Observations

2026-05-02: -11.94

Updated: May 13, 2026 11:04 AM CDT

Units:

Percent Change from Year Ago,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Weekly,

Ending Saturday

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Business Applications with Planned Wages for Midwest Census Region	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Release

Weekly Business Formation Statistics	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Units

Percent Change from Year Ago	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Frequency

Weekly, Ending Saturday	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Notes

Business Applications with Planned Wages (WBA): A subset of High-Propensity Business Applications (HBA) that contains all applications that indicate a planned date for paying wages. See "About the Data" (https://www.census.gov/econ/bfs/about_the_data.html) for more details.	2020-04-09	2026-05-13

Business Applications with Planned Wages for Midwest Census Region (WBUSAPPWNSAMWYY)