BLS Daily Report

1998-02-20 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In December 1997, there were 1,608 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 170,110 work

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-20 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998 __Sharply falling petroleum and nonpetroleum prices help lower the price of imported goods by 1.3 percent in January, the largest monthly drop in nearly a year, BLS reported. BLS also reported that import prices from the Asian Newly Industrialized Cou

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-19 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.7 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. This decline was led by a sharp drop for finished energy prices and followed decreases of 0.2 percent in both December and November.

FW: Geometric Mean & the CPI

1998-02-18 Thread Richardson_D
I missed earlier message(s) on this thread. Sorry. The Geomean is an expenditure weighted geometric average of the price relatives. Any price index is expressed as a "typical" ratio of price changes from the base month to, say, the current month. Assume i=1,2,...,N goods with base prices Pib a

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-17 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998 __Sharply falling petroleum and nonpetroleum prices help lower the price of imported goods by 1.3 percent in January, the largest monthly drop in nearly a year, BLS reported. BLS also reported that import prices from the Asian Newly Industrialized Cou

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-17 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1998 The number of work stoppages dropped to an all-time low in 1997, but the number of workers idled by stoppages increased from 1996, BLS reports. BLS says 29 major work stoppages began during 1997, putting 339,000 employees out of work and resulting in 4.

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-12 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The number of major work stoppages dropped to a record low in 1997. Other measures of work stoppage activity were low by historical standards, although the number of workers idled by stoppages increased from a year ago …. Wage gains

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-12 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998 __Productivity in the nation's nonfarm business sector grew by 2 percent in the fourth quarter of 1997 and 1.7 percent for the year, BLS reports. The productivity measure was based on output growth of 5.5 percent and an increase of 3.5 percent in hou

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-11 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AND 10, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In the fourth quarter of 1997, productivity advanced 2.2 percent in the business sector as output grew 5.5 percent and hours worked rose less - 3.2 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In the nonfarm business s

BLS Daily Report

1998-02-09 Thread Richardson_D
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1998 > > RELEASED TODAY: Employment rose substantially in January, and the > unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment > grew by 358,000, with large gains occurring in construction and > manufacturing …. > > New claims filed w

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1998-02-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD328A.C67FB750 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In November 1997, there were 1,095 mass layoff actions by

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1998-01-30 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD2D65.BDF70030 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1998 New orders for manufactured durable goods fel

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1998-01-29 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD2CA0.09000E30 charset="iso-8859-1" More silly reading for the morning. Subject: Zippergate Q: Why was it difficult for

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1998-01-29 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD2C9B.E8483040 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1998 _Private industry wages accelerated in 1

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1998-01-28 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD2BD5.228630D0 charset="iso-8859-1" > BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1998 > > RELEASED TODAY: On a seasonally adjuste

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1998-01-22 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD275D.9E62D180 charset="iso-8859-1" > BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1998 > > RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings

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1998-01-22 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD271B.32181040 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20-21, 1998 The number of mass layoff act

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1998-01-15 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD21A3.6BE138B0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index

BLS Daily Report

2000-05-23 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 22, 2000 The Midwest had the lowest jobless rate of any region in the country in April, with an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent, BLS reports. Jobless rates were relatively low throughout the nation, with the Northeast and South recording 3.8 percent unemployment ra

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1998-03-01 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD459F.AFE6A5B0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: As the nation

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1998-03-02 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD4630.1C20B400 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1998 As it did nationally, the unemployment rate in ab

BLS Daily Report

1998-04-30 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1998 OSHA issues voluntary "common-sense" recommendations to reduce the number of workers injured in late-night retail establishments, especially convenience stores, liquor stores, and gasoline stations, during robberies and other violent acts (Daily L

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1998-04-29 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD737C.D10D1F10 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998 Business economists report that growth in demand

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1998-04-28 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD72AA.86773E00 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1998 Three decades of increasing automation and global

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1998-04-06 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD616A.401543A0 charset="iso-8859-1" RELEASED TODAY: Both nonfarm payroll employment and the unemployment rate were about unchan

