, according to data released by BLS.
The gain meant that 2.5 million jobs have been created over the last
year. The unemployment rate declined to 4.8
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Retirement plan participation by employees in medium and
large private establishments (those with 100 workers or more) has remained
fairly constant, but there has been a shift in the types of plans providing
coverage, according to a 1995
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1997
Top Fed officials went to Capitol Hill again yesterday In answer
to the question, "Is inflation so low that deflation is now a worry?,"
Greenspan said, "`While ... the measured inflation rate has come down
... there are none of the characteristics
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Sixty-five percent of 1996 high school graduates were
attending colleges or universities by the fall. This rate was an all-time
high. From 1992 to 1995, the enrollment rate was about 62 percent Nearly
two-thirds of the 1996 high
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In April 1997, there were 1,009 mass layoff actions
by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month, according to preliminary data. Each action
involved at least 50 persons from a single
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1997
Import prices increased 0.4 percent in June for the first monthly
upturn since December, BLS reports. The cost of goods exported from
the United States slipped 0.1 percent, continuing a three-month string
of declines (Daily Labor Report, page
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in
June. A rise in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum
prices contributed to the increase. The U.S. Export Price Index fell
for the third straight month, dipping 0.1
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1997
The number of announced layoffs dropped 28 percent in June, compared
with May, and was the lowest monthly workforce reduction total since
May 1993, says a report by Challenger, Gray Christmas, Inc.
Employers announced 15,091 job cuts in June, 28
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1997
An interagency committee recommends to OMB that it reject proposals to
add a multiracial category to the federal government's race and ethnic
categories, according to the report scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register. Rather than offer a
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in May, the same as in each of the preceding two months. The food
index, which declined in April, advanced 0.4 percent in May The
energy index declined for the
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The number of families with at least one employed
person rose by 709,000 in 1996. Such families comprised 81.4 percent
of the nation's 69.2 million families, according to a new annual
series on the employment characteristics of
DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 0.3
percent in May, seasonally adjusted. This was the fifth consecutive
monthly decline Prices received by domestic producers of
intermediate goods moved down 0.2 percent in May after
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Half of all workers afflicted with carpal tunnel
syndrome missed 30 days or more of work, according to BLS report on
the characteristics of lost-worktime injuries. Work-related hernias,
amputations (usually involving the finger), and
See esp. item 4, How many hours in a work week?
--
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997
Many of the assumptions made by the Advisory Commission to Study the
CPI are flawed, BLS says in a point-by-point report submitted to the
Joint Economic Committee. It is the agency's
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1997
__The nation's unemployment rate dropped in May to the lowest level in
more than 23 years, adding to a rosy portrait of the U.S. economy that
sent stock prices soaring to new records The report left unclear
whether economic growth is slowing The
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1997
"New data on muliple jobholding available from the CPS" by John F.
Stinson, Jr., an economist in the Office of Employment and
Unemployment Statistics of BLS, is reprinted in the Daily Labor Report
(page E-37). In the opening story (page A-5), the
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1997
Slightly more than half of the largest US. employers now offer work at
home or job sharing arrangements to their employees, according to a
survey of 519 companies by the management consulting firm of Watson
Wyatt Worldwide The survey found that 51
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1997
The National Association of Purchasing Management reports that growth
in the manufacturing sector advanced at a faster pace in May than in
April, spurred by a surge in new orders (Daily Labor Report, page
A-3)
Construction spending fell 1 percent
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1997
Looking back on the agency's recent experience, BLS Commissioner
Abraham says the bureau might establish a permanent academic advisory
group to study measurement issues related to the CPI Abraham says
in an interview that she has thought for some
and all, in the hope that we may all
keep up with the U.S. economy a bit better.
Dave
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 1997 12:40 PM
Subject:[PEN-L:10436] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report
I have a question on this BLS data:
On Fri, May 30, 1997 at 07:10:37 (-0700) Richardson_D writes:
BLS
I have a question on this BLS data:
On Fri, May 30, 1997 at 07:10:37 (-0700) Richardson_D writes:
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1997
...
