| CHART:
                                                Civilian Labor Force | Civilian
                                                Labor Force  
 Total number of employed
                                                and unemployed persons, seasonally
                                                adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 151,799 September 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 151,998 October 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Unemployment | Unemployment  
 Total number of persons
                                                unemployed, seasonally adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 6,949 September 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 6,711 October 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Unemployment Rate | Unemployment
                                                Rate  
 Number of persons unemployed
                                                as a percent of the civilian
                                                labor force, seasonally adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 4.6 September 2006 
 
 | 
 
 Current 4.4 October 2006 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Employees on Nonfarm Payrolls | Employees
                                                on Nonfarm Payrolls  
 Preliminary data, seasonally
                                                adjusted. 1-month change.  | 
 
 Previous 148 September 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 92 October 2006 (thousands) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Average Weekly Hours | Average
                                                Weekly Hours  
 Nonsupervisory workers
                                                on private nonfarm payrolls.
                                                Preliminary data, seasonally
                                                adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 33.8(p) September 2006 (hours) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 33.9(p) October 2006 (hours) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Average Hourly Earnings | Average
                                                Hourly Earnings  
 Nonsupervisory workers
                                                on private nonfarm payrolls.
                                                Preliminary data, seasonally
                                                adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 16.85(p) September 2006 (dollars) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 16.91(p) October 2006 (dollars) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          03, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Employment Cost Index | Employment
                                                Cost Index  
 Compensation for civilian
                                                workers. 3-month change as percent,
                                                seasonally adjusted.  | 
 
 Previous 0.9 2nd Quarter 2006 (percent change) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 1.0 3rd Quarter 2006 (percent change) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of October
                                          31, 2006. | 
                                      
                                        | CHART:
                                                Productivity | Productivity  
 Output per hour of all
                                                persons in nonfarm business sector.
                                                Percent change from previous
                                                quarter at an annual rate. Data
                                                for current quarter are preliminary.  | 
 
 Previous 1.2 2nd Quarter 2006 (percent change) 
 
 | 
 
 Current 0.0 3rd Quarter 2006 (percent change) 
 
 | 
                                      
                                        | Provided
                                          by Bureau
                                          of Labor Statistics as of November
                                          02, 2006. |