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Consumer Price Index, West Region — September 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.3 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — September 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.3 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), crept up 0.1 percent in August.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Apr 2019 |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
Aug 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
353.9 | 352.9 | 352.0 | 351.4 | 350.7 | (p)350.1 |
Employment(1) |
|
331.0 | 330.2 | 329.6 | 329.4 | 328.9 | (p)328.4 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
22.9 | 22.7 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | (p)21.7 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | (p)6.2 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
332.0 | 332.3 | 332.5 | 331.5 | 330.7 | (p)331.1 |
12-month % change |
|
1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | (p)1.0 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.7 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | (p)13.9 |
12-month % change |
|
9.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 | (p)9.4 |
Construction(3) |
|
17.2 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.9 | (p)17.0 |
12-month % change |
|
11.7 | 10.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | (p)6.9 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
13.1 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 | (p)13.8 |
12-month % change |
|
3.1 | -2.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | (p)8.7 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
65.0 | 64.9 | 64.4 | 64.7 | 64.5 | (p)65.0 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 0.9 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | (p)0.9 |
Information(3) |
|
5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | (p)5.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.8 | -3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | (p)0.0 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | (p)11.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-4.2 | -1.7 | 0.8 | -1.7 | -0.9 | (p)-1.7 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
27.2 | 28.1 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 27.6 | (p)27.1 |
12-month % change |
|
1.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | (p)-0.7 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
50.6 | 50.7 | 50.6 | 50.6 | 50.2 | (p)50.1 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.6 | (p)-0.8 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
36.8 | 36.8 | 36.0 | 35.7 | 35.5 | (p)35.7 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | (p)0.6 |
Other Services(3) |
|
11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | (p)11.0 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | -3.6 | -1.8 | (p)-0.9 |
Government(3) |
|
80.4 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 80.7 | 80.7 | (p)80.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.4 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | (p)0.1 |
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