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Midwest Economy - Consumer Prices


 

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, in the U.S., Midwest, and selected metropolitan areas
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)(not seasonally adjusted)
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Annual
average
2007
Apr
2008
May
2008
Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007
12 months
ended
Apr
2008
May
2008

U.S. City Average

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207.342 214.823 216.632 2.8 3.9 4.2

Midwest region (1)

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198.123 205.393 207.168 2.7 4.0 4.0

Midwest City Size Class (population)

 

A (over 1.5 million)

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199.717 206.590 208.291 2.6 3.6 3.7

B/C (50,000-1.5 million) (2)

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126.458 131.484 132.682 2.7 4.6 4.3

D (less than 50,000)

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193.177 200.841 202.720 2.9 4.8 4.8
 

Metropolitan areas

 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

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204.818 212.662 214.932 3.3 4.2 4.5

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN (3)

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193.892  

 

2.8  

 

Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

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195.970   204.882 2.5   4.4

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (4)

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200.129 205.281   1.8 2.4  

Milwaukee-Racine, WI (3)

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194.102  

 

2.2  

 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (3)

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201.247  

 

2.6  

 

Footnotes
(1) The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
(2) December 1996=100.
(3) Published only as semi-annual (6-month) average.
(4) Published in alternate months.

SOURCE: Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.
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