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Economic Summaries:
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News Releases:
Houston Area Employment — October 2018
Total nonfarm employment in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 3,158,800 in October 2018, up 117,800 or 3.9 percent, from one year earlier.
Business Employment Dynamics in Texas – First Quarter 2018
From December 2017 to March 2018 gross job gains in private sector establishments in Texas totaled 594,270, while gross job losses numbered 524,628 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – October 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Houston area rose 0.8 percent in September and October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — October 2018
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 0.4 percent in October.
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South edged up 0.2 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.