Part one of term paper
The Unemployment rate fell by 0.2 percent from 4.6 to 4.4. Productivity rose substantially during the third quarter compared to the second quarter, from 0.3 to 2.3 percentage change. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures price change from the purchaser's perspective. The Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers rose 0.2 percent in Octob ...

Part two of term paper
... and services. This is a measure of price change from the perspective of the seller. The PPI for prescription pharmaceutical increased 22.3% during the period of July 1997 to July 1997. During January 1997-1998 the overall prescription drugs index rose 3%, the rest of the increase was attributed to a drastic rise in psychotherapeutics. This drastic increase also effected the aggregate PPI by 0.3%. Introduction: Warner-Lambert’s principal line of operation is pharmaceutical preparations. The ...