The Geographical Dispersion of U.S. Inflation

Most accounts of inflation focus on national statistics. While the national series is still low, in some select locations, it’s even lower. Figure 1 depicts 12 month inflation for the four BLS regions, and for the US as a whole. Figure 1: Twelve month CPI-all inflation for Northeast urban (blue), Midwest urban (red), South urban […] View the full post at: The Geographical Dispersion of U.S. Inflation Related posts: Three Pictures from the April Employment Situation Reserves are Revised Upward, the Dollar Share Declines Tracking the Consumption Decline