At the Bi-State Development 2017 Annual Meeting, James Bullard, President, and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis gave a presentation comparing the living standards of MSA's throughout the country.  Here are some of the highlights from his presentation:

• St Louis ranks 7th of the 53 largest MSA's for the ratio of real per capita personal income to U.S. average with a 1.13 (table 1 below)
• St Louis was one of just two cities (Nashville being the other) in the top 10 list for real per capita personal income with a cost of living less than the national average.  (St Louis is 90.6 - 100 is average - table 2 below)
• Among all 381 MSA's reviewed, St Louis ranks number 20 putting St Louis in the top 6 percent.

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View "Living Standards Across U.S. MSA's Report"