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1998-04-10 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD6497.0D0EB470 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Fin

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1998-04-14 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD67A5.998ACC30 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1998: The number of mass layoff actions by U.S. firms rose to 1,637 in the fourth q

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1998-04-16 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BD693C.FCA83B30 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index fe

[PEN-L:1443] BLS Daily Report

1998-09-03 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDD73B.3D4BF350 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In July, 213 of the 328 me

[PEN-L:386] BLS Daily Report

1998-10-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDF070.7733A0A0 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Payroll employment rose slightly,

[PEN-L:409] BLS Daily Report

1998-10-06 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDF152.1E2FF7E0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1998 __Several industries curtailed their hiring effo

[PEN-L:870] BLS Daily Report

1998-11-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BE0811.A9CA7250 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998 __Consumer spending greatly exceeded income growth in September, triggering

[PEN-L:910] BLS Daily Report

1998-11-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BE0902.ECDE1C60 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1998: The index of leading economic indicators remained unchanged in September

[PEN-L:913] BLS Daily Report

1998-11-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BE0915.CCEB0C80 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: "The Employment Situation: October 1998" was released at

[PEN-L:1220] BLS Daily Report

1998-12-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BE1F8A.567417F0 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The seasonally adjusted annual rates of productivity grow

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-26 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2000: Older workers are thriving in a tight job market, says The New York Times (page C1). According to the Census Bureau, the number of 20-to-34-year-olds in the United States has declined by 6 million the last decade, while the number of people over 50 has

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-26 Thread Richardson_D
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2000: > > Flexible hours -- "the most strongly sought, but most elusive workplace > benefit" -- are likely to occupy an increasingly prevalent presence in the > American workplace over the next decade, a management consultant tells a > national industrial rela

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-27 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2000 If the national economy continues to moderate its growth rate over the rest of this year, employers could see some relief from chronic labor shortages dominating virtually each region, say private and government analysts across the country who were intervie

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-28 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2000 U.S. home resales unexpectedly increased in May as near-record consumer confidence and unemployment close to a 30-year low offset the effects of higher mortgage rates, an industry survey showed. Resales rose 4.3 percent last month, the National Associatio

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-29 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2000 RELEASED TODAY: In May, 222 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below the U.S. average (3.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted), while 102 areas registered higher rates. Twenty-nine metropolitan areas had rates below 2.0 percent, with 12 of th

BLS Daily Report

2000-06-30 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000: RELEASED TODAY: "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 2000" indicates that in March 2000, employer costs for employee compensation for civilian workers (private industry and State and local government) in the United States average $21.16 per

BLS Daily Report

2000-07-05 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 3, 2000: The number of mass layoff events and the number of laid-off employees were the lowest in May in the last 4 years for the same month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Mass layoffs numbered 984 in May, which resulted in 92,193 workers filing for unemp

BLS Daily Report

2000-07-05 Thread Richardson_D
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2000: > > RELEASED TODAY: "Mass Layoffs in May 2000" indicates that in May 2000, > there were 984 mass layoff actions by employees as measured by new filings > for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Each action > involved at least 50 persons fr

BLS Daily Report

2000-07-05 Thread Richardson_D
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2000: > > RELEASED TODAY: "Mass Layoffs in May 2000" indicates that in May 2000, > there were 984 mass layoff actions by employees as measured by new filings > for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Each action > involved at least 50 persons fr

BLS Daily Report

2000-07-06 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2000 Women's salaries equal or even surpass men's salaries in certain fields, according to the annual survey by Working Woman magazine. It's more likely, though, for men to be the beneficiaries of a salary gap. ... Overall, the study found that women continu

BLS Daily Report

2000-07-07 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000 The index of leading economic indicators slipped 0.1 percent in May, signaling a slowdown in economic growth, the Conference Board reports. May's decline occurred after the leading index registered no change in April. A Conference Board economist says: "

