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)
Area

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data		 Annual
average
2007		 Aug
2008		 Sep
2008		 Percent change
Annual
average
2006 to
2007		 12 months
ended
Aug
2008		 Sep
2008

U.S. City Average
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 207.342 219.086 218.783 2.8 5.4 4.9

Midwest region (1)

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 198.123 209.351 209.252 2.7 5.4 4.8

Midwest City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 199.717 210.341 210.283 2.6 5.3 4.5

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

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 126.458 133.969 133.982 2.7 5.6 5.1

D (less than 50,000)
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 193.177 206.251 205.522 2.9 5.9 5.1
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI
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 204.818 215.971 215.465 3.3 4.9 4.4

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

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 193.892  

 

2.8  

 

Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

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 195.970   206.219 2.5   4.7

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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