Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

National Economic Indicators


Indicators March
2026
February
2026
March
2025
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
Consumer Price Index 330.2 326.8 319.8 1.0% 3.3%
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (not seasonally adjusted) 157.8 157.2 157.5 0.4% 0.1%
Privately Owned Housing Starts 1,502 1,356 1,355 10.8% 10.8%
Bank Prime Loan Rate 6.75 6.75 7.50 0.0% -10.0%
Gross Domestic Product (Links to a Bureau of Economic Analysis news release containing the most recent data available.)

Sources:
Consumer Price Index and Nonfarm Payroll Employment (in thousands), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Privately Owned Housing Starts, U.S. Census Bureau.
Bank Prime Loan Rate, Federal Reserve Board.

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