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Canada-into-U.S. Border Crossings, personal vehicles

Port: Pembina, N.D. Numbers in thousands

Safest states In America

Overall Rank (1 = Safest)

In order to determine the safest states in America, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 50 states across 37 key safety Indicators grouped into five different categories. the data set ranges from assaults and other crimes per capita to unemployment Rates to fatalities per 100 million miles of vehicle travel to total loss amounts from climate disasters per capita.

Source: WalletHub

Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Icon made by Chanut is Industries from www.flaticon.com consumer price index, midwest region - november 2017 (CPI-U = Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers)

The CPI-U for the Midwest advanced 1.9 percent from November 2016 to November 2017. The energy index, which includes motor fuel and household fuels, rose 12.8 percent, and food prices increased 1.1 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U was up 1.1 percent over the year.

Mid-America Business Conditions Creighton University

Leading economic indicators, last 18 months (50.0 = growth neutral)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Unemployment rate – Seasonally adjusted United States, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota

“While the November Creighton University MidAmerica Business Conditions Index – a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Arkansas to North Dakota – declined for the month, the reading still points to healthy economic growth ahead, according to the latest monthly survey results.”

“The Business Conditions Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, slipped to a still healthy 57.2 from October’s 58.8. This is the 12th straight month the index has remained above growth neutral, continuing to point to positive growth for the region over the next three to six months.”

Source: Creighton University