U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1996-10-22

The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.8 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase, attributable to both rising petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices, followed a modest 0.1 percent gain in September. In contrast, the U.S. Export Price Index, down 0.8 percent in September, fell for the fourth consecutive month. 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 1995 September 0.0 1.9 -0.2 0.2 3.0 -0.2 October -0.5 -2.1 -0.3 0.1 1.9 -0.2 November 0.2 0.5 0.2 -0.1 2.2 -0.3 December 0.4 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.2 1996 January 0.2 4.8 -0.3 0.5 1.7 0.3 February -0.2 -1.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 March 0.7 8.5 -0.3 -0.2 1.4 -0.3 April 0.8 8.5 0.0 0.6 4.8 0.0 May -0.7 -3.8 -0.4 0.4 3.1 -0.1 June -1.0