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DATA: Home Vacancy Rates, Top 75 Metros (3Q ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key housing data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new data on home vacancy rates in large US cities. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the...

Flash Update: Unemployment Rate in Every Metro (Nov ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key employment data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new data on unemployment rates in US metro areas. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from...

DATA: Case Shiller Home Price Index in 20 Cities (October ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key real estate data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new Case Shiller Home Price Index data for 20 cities. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is...

DATA: Building Permits in Every Metro (October ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key housing data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new building permits data for every metro area. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the...

DATA: FHFA Home Price Index (October ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key real estate data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new FHFA home price data for all Census regions. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from...

DATA: New Business Formations in All 50 States (October ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key economic data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new business applications in all 50 states. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the Census...

DATA: New Weekly Unemployment Claims by State
CivMetrics collects key economic data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at new weekly unemployment claims at the state level. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the...

DATA: Retail Sales by State (October ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key economic data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at the latest state-level retail sales data. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the Census...
DATA: GDP by State and Industry (2nd Quarter ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key economic data for all 50 U.S. states. In this post, we look at the latest GDP figures by state. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]. Data is from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real GDP...

Flash Update: Inflation in Major Cities (Oct ’22 Release)
CivMetrics collects key economic data for the largest cities in the United States. In this post, we look at the latest CPI release and the 12 cities tracked in this release. For questions about our data, or to request data, please contact [email protected]....
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