Unemployment rate falls to 8.6% in November; payroll employment rises by 120,000
The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 8.6 percent in November, and nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000. Employment continued to trend up in retail trade, leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care. Government employment continued to trend...
Productivity increases 2.3% in third quarter 2011; unit labor costs fall 2.5%
Productivity rose 2.3 percent in the nonfarm business sector in third quarter 2011; unit labor costs decreased 2.5 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity grew 5.0 percent and unit labor costs fell 5.1 percent.
Jobless rates down in 36 states, up in 5 in Oct.; payroll jobs up in 39 states, down in 11
11/22/2011In October, 1,353 mass layoff actions affected 118,689 workers
11/17/2011Gross job gains decrease in first quarter 2011; gross job losses also decrease
11/16/2011CPI decreases 0.1% in October as gasoline prices fall
11/15/2011Producer Price Index for finished goods decreases 0.3% and finished core is unchanged
REGIONAL PRODUCTS »
Mid-Atlantic:
Philadelphia area prices down 0.3% since August; up 3.0% since last October
Southeast:
Workers in Miami earned $20.21 per hour in May 2010 (PDF)
Midwest:
Chicago area consumer prices fell 0.2% in October and were up 2.9% over the year. (PDF)
Southwest:
Houston and Dallas record biggest annual job gains among largest areas in October 2011
Mountain-Plains:
Midwest CPI down 0.6% in October led by lower costs for energy; up 3.3% over the year
West:
New report: Survival and growth of Silicon Valley high-tech businesses born in 2000 (PDF)
THE EDITOR’S DESK »
• Employment increases in Nov. 2011
• Productivity revised downward
• Average wages by occupational group
• State employment & unemployment
• Mass layoffs, October 2011
LATEST NUMBERS
Consumer Price Index (CPI):
-0.1% in Oct 2011
Unemployment Rate:
8.6% in Nov 2011
Payroll Employment:
+120,000(p) in Nov 2011
Average Hourly Earnings:
-$0.02(p) in Nov 2011
Producer Price Index (PPI):
-0.3%(p) in Oct 2011
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.3% in 3rd Qtr of 2011
Productivity:
+2.3%(r) in 3rd Qtr of 2011
U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.6% in Oct 2011
U.S. Export Price Index:
-2.1% in Oct 2011
Historical Data 
News Release p - preliminary