[PEN-L:1959] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE37FC.B11FC4E0 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In November, 207 metropolitan areas had unemployment ra

[PEN-L:1960] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE37FD.8BD0E460 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1998 Major companies are announcing layoffs, but because of the tight labor mar

[PEN-L:1963] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE37FE.64C767A0 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1998 If the Christmas buying season doesn't turn out to be as great as retailers

[PEN-L:1961] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE37FD.F27FBC30 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In June through September of 1998, there were 1,215 mass

[PEN-L:1973] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-05 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE38C2.7734C760 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1999 Consumers' quick draw with credit cards and checkbooks will slow in 1999, con

[PEN-L:2702] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-29 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4B9E.5B9CC810 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (ECI), not seasonally adjusted,

[PEN-L:2678] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-28 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4ACC.92C65E30 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999 Adding to a series of Internet-related calamities at BLS, the agency's We

[PEN-L:2649] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-27 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4A14.CE7735F0 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1999 __The AFL-CIO, pointing to new statistics from BLS that show membership in

[PEN-L:2067] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-12 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE3E39.10239030 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1999 __The nation's nonfarm payroll catapulted to a seasonally adjusted gain of 3

[PEN-L:2326] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-19 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE43E1.5DA84040 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: CPI -- The CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in December, on a sea

[PEN-L:2344] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-20 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4486.E5492330 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1999 __The price of goods imported into the United States dropped 0.7 percent in

[PEN-L:2411] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-21 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4570.35B7E480 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 96.2 million full

[PEN-L:2607] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-26 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE493E.FDD13430 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates continued to be relat

[PEN-L:2604] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-26 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE493C.6E4EEF50 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1999 The Midwest's jobless rate of 3.5 percent was the lowest of the four U.S. r

[PEN-L:2463] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-22 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE461F.E55FB2A0 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1999 The median weekly earnings of the nation's full-time wage and salary worke

[PEN-L:2327] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-19 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE43E2.2F05F6E0 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12 AND 13, 1999 __The producer price index for finished goods rose a s

[PEN-L:2324] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-19 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE43E0.91FE4AC0 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.7 percent in Decemb

[PEN-L:2051] BLS Daily Report

1999-01-11 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE3D7D.8FE5F260 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Employment rose in December and

[PEN-L:2748] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-01 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4DFB.A4C3B0E0 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1999 __Private industry wages rose 3.9 percent in 1998, the same increase as the

[PEN-L:2799] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-02 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE4EC9.47001F40 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1999 The U.S. economy continued to outpace expectations, logging growth of 5.6 pe

[PEN-L:3878] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-26 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE6192.3BED1C50 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1999 Wage data compiled by BNA in the first eight weeks of 1999 showed that th

[PEN-L:3274] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-11 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE55FF.086894D0 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1999: Today's News Release: "Multifactor Productivity Trends, 1997: Private B

[PEN-L:3242] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-11 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE55D9.E4E4A7B0 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1999 RELEASED TODAY: All measures of major work stoppage activity rose in 199

[PEN-L:3467] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-16 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE5A04.40A5E610 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999 Better technology means that, by 2006, the country will need fewer directo

[PEN-L:3779] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE5F70.B4F64810 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.5

[PEN-L:3823] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-24 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE6048.E02CDE60 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1999 The median tenure of male wage and salary workers dropped between 1951 a

[PEN-L:3787] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE5F7D.B263DA90 BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1999 Economic forecasters surveyed quarterly by the Federal Reserve Bank of Phi

[PEN-L:3747] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE5F47.6D9C67F0 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1999 RELEASED TODAY: CPI -- The CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in January, the same

[PEN-L:3735] BLS Daily Report

1999-02-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --_=_NextPart_000_01BE5F3D.A12F4980 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1999 _Inflation remained largely absent in January, with the consumer price

[PEN-L:868] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-14 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDC78C.38CBD070 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index d

[PEN-L:829] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-13 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDC6BE.52588750 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The number of fatal work inj

