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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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Jan
13

Consumer Price Index, West Region — December 2020

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged down 0.1 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan
13

Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – December 2020

Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), crept up 0.1 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan
13

Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area – December 2020

Prices in the St. Louis area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), crept up 0.1 percent for the two months ending in December 2020.

Jan
05

Kansas City Area Employment – November 2020

Total nonfarm employment for the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area decreased by 42,100 over the year in November.

Dec
17

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – September 2020

Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $31.59 per hour in the South to $40.82 in the West during September 2020.

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