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CEPR produces same-day analyses of government data on employment, inflation, GDP and other topics. Data Bytes are released by 11 a.m. and titled, as appropriate, Jobs Byte, Prices Byte, etc. Click here for the complete Data Bytes archive. Our latest releases are listed below.

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Jobs Byte

February 03, 2012
Strong Job Growth Leads to Drop in Black/Hispanic Unemployment
Unemployment for African American men fell by 3.0 percentage points in January.

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Union Membership Byte

January 27, 2012
Union Membership Holds Steady in 2011
Public sector declines in unionization offset by gains in the private sector.

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GDP Byte

January 27, 2012
Inventories Give Boost to Fourth Quarter GDP
Final demand grew at just a 0.8 percent rate in the fourth quarter.

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Prices Byte

January 19, 2012
CPI Flat in December
Energy prices have decreased at an 18 percent annualized rate since September.

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Housing Market Monitor

January 31, 2012
Price Declines Accelerate in November
Those taking advantage of the first-time buyers credit in Atlanta might have lost more than $50,000

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Latin America Byte

January 27, 2012
Brazil: Record-Low Unemployment But Jobs Picture Mixed
Jobs have been concentrated in the financial sector amid losses in industry and commerce.

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Prices Byte

January 19, 2012
CPI Flat in December
Energy prices have decreased at an 18 percent annualized rate since September.

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Poverty Byte

November 07, 2011
The New Supplemental Poverty Numbers: Do They Paint an Accurate Picture of Poverty Today?
The new Supplemental Poverty Measure data released this morning for 2010 suggest that 3.2 million fewer children were poor (about 4.3 percent fewer) under the SPM than under the official poverty measure, while about 2.7 million more people age 65 or over were poor (almost 7 percent).

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Social Security Byte

May 13, 2011
Jump in Life Expectancy Assumptions Drives Latest Social Security Projections
Social Security is projected to run a surplus of $69 billion in 2011.

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