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New Bedford

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentAverage energy pricesConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingPay
New England - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020
New England Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – New England	Consumer price indexes	Table	Mar 2020
Average Energy Prices In Boston-Cambridge-Newton – December 2018	Average energy prices	News Release	Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Brockton-Nashua– 2012 Annual Average	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Apr 2013
Consumer Expenditures for the Boston Metropolitan Area: 2015-16	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2018
Women’s Earnings in Massachusetts — 2017	Pay	News Release	Oct 2018
Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton — November 2019	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (1982-84 = 100) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2020
Consumer Price Index US City Average (1982-84 = 100) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2020

New Bedford, MA Economy at a Glance:

New Bedford, MA

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		86.5	86.3	86.8	(p)87.7	(p)86.6
Employment(1)		82.9	83.1	83.8	(p)84.4	(p)81.9
Unemployment(1)		3.6	3.2	3.0	(p)3.3	(p)4.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.2	3.7	3.5	(p)3.8	(p)5.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		67.2	67.2	67.6	67.6	65.8	(p)65.9
12-month % change		0.4	0.3	0.7	-0.1	0.5	(p)-0.8
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.3	(p)2.2
12-month % change		-3.6	-3.6	-3.6	-3.8	-4.2	(p)-8.3
Manufacturing(3)		7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.0	(p)7.0
12-month % change		1.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	-2.8	(p)-4.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		11.6	11.9	12.2	12.4	11.9	(p)11.7
12-month % change		0.9	2.6	1.7	1.6	1.7	(p)1.7
Information(3)		0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	(p)0.4
12-month % change		-20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	(p)1.8
12-month % change		0.0	-5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.8	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.3	(p)5.3
12-month % change		5.5	1.8	3.6	1.8	6.0	(p)1.9
Education and Health Services(3)		17.4	17.4	17.5	17.7	17.6	(p)17.6
12-month % change		0.6	-0.6	0.6	-0.6	0.6	(p)-0.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.2	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.7	(p)6.6
12-month % change		-1.4	-1.4	0.0	-1.4	0.0	(p)-2.9
Other Services(3)		2.5	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	(p)2.4
12-month % change		0.0	4.2	4.2	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.4	(p)10.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0	(p)0.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary