The St. Louis Fed released its economic conditions indexes through the third quarter of 2019 for the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the U.S.
The fastest growing MSA during the first half of 2019 was San Jose, California with average growth of 5.9 percent through June, followed by Austin-Round Rock, Texas (5.2 percent). The four largest MSAs in the Eighth Federal Reserve District have average growth rates were: Little Rock (3.2 percent), Louisville (2.1 percent); St. Louis (1.7 percent); Memphis (1.6 percent).
A release table of Economic Conditions Indexes by BEA region.
A graph of Economic Conditions Indexes for the largest MSAs in the Eighth District.