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May
15
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area – April 2024

Prices in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8 percent for the two months ending in April 2024.

May
15
Consumer Price Index, West Region — April 2024

Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

May
15
Consumer Price Index, South Region — April 2024

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.2 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

May
07
Business Employment Dynamics in Louisiana – Third Quarter 2023

From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Louisiana were 97,306, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector.

May
02
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area — March 2024

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024.

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