Marcia Hultman

Cabinet Secretary

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

National Economic Indicators


Indicators January 2026
December
2025
January
2025
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
Consumer Price Index 325.3 324.1 317.7 0.4% 2.4%
Nonfarm Payroll Employment (not seasonally adjusted) 156.7 159.4 156.4 -1.7% 0.2%
Privately Owned Housing Starts 1,487 1,387 1,358 7.2% 9.5%
Bank Prime Loan Rate 6.75 6.83 7.50 -1.2% -10.0%
Gross Domestic Product (Links to a Bureau of Economic Analysis news release containing the most recent data available.)

N/A - Not Available; Privately Owned Housing Starts data has not yet been released by the U.S. Census Bureau, nor has there been an annoucement as to when the data will be released.

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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