U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1996-05-22

The U.S. Import Price Index moved up 0.9 percent in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The increase follows a 0.6 percent rise in March and was led by higher prices for petroleum imports. The U.S. Export Price Index increased 0.5 percent in April after declining in each of the two previous months. 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 Import Import Import Exports Exports Exports 1995 April 0.9 4.7 0.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 May 0.9 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.2 June -0.4 -3.2 -0.1 0.2 1.4 0.1 July -0.4 -6.3 0.4 0.3 3.8 -0.2 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