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U.S. import prices up 0.3% in June on higher nonfuel prices; export prices fall 0.6%

In June, U.S. import prices rose 0.3 percent following an increase of 1.7 percent in May. U.S. export prices fell 0.6 percent in June, after rising 1.2 percent in May. Over the past 12 months, import prices advanced 7.1 percent and export prices rose 10.2 percent.

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07/15/2026 PPI for final demand declines 0.3% in June; goods fall 1.4%, services increase 0.2%

07/14/2026 CPI for all items falls 0.4% in June; gasoline down

07/14/2026 Real average hourly earnings for all employees increase 0.8% in June

07/02/2026 Both payroll employment (+57,000) and unemployment rate (4.2%) change little in June

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Plug into employment trends in electric power generation

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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Addressing missing consumer expenditure data

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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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What makes a job better? Survey evidence from job changers

How changes in monetary and nonmonetary job characteristics relate to workers’ assessment of overall job quality. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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From typewriters to telecommuting: four decades of remote work

How telework trends have evolved over the working lives of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 cohort. read more

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

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Feeding the economy

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
-0.4% in Jun 2026

Unemployment Rate:
4.2% in Jun 2026

Payroll Employment:
+57,000(p) in Jun 2026

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.13(p) in Jun 2026

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
-0.3%(p) in Jun 2026

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.9% in 1st Qtr of 2026

Productivity:
+0.3%(r) in 1st Qtr of 2026

U.S. Import Price Index:
+0.3% in Jun 2026

U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.6% in Jun 2026