BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2002:
A panel of prominent economists chaired by Charles Schultze of the
Brookings Institution has proposed major changes in the way policymakers
use the consumer price index, and it is likely the report will become part
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2002:
RELEASED TODAY: In November, 280 metropolitan areas reported higher rates
than a year earlier, 43 areas had lower rates, and 8 areas had rates that
were unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Nine metropolitan
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2002:
RELEASED TODAY: Employment continued to decline in December, and the
unemployment rate edged up to 5.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 124,000 over the
month
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2002:
So what are you going to do -- not just next year, but for the rest of your
work life? If you're not certain, it doesn't hurt to check out the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics' best estimates about the employment outlook
On Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at 09:10:51 (-0500) Richardson_D writes:
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2001:
Mass layoff events totaled 2,699 in November resulting in job losses for
293,074 workers while 350 of those events were directly or indirectly
related
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2001:
Mass layoff events totaled 2,699 in November resulting in job losses for
293,074 workers while 350 of those events were directly or indirectly
related to the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to the Bureau of
Labor
William S. Lear wrote:
On Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at 09:10:51 (-0500) Richardson_D writes:
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2001:
Mass layoff events totaled 2,699 in November resulting in job losses for
293,074 workers while 350 of those events were directly
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2001:
In 1997, a commission appointed by the Senate Finance Commission concluded
that the annual Consumer Price Index computed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics was probably 1.1 percent too high, and perhaps even more. The
Boskin
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Youths who work at an early age are more likely to
continue working as they get older. Eighty-five percent of youths who
engaged in work activities while age 14 continued to work while age 15,
and 90
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher
in November than in the prior month. Jobless rates rose in all four regions
and 36 states, while only 6 states posted decreases, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports. The national jobless rate increased to 5.7
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Paid time off was the most prevalent benefit available to
workers in private establishments in 1999. Paid vacations were offered to
79 percent of employees and paid holidays to 75 percent, according
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: A total of 5.7 million injuries and illnesses were
reported in private industry workplaces during 2000, resulting in a rate
of 6.1 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, according to the Bureau
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The 2002-03 editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook
and the Career Guide to Industries were issued today on the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' Internet site. The print versions of these
publications
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.6
percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports. This decline followed a 1.6 percent drop in October and a
0.4-percent gain in September. November prices for finished goods other
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in
November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The decline followed a
2.4 percent decrease in October and reflected continuing drops in both
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2001:
On the heels of the determination that the US economy is in recession,
employers cut 331,000 workers from payrolls in November, pushing the
unemployment rate up 0.3 percentage point to 5.7 percent, according to
figures
TUESDAY, December 12
Employment prospects will plummet even further in early 2002, according to
projections from 208 respondents to BNA's latest quarterly employment
survey. Production/service workers and technical/professional employees will
see a sharp drop in their job opportunities in the
December 7, 2001
Released Today: Employment fell sharply for the second month in a row in
November, and the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Nonfarm
payroll employment dropped by 331,000, following an even
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported revised
productivity data -- as measured by output per hour of all persons -- for
the third quarter of 2001. The seasonally adjusted annual rates
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, Wednesday, DECEMBER 5, 2001:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it expects total employment to
increase by 15 percent by 2010, slightly less than the 17 percent
employment growth experienced a decade earlier, BLS says in updating its
labor force
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2001:
As layoffs spread across the country, the portion of U.S. homeowners
falling into foreclosure reached its highest recorded level in the third
quarter, and the percentage slipping behind in their mortgage payments
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Projections for the American workforce covering 2000 to
2010 were issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, providing
information on where future job growth is expected by industry and
occupation
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001:
Retail sales may have improved substantially since September 11, but such
growth is not enough to offset the additional deterioration in the labor
markets due to slower activity in the manufacturing and service sectors
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In October 2001, there were 1,816 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2001:
The National Bureau of Economic Research says the U.S. economy fell into
recession in March, ending a 10-year expansion that was longer than all
others in the nation's history. Widely anticipated by private
forecasters
BUREAU 0F LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In October, 227 metropolitan areas reported unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (5.0 percent, not seasonally adjusted), and
92 areas posted higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
About 98 percent of employment growth between 1998 and 2008 will be in the
service sector, according to a recently released report from the AFL-CIO's
Department for Professional Employees. Based on federal data, the report,
The Service Sector: A Statistical Portrait, 2000 Edition, also predicted
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: 2002 release schedule for Bureau of Labor Statistics' major
economic indicators.
