U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1995-09-29

The U.S. Import Price Index edged down 0.1 percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The decline followed larger decreases in the 2 preceding months. The U.S. Export Price Index fell 0.5 percent in August, the largest 1-month decrease in this series since December 1991. 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 1994 August 0.5 -1.1 0.7 0.2 -1.2 0.3 September -0.5 -7.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 October 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1 0.7 November 0.7 4.1 0.3 0.7 1.6 0.6 December -0.1 -2.1 0.1 0.7 2.4 0.5 1995 January 0.3 1.2 0.2 0.9 -0.1 0.9 February 0.7 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 March 0.6 1.9 0.5 0.6 1.4 0.4 April 0.9 4.7 0.5 0.9 2.0 0.8 May 0.9 3.2 0.6 0.3 0.6 r 0.2