Consumer spending has been the driving force behind the U.S. economy
over the past year, but, ironically, American families haven't been
spending very
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1997
__In the month of April, when the national unemployment rate declined
to 4.9 percent, there were 29 states and the District of Columbia with
jobless rates at or below that level, according to data released by
BLS. Labor markets have improved to such
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1997
The third quarter of 1997 should have the most robust hiring since
1988, according to the results of a Manpower, Inc., survey of 16,000
businesses. The survey finds that 30 percent of respondents will be
searching for additional workers this summer,
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: State unemployment rates were generally unchanged in
April, as 40 states reported changes of 0.3 percentage point or less
in either direction from March. The national jobless rate declined to
4.9 percent from 5.2 percent in March.
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1997
Looking ahead the next year or two, employers should expect a gradual
acceleration in health care costs rather than a rapid rise back to the
double-digit increases of the 1980s and early 1990s, industry experts
predict in a recent series of interviews by
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in
April. The monthly decline was the fourth in a row with both
petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices contributing to the April
drop. The U.S. Export Price Index declined 0.6
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1997
An article, "Engine of Economic Change" by Steven Pearlstein in the
Washington Post (page C1), says that "thriving Milwaukee challenges
the Fed's assumptions about inflation Despite a tight labor market
that should give workers the upper hand, base
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in April, the same as in March. The food index, which was unchanged
in March, declined 0.2 percent in April The energy index declined
for the second consecutive
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.6 percent in April, seasonally adjusted. This followed decreases of
0.1 percent in March and 0.4 percent in February. Prices received by
domestic producers of intermediate goods
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1997:
The pace of growth for the nation's top black-owned businesses slowed
considerably from a year ago because of a backlash against affirmative
action and economic troubles, Black Enterprise magazine reported.
Sales of the black-owned companies ranked as
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1997
The number of mass layoffs occurring in U.S. firms increased by 83
percent in the fourth quarter of 1996, to a total of 1,802, compared
with 985 in the third quarter, the Labor Department reports. BLS says
the 1,802 mass layoffs resulted in the
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In October through December of 1996, there were 1,802
mass layoff actions by employers, resulting in the separation of
397,643 workers from their jobs for more than 30 days. (Preliminary
figures may not include all states.) A year
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1997
__Nonfarm productivity rose at a seasonaly adjusted annual rate of 2
percent in the first quarter of 1997, almost twice the 1.1 percent
annual rate of growth in the last three months of 1996, BLS reports.
Surprising many labor market analysts, annual
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Preliminary seasonally-adjusted annual rates of
productivity change in the first quarter were: 2.1 percent in the
business sector and 2.0 percent in the nonfarm business sector. In
both sectors, first-quarter productivity gains were
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1997
The May 1997 issue of the AARP Bulletin contains a profile of
Commissioner Abraham based on an interview -- "Custodian of the CPI:
Low-Profile Bureaucrat Stands Her Ground on Index."
An editorial in the Washington Post, "Ducking the Hard Ones," says
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1997
__The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in April, its lowest level
since 1973, BLS reports. Although BLS' survey of 50,000 households
showed that the unemployment rate declined 0.3 percentage point in
April, the economy created a modest 142,000 new
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1997
Alaska and the District of Columbia registered the highest
unemployment rates in the nation during March, with both showing a 7.8
percent rate, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-21).
Economic growth shot up at a much stronger-than-expected 5.6
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Most state unemployment rates showed little change in
March, as 45 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less.
The national jobless rate was about unchanged at 5.2 percent.
