Brown, Oconto and Kewaunee counties selected as new sample area for Consumer Price Index

GREEN BAY (WLUK) — Data for the Consumer Price Index will be collected in three Northeast Wisconsin counties starting this fall.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Tuesday that Brown, Oconto and Kewaunee counties have been selected as a new sample area for the CPI, effective in October. This is one of six regions being added to CPI data collection, marking the first expansion to the sample since 2018.

According to a news release from the BLS:…

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