Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, May 2012

Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics

• Inflation Experiences for Lower and Higher Income Households Presents consumer price indexes for the lowest and highest household incomes to examine how different spending patterns change measures of inflation.
• How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Urban and Rural Spending Habits
  Explores how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the spending behaviors of urban and rural consumers.
• Workplace Injuries and Job Requirements for Construction Laborers
  Examines typical physical requirements for construction laborers, exposures they experience on the job, and nonfatal and fatal injuries they incur.
• Housing Leases in the U.S. Rental Market
  Summarizes responses to two new survey questions about leasing.
• Spotlight on State Productivity Statistics
  Looks at short- and long-term trends in labor productivity, output, hours worked, and labor compensation in each state.