U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-10-14

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.7 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase followed gains of 1.0 percent and 0.8 percent in the previous two months and was largely attributable to the continued increase in prices for imported petroleum. U.S. export prices were up 0.2 percent in September, following a 0.3 percent increase in August. 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 1998 September 0.2 6.4 -0.2 -0.5 -2.9 -0.2 October 0.2 2.3 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 November -0.5 -9.7 0.1 0.2 1.7 0.0 December -1.0 -13.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 1999 January 0.4 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 February -0.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.2 -2.4 0.1 March 0.2 13.9 -0.5 -0.4 -3.0 -0.2 April 1.1 20.3 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 May 0.7