U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-08-29

Led by declining petroleum prices, the U.S. Import Price Index fell for the second month in a row, down 0.6 percent in July following a 0.5 percent decline in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The U.S. Export Price Index, in contrast, increased 0.3 percent this month, about the same as the increase in the prior 2 months. Percent changes in import and export price indexes by End Use category - not seasonally adjusted - Month Non- Agri- Nonagri- All Petroleum petroleum All cultural cultural Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1994 July 0.9 5.1 0.5 0.2 -2.2 0.6 August 0.5 -1.1 0.7 0.2 -1.2 0.3 September -0.5 -7.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 October 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1 0.7 November 0.7 4.1 0.3 0.7 1.6 0.6 December -0.1 -2.1 0.1 0.7 2.4 0.5 1995 January 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.9 -0.1 0.9 February 0.7 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 March 0.6 1.9