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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:
Business Employment Dynamics in Louisiana – Third Quarter 2016
From June 2016 to September 2016 gross job gains in private sector establishments in Louisiana totaled 105,759, while gross job losses numbered 102,408.
Consumer Price Index, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria – April 2017
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Houston area rose 0.6 percent in January and February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, South Region – April 2017
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South edged up 0.2 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — April 2017
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Minimum Wage Workers in Oklahoma – 2016
Of the 894,000 workers paid hourly rates in Oklahoma in 2016, 13,000 earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, while 14,000 earned less.
