Reply #53: November consumer prices jump up in Midwest

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http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2006/12/11/daily31.html?jst=b_ln_hl
Wichita Business Journal - 1:40 PM CST Friday
by Shane T. Farley

Prices in the Midwest rose three-tenths of a percent for November, even though prices in all other regions of the country declined last month, according to consumer price index data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday.

Prices in the west, northeast, and south regions declined anywhere from two-tenths to four-tenths of a percent, the index indicated.

After lower energy prices, largely a result of lower gasoline prices, pushed the Midwest index downward in the previous two months, energy prices increased 2.1 percent in November and accounted for seventy-five percent of the change in the Midwest index over the month. November's increase in energy prices was led by higher prices for utility gas service.

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