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The Economics Daily

Consumer Price Index: 2020 in review

January 15, 2021
From 2019 to 2020, consumer prices for all items rose 1.4 percent. Over that period, food prices increased 3.9 percent, a larger percentage increase than the 12-month increase of 1.8 percent in 2019. Food at home prices increased 3.9 percent in 2020, the largest over-the-year increase since 2011. Full Text »

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Monthly Labor Review

Employment recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, Peter B. Meyer, Joseph Piacentini, Michael Schultz, Leo Sveikauskas
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This Beyond the Numbers article explores how labor market trends in the South can give us a deeper understanding of business cycles and labor demand in the region and help businesses and workers make better informed decisions.
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