updated through 06/01/10
National Economic Trends
NIPA Chain Price Indexes
Oil & Natural Gas Prices: Spot & Futures
Compounded annual rates of change
Dollars per barrel
6 4
Dollars per million btu
156
48
132
40
GDP (bar) 108
2 0
84
Gross Domestic Purchases
-2
36
-6 17532
17898
2010
18263
18628
Gas Futures (right scale)
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Note: Futures prices as of 5/28/2010.
Consumer Price Index
Consumption Chain Price Index
Compounded annual rates of change
Compounded annual rates of change
15
10
10
16 8
Spot Gas (right scale)
12
2009
24
Oil Futures (left scale)
60
-4
2008
32
Spot Oil (left scale)
PCE (bar)
CPI (bar)
5
5 0
0
Excl. Food & Energy
-5
Excl. Food & Energy
-5
-10 -10
-15 -20
-15
2008
17532
2009
17898
2010
18263
18628
17532
2008
17898
2009
Producer Price Index, Finished Goods
Unit Labor Cost
Compounded annual rates of change
Compounded annual rates of change
30
24
20 10
12
0
6
-10
18628
0
Excl. Food & Energy
-20
2010
Manufacturing (bar)
18
PPI (bar)
18263
-6
-30
Nonfarm
-12
-40
-18
2008
17532
2009
17898
2010
18263
18628
17532
2008
17898
2009
Employment Cost Index
Compensation per Hour
Percent change from year ago
Compounded annual rates of change
6
18263
2010
18628
9
Benefits 5
6
Wages and Salaries
4
3 3 0
| | | | Compensation
2 1
-3
0
-6 16437
2005
16802
2006
17167
2007
17532
2008
17898
2009
18263
2010
18628
17532
2008
17898
2009
18263
2010
18628
Research Division Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
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