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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2007
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Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
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12 months
ended
Jul
2008
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2008

U.S. City Average

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207.342 219.964 219.086 2.8 5.6 5.4

Midwest region (1)

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198.123 210.071 209.351 2.7 5.6 5.4

Midwest City Size Class (population)

 

A (over 1.5 million)

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199.717 211.003 210.341 2.6 5.3 5.3

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

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126.458 134.595 133.969 2.7 5.9 5.6

D (less than 50,000)

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193.177 206.435 206.251 2.9 6.0 5.9
 

Metropolitan areas

 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

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204.818 217.459 215.971 3.3 5.8 4.9

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

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193.892  

 

2.8  

 

Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

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195.970 206.941   2.5 5.0  

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (4)

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200.129   209.484 1.8   4.9

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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