Full text of U.S. Financial Data : July 12, 2001

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July 12, 2001

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THE WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS:
■ Prices of goods imported into the U.S. fell 0.5 percent in June, the
fourth decline in the past five months. After rising 4.6 percent in
May, prices of petroleum products fell 1.3 percent in June. Prices
of nonpetroleum goods fell 0.4 percent, the fifth consecutive decline.
Measured from a year earlier, total import prices have declined
2.6 percent, while petroleum prices are down 12.7 percent and
nonpetroleum prices have dropped 1.1 percent.
■ For the week ending Wednesday, July 11, the Federal Reserve
Board’s value of the U.S. dollar (major currency index) measured
106.6 (1973=100), its highest value since the week ending June 27,
1986, and up 9.8 percent from 52 weeks earlier.
■ From the average of the four weeks ending Jan. 1, 2001, to the
average of the four weeks ending July 2, the MZM (money zero
maturity) monetary aggregate has increased at a 23.7 percent
annual rate. Over the same period, the M2 aggregate has risen at
a 10.9 percent rate. By contrast, from December 1999 to December
2000, MZM rose 8 percent and M2 increased 6.3 percent (see
pages 3 and 8).
■ In June, the number of jobs at nonfarm establishments fell 114,000,
bringing the total decline during the April-June period to 271,000.
Manufacturing payrolls fell 113,000 in June and have declined
785,000 during the past 11 months. The unemployment rate
averaged 4.5 percent during the second quarter, up 0.5 percentage
points since the fourth quarter of 2000.
All data are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise indicated.
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