Nonfarm employment rose in 44 states in March
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index for March 1997 was 132.0,
an increase of 2.9 percent from March 1996. The ECI measures changes
in compensation costs, which include wages, salaries, and employer
costs for employee benefits. On a seasonally
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1997
Productivity in the nonfarm business sector as measured by the federal
government has been stagnating, or growing by small increments, for
decades. Meanwhile, manufacturing productivity -- which is a
component of the nonfarm business sector -- has
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1997
New claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 8,000 to a
seasonally adjusted total of 324,000, according to the Employment and
Training Administration of the Department of Labor (Daily Labor
Report, page D-1)_The Washington Post
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1997
Sixty-nine percent of all industry categories measured by BLS report
productivity gains in 1995, the agency announces The report covers
about 40 percent -- in employment terms -- of the nonfarm business
sector of the economy. In 1995,
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Labor productivity -- as measured by output per hour
-- increased from 1994 to 1995 in 69 percent of the industries
measured by BLS Industries measured were in manufacturing;
transportation, communications, and utilities; trade;
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1997
The inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7
million full-time wage and salary workers edged up 0.1 percent in the
first quarter of 1997, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-1).
Budget negotiations are seriously considering
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997:
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.4 percent in
March. The decline followed decreases of 0.8 percent and 0.3 percent
in February and January, respectively, and was led by a further sharp
drop in petroleum prices. The U.S.
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7 million
full-time wage and salary workers were $504 in the first quarter of
1997. This was 3.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with
a gain of 3.0 percent in the CPI-U over the
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1997
The U.S. labor market in the 21st century will face a growing scarcity
of highly skilled workers and a dearth of younger workers to replace
the baby boomers who hope to retire before the year 2020, the Hudson
Institute predicts in a report released
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997
__The CPI-U edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in March, and
the core rate rose a moderate 0.2 percent, the Labor Department
reports. A sharp 1.7 percent drop in energy prices and flat food
costs helped keep down the CPI-U increase in
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in March, following an increase of 0.3 percent in February. The food
index, which advanced 0.3 percent in February, was unchanged in March
The energy index
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1997
Producer prices for finished goods dipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1
percent in March, and the core-rate -- minus volatile food and energy
components -- rose 0.4 percent, BLS reports. The sharp 3.4 percent
decline in energy prices is partly responsible
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.1 percent in March, seasonally adjusted. This followed decreases of
0.4 percent in February and 0.3 percent in January. Prices received
by domestic producers of intermediate
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1997
A bipartisan alliance of lawmakers is on the verge of making a new
push to consolidate the three major federal statistical agencies,
according to statements before a Senate Governmental Affairs
subcommittee. Sen. Brownback (R-Kan), chairman of the
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1997
Home health care workers face a much higher risk of injuries than
nurses, orderlies, and other workers employed in health care
facilities, BLS reports. Injured home health care workers also missed
more time from work because of their injuries,
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1997
By the middle of this year, BLS plans to release the first
publications based on its revamped nationwide program of locality pay
surveys, the agency said in its spring issue of Compensation and
Working Conditions. BLS has named the new program the
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: "News Advisory -- BLS to Issue Experimental CPI
Indexes on April 10" points out that BLS will begin regular
publication of an experimental CPI that uses a geometric mean instead
of an arithmetic mean formula to calculate price
Note the warning that UP could soon drop below 5%. These people are
getting more brazen all the time.
--
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1997
Nonfarm payroll employment rose in 46 states and the District of
Columbia in February, with Arizona and Colorado reporting the
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1997
Factory orders for manufactured goods advanced for the second month in
a row, rising 0.8 percent in February to a record, the Census Bureau
reports. Gains were reported for both durable and nondurable goods in
February, but increases were at a
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about
unchanged at 5.2 percent in March. Nonfarm payroll employment
increased by 175,000, and average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents in
March
New claims filed with state
Laurence Shute wrote:
Can anyone tell me why the thin Conference Board consumer survey (5 or 6
questions?) is used so much, instead of the more extensive Michigan survey?
As far as I know, they tell almost exactly the same story, though the
Conference Board measure may be a bit more volatile.
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