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base period

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A point in time used as a reference point for comparison with some later period.

employer

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A person or business employing one or more persons for wages or salary; the legal entity responsible for payment of quarterly unemployment insurance taxes or for reimbursing the State fund for ...

A group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services. For example, all establishments that manufacture automobiles are in the same industry. A given industry, or even a ...

life insurance

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A contract that pays the beneficiary a set sum of money upon the death of the policyholder. These plans pay benefits usually in the form of a lump sum, but they may be distributed as an annuity.

import

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A good or service that is sold to a U. S. Resident from a foreign resident. Imports include government and nongovernment goods and services; however they exclude goods and services to the U. S. ...

series report

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A form-based application that uses BLS time series identifiers as input in extracting data from each survey-specific database according to a specified set of date ranges and output options.

producer price index (PPI)

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A family of indexes that measure the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. ...