[PEN-L:282] BLS Daily Report

1998-07-27 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDB974.30235CE0 BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1998 Eighty-four percent of the industry categories measured by BLS reported product

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1998-07-28 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBA30.36AFD090 BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1998 Almost 2 million workers were victims of violent crimes or were threatened with

[PEN-L:342] BLS Daily Report

1998-07-29 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBB00.7D9FAAF0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1998 Economic demand continued to advance in the secon

[PEN-L:432] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-03 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBEE0.2D3FE800 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (ECI),

[PEN-L:433] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-03 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBEE0.F04EC900 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1998: RELEASED TODAY: In April 1998, there were 1,253 m

[PEN-L:477] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBFCB.CC61E950 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998: U.S. employers laid off 132,476 workers in 1,253

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1998-08-08 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDC2F1.09A257C0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: Payroll employment rose slightly,

[PEN-L:651] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-08 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDC2EF.F41D20C0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1998 The U.S. economy generally kept humming along i

[PEN-L:581] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-06 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDC139.8F49BE70 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1998 __The index of economic indicators declined 0.

[PEN-L:489] BLS Daily Report

1998-08-04 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBFE5.1FBA3A60 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1998: Manufacturing activity slipped for the second m

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1998-07-30 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDBBC6.DEC01FD0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: In June, 213 of the 328 metrop

[PEN-L:264] BLS Daily Report

1998-07-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDB676.5C0019F0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: BLS reported today on labor prod

[PEN-L:258] BLS Daily Report

1998-07-23 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDB63A.300F96E0 charset="iso-8859-1" BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says th

[PEN-L:248] BLS Daily Report

1998-07-17 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BDB1B3.DA9065B0 BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1998 RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 95.5 million full-time

[PEN-L:7473] FW: BLS Daily Report

1996-11-19 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1996 "A Fairer Way to Figure Social Security" by Alan B. Krueger, professor of economic and public affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, appears on the op. ed. page of the Washington Post Krueger writes, "Re

[PEN-L:8082] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-03 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1997 The U.S. economy will be the picture of health this spring when it begins its seventh year of economic expansion -- firmly on the track of steady growth with low inflation -- according to 23 analysts surveyed for BNA's annual economic outlook. The p

[PEN-L:8095] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-06 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1997 Jobless claims shot up an unexpected 22,000 last week, to the highest level since last summer, the Labor Department said (Washington Post, page B11; Daily Labor Report, page D-1). The pace of increase in help-wanted advertising quickened in Novembe

[PEN-L:8097] RE: Trade as a Percentage of the US Economy

1997-01-06 Thread Richardson_D
I have always been somewhat surprised that the 10% should be taken so seriously. If the relevant supply and demand curves are sufficiently inelastic even a 1% share can make an enormous difference in prices and wages. This is in addition to semipublic statements (sorry -- no cites) to the ef

[PEN-L:8103] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-07 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1997 The economy appears to have accelerated in the fourth quarter after slowing in the prior period, a slew of recent economic data indicates The latest upbeat news came in the monthly construction spending report that showed a 1.9 percent jump in Nove

[PEN-L:8093] Re: long waves -- and a better question

1997-01-06 Thread Richardson_D
There are some interesting characteristics of long waves which have not been raised in the discussion thus far. 1. There is a body of statistical research confirming the existence of long waves in the 50s and 60s. Most if not all of these studies used moving averages to smooth the data i

[PEN-L:8127] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-08 Thread Richardson_D
-- From: Hoyle_K Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 1997 5:16 PM To: DailyReport Subject:BLS Daily Report BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1997 Government and private economists offer distinctly different views on how fast and how far the government should go to change th

[PEN-L:8139] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-09 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: Unemployment rates for most states showed little movement in November, as 44 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less. The national unemployment rate was 5.4 percent in November, up slightly from 5.2 percent in Octobe

[PEN-L:8344] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-01-27 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.1 percent in December. The advance followed a decline of 0.2 percent in November. The U.S. Export Price Index was unchanged in December, after declining in each of the six preceding months .

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