Washington Public Sector Labor Negotiations Blog
Trends and Developments Concerning Washington Public Labor Contracts
By Jim Cline
The Bureau of Labor Statistic’s release of national inflation numbers for July shows that national inflation was level for the month. On a 12 month basis, the All Cities CPI-U declined from 1.7%to 1.4 % and the All Cities CPI-W moved from 1.6% to 1.3%. The Seattle inflation numbers are reported bimonthly, with the bimonthly August numbers due out in mid-September. [Read more…]
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its awaited June CPI report and it reveals that the National All-Cities index has moderated more than the Seattle index. The Seattle June CPI-W was reported at 2.7%, more than a point ahead of the June All Cities CPI-W which was reported at 1.6%. In both cases, these indices dropped significantly from last June when inflation was running near 4%. This chart shows the last 12 months of CPI-W data.
