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Economic Summaries:
Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
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Chicago Area Employment — November 2018
Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 4,804,300 in November 2018, up 45,700, or 1.0 percent, over the year.
Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — November 2018
Gasoline prices averaged $2.661 per gallon in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area in November 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Business Employment Dynamics in Minnesota — First Quarter 2018
From December 2017 to March 2018, gross job gains in Minnesota totaled 133,031, while gross job losses numbered 124,520, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Business Employment Dynamics in North Dakota — First Quarter 2018
From December 2017 to March 2018, gross job gains in North Dakota totaled 24,123, while gross job losses numbered 21,767, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — November 2018
Gasoline prices averaged $2.541 per gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in November 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.