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U.S. June import prices rose 0.8 pct
Biz.Yahoo/Reuters | July 10, 2003

Posted on 07/10/2003 6:21:09 AM PDT by Starwind

U.S. June import prices rose 0.8 pct Thursday July 10, 8:33 am ET

  WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Labor Department report on
U.S. import and export price changes by percent (unadjusted).
.                              June    May   (Prev)  June03/02
ALL IMPORTS                     0.8   -0.8   -0.3      2.0
Petroleum                       4.7   -5.4   -1.1     12.0
Nonpetroleum                    0.5   -0.3   -0.2      1.1
Food, Feed, Drink               0.4   -1.1   -1.0      5.8
Industrial Supplies             2.6   -2.5   -0.7      8.8
Capital Goods                   0.2   -0.4   -0.4     -1.6
Motor Vehicles,Parts            0.2    0.1    0.1      0.7
Consumer Goods ExAutos          0.2   unch   unch     unch
.                              June    May   (Prev)  June03/02
ALL EXPORTS                    -0.2    0.1    0.1      1.5
Agricultural                   -0.8    2.6    2.4      9.0
Non-Agricultural               -0.1   -0.2   -0.1      0.9
Food, Feed, Drink              -1.1    3.1    3.1      9.1
Industrial Supplies             0.5   -0.7   -0.7      5.6
Capital Goods                  -0.6   unch    0.1     -1.0
Motor Vehicles,Parts            0.2   -0.1   -0.1      0.8
Consumer Goods ExAutos          0.4    0.1   unch      0.7
The department reported June price indices (2000 base year
equals 100) of 96.0 for imports and 99.5 for exports.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. June import prices +0.5 pct
 HISTORICAL COMPARISONS/NOTES:
 US JUNE CAPITAL GOODS IMPORT PRICES +0.2 PCT, LARGEST SINCE
MATCHING SEPT'99
 US JUNE NONFUEL IMPORT PRICES +0.4 PCT, LARGEST RISE ON
RECORD


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: exportprices; importprices
The full report is at U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - JUNE 2003 -
1 posted on 07/10/2003 6:21:09 AM PDT by Starwind
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To: AdamSelene235; AntiGuv; arete; Black Agnes; Cicero; David; Fractal Trader; gabby hayes; imawit; ...
Well, at least the $500B or so of annual trade deficit is buying less these days.
2 posted on 07/10/2003 6:22:16 AM PDT by Starwind
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