U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-12-09

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.5 percent in November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase--the fifth in a row--was the same as in October. Export prices were up 0.2 percent in November, after rising 0.3 percent in October. 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 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 7.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 June -0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.1 July 1.0 13.5 -0.1 -0.1 -2.2 0.1 August 1.1 r 11.7 r 0.1 0.3 1.9 0.1 September 1.1 9.8 r 0.2 r 0.0