The full set of Import/Export Price Indexes is currently being loaded from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These figures are indexes, not dollar amounts.
An interesting trend is the 12-month change in total imports, currently at an all-time high since data collection started in 1983.
Archive for February, 2008
Import/Export Price Indexes from BLS
February 26, 2008Wage trends
February 22, 2008Trends in private employment wages, with links back to the BLS data series from the Current Employment Statistics program.
12-month change in hourly earnings
12-month change in weekly earnings
12-month change in hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation
12-month change in weekly earnings, adjusted for inflation
I see no explanation on the BLS site of why the hourly and weekly figures [...]
Union Affiliation Numbers
February 5, 2008In Union Rates Increase in 2007, the Center for Economic and Policy Research quotes labor figures indicating that labor union membership increased last year, the first such increase since union membership data collection began in 1983.
The CEPR article cites Unionstats.com as the source of their data, though the original source of this data is the [...]
