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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.
News Releases:
Occupational Employment and Wages in Memphis – May 2017
Workers in the Memphis Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.13 in May 2017, about 13 percent below the nationwide average of $24.34.
Consumer Price Index, South Region – April 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South increased 0.4 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — April 2018
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.4 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – April 2018
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land rose 0.2 percent in March and April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Business Employment Dynamics in Louisiana – Third Quarter 2017
From June 2017 to September 2017 gross job gains in private sector establishments in Louisiana totaled 97,543, while gross job losses numbered 96,361.
