Shore Capital Management LLC

Jan 15, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their December 2009 report of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Midwest.

The BLS defines the Midwest region as the 12 states of “Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.”

At the national level on a seasonally adjusted basis, the average urban consumer experienced a 0.1% increase in prices based on the CPI. The entire CPI index or “all items” of the Midwest region decreased by READ MORE