U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 2008-01-11

The U.S. Import Price Index was unchanged in December, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. A 0.3 percent increase in nonpetroleum prices was offset by a 0.6 percent decline in the price index for petroleum. U.S. export prices advanced 0.4 percent in December following a 0.9 percent rise in November. -Due to budget constraints, beginning with the January 2008 release scheduled to be published on February 15, the price series for export postsecondary education services, export travel and tourism services, inbound ocean liner freight, and inbound tanker freight will no longer be published.