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Latest Numbers

CPI:
History-0.5% in Sep 2006

Unemployment Rate:
History4.4% in Oct 2006

Payroll Employment:
History+92,000(p) in Oct 2006

Average Hourly Earnings:
History+$0.06(p) in Oct 2006

PPI:
History-1.6%(p) in Oct 2006

ECI:
History+1.0% in 3rd Qtr of 2006

Productivity:
Historyunchanged in 3rd Qtr of 2006

U.S. Import Price Index:
History-2.0% in Oct 2006

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