Economy at a Glance

Midwest Region

Midwest Region - Monthly Data
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Data		 July
2011		 Aug
2011		 Sept
2011		 Oct
2011		 Nov
2011		 Dec
2011

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 34,278.7 34,289.3 34,359.9 34,378.6 34,358.5 34,358.3

Employment (1)

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 31,362.8 31,308.9 31,382.8 31,444.9 31,544.5 31,630.4

Unemployment (1)

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 2,915.9 2,980.4 2,977.0 2,933.7 2,814.0 2,727.9

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 8.5 8.7 8.7 8.5 8.2 7.9

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U, All items (3)

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 216.099 216.586 216.968 215.653 215.614 215.173

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change

 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.8

CPI-W, All items (4)

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 212.718 213.212 213.626 212.038 211.969 211.459

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change

 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
Midwest Region - Quarterly Data
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Data		 4th Qtr
2010		 1st Qtr
2011		 2nd Qtr
2011		 3rd Qtr
2011		 4th Qtr
2011

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

Total Compensation (1)

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 111.3 112.2 113.3 113.6 113.9

Compensation, 12-month % change
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 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.3 2.3

Wages & Salaries (1)

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 111.2 111.8 112.2 112.7 112.9

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change
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 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5

Footnotes
(1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: February 07, 2012

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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