U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-08-12

Effective with the release of September data on Oct. 14, 1999, the U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes news release will be issued at 8:30 a.m. E.T. rather than at 10:00 a.m. The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.9 percent in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase was attributable to rising prices for petroleum imports. Export prices were down 0.2 percent in July, the first decrease in the index since March. 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 July -0.9 -5.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.4 August -0.4 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -4.1 -0.1 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