Reflecting layoffs related to the September terrorist attacks and their
aftermath, unemployment rates climbed in 33 states
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates generally moved upward
in October. Unemployment rates were higher over the month in 33 states,
lower in 8 states and the District of Columbia, and unchanged in 9 states,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The national jobless rate
For the economists among us: how much does industrial production have to
fall before the US is ineligible to be called an industrialized country? :-)
Dave
--
Monday, November 19 2001
Plunging energy prices caused consumer prices to drop 0.3 percent in
October, the Bureau of Labor
Richardson_D wrote:
For the economists among us: how much does industrial production have to
fall before the US is ineligible to be called an industrialized country? :-)
Boswell, James. 1934-64. Life of Johnson, 6 vols. (Oxford: Oxford University
Press).
ii, p. 464: Very little business
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, NOVEMBER 16, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
declined 0.3 percent in October, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of
177.7 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. For the
12-month
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, November 15, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In the third quarter of 2001, there were 1,689 mass
layoff actions by employers that resulted in the separation of 349,866
workers from their jobs for more than 30 days, according to preliminary
figures
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics announces the release of
national employment and wage estimates for wage and salary workers from
the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. Legal, management,
and computer
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for Finished Goods decreased
1.6 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports. This decline followed two consecutive monthly increases of 0.4
percent. Price
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001:
In the largest one-month drop since the index was begun in 1947, the
producer price index -- prices producers paid for finished goods -- dipped
1.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. A decrease in prices
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Employment fell sharply in October, and the unemployment
rate jumped to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
Nonfarm payroll employment dropped by 415,000 over the month, by far the
largest
On Friday, November 2, 2001 at 14:39:57 (-0500) Richardson_D writes:
...
The U.S. auto industry recorded its best month in history, using the lure
of no-interest loans to boost sales 24.4 percent, but risking future
damage to the companies' bottom line. None of the Detroit-area Big Three
At 02:39 PM 11/2/01 -0500, you wrote:
One government measure shows that deflation is here, says Floyd Norris
writing in The New York Times (page C1). The government's quarterly
growth report, which showed that the economy shrank in the third quarter,
reported a decline of 0.4 percent, at
Jim wrote:
hey, cool! we can see if Irving Fisher's debt-deflation theory of
depressions works.I hope it doesn't.
Dear Jim,
Can what is below may be related with that theory as well? I would appreciate
your comments, as well as the comments of others.
Sabri Oncu
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Warning
This looks bad, very bad. It's a good article, though. One crucial thing
that leaps out it that it wasn't fixed exchange rates weren't the problem.
The exchange-rate regime simply changes the form of a crisis. Further the
E. Asian banks and financial systems didn't completely recover from
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In September, 219 metropolitan areas recorded
unemployment rates below the U.S. average (4.7 percent, not seasonally
adjusted), and 106 areas posted higher rates, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001:
The U.S. economy declined at an annual rate of 0.4 percent in the third
quarter, the first quarterly decrease in 8 years, the Commerce Department
reports. The decrease in real gross domestic product -- the output
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2001:
About 117,700 workers at big corporations were laid off last month after
September 11, says the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS says it can't
prove a direct correlation with terrorism (The Wall Street Journal, Work
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2001:
Mass layoffs by U.S. employers surged 41 percent in September from a year
earlier, with manufacturing accounting for the largest share of job cuts,
the government said Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for
September 2001 was 155.6 (June 1989=100), an increase of 4.1 percent from
September 2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The Employment
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In September 2001, there were 1,316 mass layoff actions
by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Each
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were stable from
August to September, but higher than a year earlier. All four regions
reported little or no change over the month, and 44 states and the
District
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 100.9 million
full-time wage and salary workers were $595 in the third quarter of 2001,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. This was 3.5 percent higher than
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
rose 0.5 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of
178.3 (1982-84=100). For the 12-month period ended in September, the
CPI-U
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, OCTOBER 18, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Of the 315 largest counties in the United States, 138 had
rates of employment growth above the national average of 2.3 percent in
2000, and 23 experienced declines in employment, according to preliminary
data
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, OCTOBER 22, 2001:
A rise in gasoline prices in September pushed consumer prices up by 0.4
percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The consumer price index
for all urban consumers rose to 178.3 in September, following a 0.1
percent
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2001:
Industrial production fell 1.0 percent in September, the 12th month in a
row that the industrial sector has declined, the Federal Reserve reports.
