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
2008		 Feb
2009		 Mar
2009		 Percent change
Annual
average
2007 to
2008		 12 months
ended
Feb
2009		 Mar
2009

U.S. City Average
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 215.303 212.193 212.709 3.8 0.2 -0.4

Midwest region (1)

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 205.382 201.453 202.021 3.7 -0.2 -0.8

Midwest City Size Class (population)

  

A (over 1.5 million)
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 206.506 202.639 203.240 3.4 -0.3 -0.9

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

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 131.459 129.057 129.334 4.0 0.1 -0.6

D (less than 50,000)
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 201.335 196.421 197.267 4.2 -0.6 -1.1
 

Metropolitan areas

  

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI
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 212.536 207.367 207.462 3.8 -1.0 -1.9

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

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 201.543  

 

3.9  

 

Cleveland-Akron, OH (4)

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 203.004   199.457 3.6   -1.5

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI (4)

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 204.748 201.913   2.3 -0.2  

Milwaukee-Racine, WI (3)

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 203.029  

 

4.6  

 

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

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 208.958  

 

3.8  

 

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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