U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1996-09-24

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.2 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decline and was attributable to falling prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports. The U.S. Export Price Index also fell in August, decreasing 0.1 percent, marking the third consecutive monthly decline. 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 August -0.2 -2.6 0.0 -0.5 -1.4 -0.4 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