The latest decline brought the industrial production index down to 140.3
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, OCTOBER 4, 2001:
Almost 100,000 U.S. workers lost their lives over a 16-year period as a
result of work-related injuries, according to two new documents released
by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The leading
causes
RELEASED TODAY: Payroll employment fell by 199,000 in September, and the
unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Sharp job losses continued in manufacturing, and
employment also fell in services, wholesale trade, and retail trade.
New
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In August, 241 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (4.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted), and
86 areas registered higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2001:
The Labor Department's Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration posted
a media advisory on the agency's web page providing information to help
workers facing job loss preserve their health coverage. The department
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2001:
For the fourth consecutive year, the San Jose metropolitan area had the
highest average -- $76,076-- annual earnings of any area in the United
States in 2000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Average hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for
production workers in manufacturing in 28 foreign economies declined to 76
percent of the U.S. level in 2000 from 80 percent in 1999, according
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 24, 2001:
Despite an obvious economic slowdown, regional and state unemployment
rates remained stable in August, with some 43 states reporting shifts of
0.3 percent or less, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The
August report
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 20, 2001:
The Federal Reserve in its latest Beige book finds that business
activity was sluggish in nearly all of the Fed's 12 regions -- if not
weakening -- in the 6 weeks period prior to the September 11 terrorist
attacks in New York
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates generally were
stable in August. All four regions recorded small changes from July, and
43 states and the District of Columbia reported shifts of 0.3 percentage
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2001:
The September employment report, scheduled for release October 5 by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, will not reflect losses from the September 11
terrorist attacks because of the way payrolls are counted, BLS officials
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY LABOR REPORT, SEPTEMBER 18, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
was unchanged in August, before seasonal adjustment, remaining at a level
of 177.5 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
For
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001:
After falling for two consecutive months, the producer price index for
finished goods increased 0.4 percent in August, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The index stood at 140.9 in August, after falling 0.9
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY; The U.S. Import Price Index declined 0.1 percent in
August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Falling prices for
nonpetroleum imports more than offset a small increase in petroleum
prices
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.4
percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports. This index posted a 0.9 percent decline in July and fell 0.4
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The average annual pay of all workers covered by state
and federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs rose by 5.9 percent to
$35,296 in 2000, according to preliminary data released today
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001:
Startling analysts with its steep climb, the nation's civilian
unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage point to 4.9 percent in August,
according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the
highest
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Employment fell and the unemployment rate rose sharply to
4.9 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports today.
Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 113,000, due primarily to another
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2001:
Nonfarm business productivity was revised down to a growth rate of 2.1
percent in the fourth quarter as revisions to output data showed
production was slower than the government had originally estimated, the
Bureau
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported revised
productivity data -- as measured by output per hour of all persons -- for
the second quarter of 2001. The seasonally adjusted annual rates of
productivity
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 4, 2001:
This year, the labor force between the ages of 16 and 24 rose by 2.9
million to 24.8 million between April and July, says the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. But on a percentage basis, the summer job doesn't seem to
hold its old
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 30, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In July 2001, there were 2,108 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Each action
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2000:
RELEASED TODAY: In 2000, the labor productivity growth rate for
manufacturing was the highest in the United States among the 10 countries
for which comparable data were available, according to preliminary data
from
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 29, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In July, 208 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (4.7 percent not seasonally adjusted), while
117 areas had higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Five
metropolitan
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 27, 2001:
Hiring prospects in most industries and regions remain bleak, at least
through the fourth quarter of this year, according to a recent survey by
Manpower, Inc., the Milwaukee-based temporary help firm. Manpower said
its survey
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 28, 2001:
About 372,000 workers were laid off in the second quarter by big employers
tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Seasonal work, such as
agriculture, accounted for about a third of those job cuts (Work Week
feature, The Wall
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2001:
Initial claims filed with state agencies for unemployment insurance
increased by a modest 8,000 to a total of 393,000 during the week ending
August 18, according to the Employment and Training Administration. The
more
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 23, 2001:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that both the total number of mass
layoff events and the number of workers affected
rose sharply during the second quarter. Extended mass layoff events --
those lasting at least 31 days
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In the second quarter of 2001, there were 1,911 mass
layoff actions by employers that resulted in the separation of 371,708
workers from their jobs for more than 30 days, according to preliminary
figures released
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old increased
by about 2.4 million from April to July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. This year's seasonal expansion in youth employment was
slightly
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally
stable in July. All four regions registered little or no change from
June, and 42 states and the District of Columbia recorded shifts of 0.3
percentage
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 15, 2001:
Fatal injuries in the United States workplaces dropped by 2 percent from
1999 to 2000, falling from 6,023 to 5,915, according to data released by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of deaths in 2000 is the
lowest total
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY; A total of 5,915 fatal work injuries were recorded in
2000, a decline of about 2 percent for 1999, according to the Census of
Fatal Occupational Injuries, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) declined 0.3 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, to a
level of 177.5 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 13, 2001:
Steeply declining energy prices largely were responsible for a 0.9 percent
drop in producer prices for finished goods in July, according to figures
released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the largely monthly
decline
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 8, 2001:
Reassuring analysts who feared that the economic slump would erase recent
gains, the private nonfarm business sector bounced back with a 2.5 percent
productivity increase in the second quarter, according to figures from the
Bureau
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 7, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported preliminary
productivity data -- as measured by output per hour of all persons -- for
the second quarter of 2001. The preliminary seasonally adjusted annual
rates
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.6 percent in
July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports today. The decline, the
fifth in the past 6 months, was attributable to falling prices for both
petroleum
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 6, 2001:
Holding out the possibility that the tide of manufacturing losses is
ebbing, the July employment report shows a much smaller drop in nonfarm
payrolls, -- 42,000 -- than in June, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, JULY 31, 2001:
About 70 percent of turnover in information technology comes from workers
with less than 3 years tenure, says a survey of 190 employers by People3
Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc., Stamford, Conn. (Work Week feature, The
Wall Street
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 1, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In June, 208 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. average (4.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted), and
112 areas registered higher rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
Of the seven
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, AUGUST 2, 2001:
New claims for state unemployment insurance fell last week, the third
sharp decline in a row, suggesting the rash of layoffs seen in recent
months may be moderating a bit. The number of workers filing new
applications for jobless
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, MONDAY, JULY 30, 2001:
The first half of this year saw sharp increases in both the number of mass
layoff events and the total number of workers involved, compared with the
same period a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS
reported that
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: In June 2001, there were 2,081 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits
during the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each
action
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index (not seasonally adjusted) for
June 2001 was 153.8 (June 1989=100), an increase of 3.9 percent from June
2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The Employment Cost Index
(ECI
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, JULY 25, 2001:
The telecom sector's bust is reverberating loudly across the economy,
with the impact on jobs and investors proving much bigger than that of
dot-coms, says The Wall Street Journal (page A1). So far this year,
telecom service
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, JULY 24, 2001:
Though they're still quite worried, consumers continue to become slightly
more optimistic about the economy, according to a July 19-22 Gallup poll,
suggesting that consumer anxiety may have bottomed out. The survey shows
that 62
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2001:
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state unemployment rates were generally
stable in June. All four regions recorded little or no change from May,
and 45 states reported shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less, the Bureau
of Labor
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