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Average Energy Prices In Boston-Brockton-Nashua – April 2017
Boston area households paid an average of $2.346 a gallon for gasoline in April 2017, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, New York-Northern New Jersey – April 2017
Prices in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), ticked up 0.1 percent in April.
Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area — March 2017
Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.9 percent in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, N.Y.-N.J.-Conn.-Pa. metropolitan area for the year ended March 2017.
Connecticut Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Nov 2016 |
Dec 2016 |
Jan 2017 |
Feb 2017 |
Mar 2017 |
Apr 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(2)1,887.5 | (2)1,886.2 | 1,892.2 | 1,901.4 | 1,911.7 | (p)1,922.6 |
Employment(1) |
|
(2)1,803.2 | (2)1,804.1 | 1,807.2 | 1,812.0 | 1,819.9 | (p)1,828.9 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(2)84.3 | (2)82.1 | 85.0 | 89.4 | 91.7 | (p)93.7 |
Unemployment Rate(3) |
|
(2)4.5 | (2)4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | (p)4.9 |
Total Nonfarm(4) |
|
1,678.2 | 1,677.5 | 1,684.0 | 1,684.1 | 1,684.7 | (p)1,683.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | (p)0.3 |
Mining and Logging(4) |
|
0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | (p)0.6 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 |
Construction(4) |
|
58.1 | 58.0 | 58.0 | 59.3 | 59.1 | (p)61.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.2 | -2.0 | -2.7 | -0.5 | -2.8 | (p)4.2 |
Manufacturing(4) |
|
156.0 | 156.2 | 156.1 | 155.7 | 156.6 | (p)156.0 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0.2 | (p)-0.1 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4) |
|
298.5 | 298.1 | 302.4 | 300.6 | 299.3 | (p)297.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.1 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | (p)-0.3 |
Information(4) |
|
32.1 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.2 | 31.5 | (p)31.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.5 | -1.8 | -3.1 | -4.3 | -2.8 | (p)-3.1 |
Financial Activities(4) |
|
130.2 | 130.2 | 131.6 | 131.1 | 131.2 | (p)131.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | (p)0.8 |
Professional & Business Services(4) |
|
215.8 | 216.4 | 217.4 | 218.6 | 218.7 | (p)215.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.6 | -1.1 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | (p)-1.0 |
Education & Health Services(4) |
|
331.2 | 331.3 | 327.9 | 331.8 | 330.8 | (p)330.1 |
12-month % change |
|
1.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | (p)0.8 |
Leisure & Hospitality(4) |
|
155.3 | 155.3 | 158.4 | 155.6 | 156.0 | (p)158.0 |
12-month % change |
|
2.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | (p)3.5 |
Other Services(4) |
|
66.1 | 65.6 | 66.4 | 66.0 | 67.2 | (p)67.4 |
12-month % change |
|
3.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 | (p)4.2 |
Government(4) |
|
234.3 | 233.9 | 233.7 | 233.6 | 233.7 | (p)233.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.9 | -1.8 | -1.8 | -1.9 | -1.8 | (p)-1.9 |
|
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