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U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

October 10, 2008
The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 3.0 percent in September, following a 2.6 percent decline in August. Falling petroleum prices led the overall decrease, although nonpetroleum prices also declined. Prices for overall exports decreased 1.0 percent for the month. Full Text »

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

October 07, 2008
There were 3.3 million job openings in the U.S. on the last day of August 2008. The job openings rate (2.3 percent) fell slightly while the hires rate (3.0 percent) and total separations rate (3.2 percent) were essentially unchanged. Full Text »

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Reasons for extended mass layoff events in New York, 1996-2006

October 10, 2008
From 1996 through 2006, the New York area had 2,629 extended mass layoff events which resulted in 439,198 employees being separated from their jobs. Seasonal layoffs accounted for 39 percent of the extended layoff actions in the New York metropolitan area during this 11-year period. Full Text »

Spotlight on Statistics

OOHOlder Workers

Workers age 65 and over are changing the face of the American workplace. This Spotlight on Statistics tells you how, using charts and audio.

 

 


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