U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1999-09-09

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 1.0 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The rise was attributable to a continued increase in prices for imported petroleum. U.S. export prices were up 0.4 percent in August, the largest monthly increase in the index in over 3 years. 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 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 4.2 0.1