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Prices for U.S. exports fell 5.9 percent from April 2022 to April 2023, the largest over-the-year drop since a 6.7-percent decline in May 2020.
read full article »Prices for commodity imports into the United States declined over the year ended April 2023, decreasing 4.8 percent over these 12 months, which was the largest over-the-year decrease since May 2020.
In October 2022, 11.6 million people ages 16 to 24 were enrolled in college. Of these, 89.2 percent were enrolled full time and 10.8 percent were enrolled part time. Full-time college students were much less likely to participate in the labor force in October 2022 than were part-time students.
Producer prices for final demand rose 2.3 percent over the year ended April 2023. A 3.0-percent rise in producer prices for services and a 2.6-percent rise in producer prices for trade contributed to this price increase.
The proportion of families with an unemployed person shrank from 6.7 percent in 2021 to 4.7 percent in 2022. This reflects the continued labor market recovery from the February to April 2020 recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The proportion of families with at least one unemployed member in 2022 was smaller than the proportion in 2019 (4.9 percent), before the pandemic.