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Average Hourly Earnings of Production Workers (seasonally adjusted)
Percent Change from Previous Month

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1996	0.9	-0.3	-0.5	1.5	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.5
1997	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.2
1998	-0.1	0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.7	0.9	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.1
1999	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5
2000	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.2	-0.1
2001	-0.1	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.4
2002	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.4
2003	0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.5	0.1
2004	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	-0.1	0.1	0.3
2005	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	-0.3	0.7	-0.2	0.1
2006	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1p	0.4p	-	-
Note: p = Preliminary figure, r = Revised

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