U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1998-02-13

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 1.3 percent in January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decrease was attributable to continuing declines in both petroleum and nonpetroleum prices and followed a 0.9 percent drop in December. The U.S. Export Price Index also fell in January, decreasing 0.6 percent after falling 0.4 percent in December. 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 i- Imports Imports Imports Exports Exports Exports 1997 January -0.3 0.6 -0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 February -0.9 -8.1 -0.1 0.2 2.1 0.0 March -1.3 -8.7 -0.4 0.1 1.5 -0.1 April -1.1 -7.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.4 0.0 May 0.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.0 June -0.1 -2.0 0.1 -0.1 -2.0 0.1 July -0.2 -1.3 -0.2 0.0 -1.1 0.0 August -0.1 2.3 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 September -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3