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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.
Arkansas had 84,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 86,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Louisiana had 120,000 job openings in May 2024, compared to 122,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
From September 2023 to December 2023, gross job gains in Oklahoma totaled 81,669, while gross job losses numbered 77,731, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the South was unchanged in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Prices in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in June 2024.