U.S. Import And Export Price Indexes — 1997-10-17

The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.1 percent in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The decrease was the same as the decline in August and marked the fourth consecutive monthly decline for the index. The Export Price Index decreased 0.4 percent in September after rising 0.1 percent in the previous month. 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 1996 September 1.2 7.5 0.4 -0.8 -7.3 0.2 October 0.5 7.1 -0.3 -0.2 -2.6 0.0 November -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 December 0.3 2.0 0.1 0.0 -0.9 0.1 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