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October 14, 2010
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.4 percent in September, seasonally
adjusted. This advance followed a 0.4-percent rise in August and a 0.2-percent increase in July.
The index for finished goods less food and energy moved up 0.1 percent.
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October 13, 2010
U.S. import prices fell 0.3 percent in September, following a 0.6 percent increase the
previous month. Declining fuel prices more than offset an increase in nonfuel prices. In
contrast, the price index for U.S. exports rose 0.6 percent in September after a 0.8 percent
rise in August.
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October 14, 2010
Spending on mortgage interest payments and charges, a subcomponent of housing expenditures (the largest component of consumers’ budgets in 2009), fell from $3,890 in 2007 to $3,594 in 2009—evidence of the higher than normal default rate on mortgages, falling house prices, lower rates of homeownership, and declining mortgage interest rates over the period.
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