Current Economic and Market Data and Statistics Snapshot of the United States of America

Unemployment Rate By State July 2010

Ordered by July 2010 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8

Ordered by July 2010 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2

Ordered by June 2010 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8

Ordered by June 2010 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2

Ordered by July 2009 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8

Ordered by July 2010 unemployment rate
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1

Ordered by state
State	Jul 2010	Jun 2010	Jul 2009	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Alabama	9.7	10.3	10.5	-0.6	-0.8
Alaska	7.7	7.9	8.1	-0.2	-0.4
Arizona	9.6	9.6	9.4	0	0.2
Arkansas	7.4	7.5	7.4	-0.1	0
California	12.3	12.3	11.8	0	0.5
Colorado	8.0	8.0	8.1	0	-0.1
Connecticut	8.9	8.8	8.5	0.1	0.4
Delaware	8.4	8.5	8.2	-0.1	0.2
District of Columbia	9.8	10.0	10.4	-0.2	-0.6
Florida	11.5	11.4	10.8	0.1	0.7
Georgia	9.9	10.0	9.9	-0.1	0
Hawaii	6.3	6.3	7.0	0	-0.7
Idaho	8.8	8.8	8.2	0	0.6
Illinois	10.3	10.4	10.5	-0.1	-0.2
Indiana	10.2	10.1	10.4	0.1	-0.2
Iowa	6.8	6.7	6.1	0.1	0.7
Kansas	6.5	6.5	7.2	0	-0.7
Kentucky	9.9	10.0	10.8	-0.1	-0.9
Louisiana	7.2	7.0	7.2	0.2	0
Maine	8.1	8.0	8.2	0.1	-0.1
Maryland	7.1	7.1	7.2	0	-0.1
Massachusetts	9.0	9.0	8.7	0	0.3
Michigan	13.1	13.2	14.2	-0.1	-1.1
Minnesota	6.8	6.8	8.3	0	-1.5
Mississippi	10.8	11.0	9.7	-0.2	1.1
Missouri	9.2	9.1	9.7	0.1	-0.5
Montana	7.3	7.3	6.3	0	1
Nebraska	4.7	4.9	4.8	-0.2	-0.1
Nevada	14.3	14.2	12.3	0.1	2
New Hampshire	5.8	5.9	6.6	-0.1	-0.8
New Jersey	9.7	9.6	9.6	0.1	0.1
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	0	0.8
New York	8.2	8.2	8.7	0	-0.5
North Carolina	9.8	10.0	11.0	-0.2	-1.2
North Dakota	3.6	3.6	4.4	0	-0.8
Ohio	10.3	10.5	10.6	-0.2	-0.3
Oklahoma	6.9	6.8	6.8	0.1	0.1
Oregon	10.6	10.5	11.4	0.1	-0.8
Pennsylvania	9.3	9.2	8.3	0.1	1
Rhode Island	11.9	12.0	11.4	-0.1	0.5
South Carolina	10.8	10.7	12.0	0.1	-1.2
South Dakota	4.4	4.4	4.9	0	-0.5
Tennessee	9.8	10.0	10.9	-0.2	-1.1
Texas	8.2	8.2	7.9	0	0.3
Utah	7.2	7.2	6.8	0	0.4
Vermont	6.0	6.0	7.1	0	-1.1
Virginia	7.0	7.0	6.9	0	0.1
Washington	8.9	9.0	9.2	-0.1	-0.3
West Virginia	8.6	8.5	8.5	0.1	0.1
Wisconsin	7.8	7.9	8.9	-0.1	-1.1
Wyoming	6.7	6.8	6.8	-0.1	-0.1

Arizona v. Nevada: Change in unemployment rate and labor force 2006-2010

Arizona and Nevada were two of the states that benefited the most from the real estate bubble, and they have consequently suffered substantially in its aftermath. Here's a look at how the two states unemployment rates and labor forces fared from the height of the bubble in 2006 through the stagnation of 2007, the meltdown of 2008, the Great Recession of 2009 and the painfully slow recovery of 2010. Nevada currently has the highest unemployment rate of all states while Arizona's is on par with the national unemployment rate.

Labor force in millions.

	June 2006
State	Unemployment Rate	Labor Force
Arizona	4.3%	2.96
Nevada	4.4%	1.27

	June 2007
State	Unemployment Rate	Labor Force
Arizona	3.7%	3.01
Nevada	4.6%	1.31

	June 2008
State	Unemployment Rate	Labor Force
Arizona	5.7%	3.11
Nevada	6.3%	1.34

	June 2009
State	Unemployment Rate	Labor Force
Arizona	9.3%	3.14
Nevada	11.9%	1.37

	June 2010
State	Unemployment Rate	Labor Force
Arizona	9.6%	3.18
Nevada	14.2%	1.37

Initial Unemployment Claims

week ending August 28, 2010
Initial Claims 472,000
Four-week average 485,500

Employment, Unemployment Rate, and Labor Force Data

August 2010
Unemployment Rate 9.6%
Payroll Employment -54,000(p)
Change in Unemployment Level -24,000 July 2010
Change in Employment Level -159,000 July 2010
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level -181,000 July 2010
Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate 64.6% July 2010

Annual Averages for 2009

Unemployment Rate 9.3% for 2009
Unemployment Level 14,265,000 for 2009

Consumer, Producer, Employer and Import Inflation Data

July 2010
CPI +0.3%
PPI +0.2%(p)
ECI +0.5% 2nd Qtr of 2010
U.S. Import Price Index +0.2%

Gross Domestic Product

Q2 2010 (second estimate)
Real GDP +1.6%

Productivity Data

2nd Qtr of 2010
Productivity -1.8%
Output per Hour -0.9%
Hourly Compensation -0.7%
Unit Labor Costs +0.2%
Output +2.6%
Hours of All Persons +3.6%

Income and Hourly Earnings Data

August 2010
Average Hourly Earnings +$0.06(p)
Personal Income +0.2% July 2010

Job Openings and Labor Turnover

June 2010
Latest Job Openings Level 2,937,000(p)
Latest Hires Rate 2.2%(p)
Latest Turnover Rate 3.3%(p)

Mass Layoffs

July 2010
Total Mass Layoff Events 1,609
Change in Total Mass Layoff Events -38
Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants 143,703
Change in Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants -1,835