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Jan
14
Consumer Price Index, Alaska area – December 2019
Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), decreased 0.5 percent for the two months ending in December 2019.
Jan
14
Consumer Price Index, West Region — December 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged down 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Jan
08
Women’s Earnings in Alaska – 2018
In 2018, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $857, or 79.3 percent of the $1,081 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
July 2019 |
Aug 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
Nov 2019 |
Dec 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
351.4 | 350.7 | 350.0 | 349.0 | 348.0 | (p)347.1 |
Employment(1) |
|
329.4 | 328.9 | 328.3 | 327.5 | 326.7 | (p)325.9 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
22.1 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.3 | (p)21.2 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | (p)6.1 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
331.5 | 330.7 | 330.2 | 329.6 | 328.6 | (p)329.2 |
12-month % change |
|
1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | (p)0.0 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.7 | (p)13.8 |
12-month % change |
|
8.7 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | (p)3.0 |
Construction(3) |
|
16.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 16.6 | (p)16.7 |
12-month % change |
|
7.7 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | (p)1.2 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
13.6 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 11.2 | (p)12.1 |
12-month % change |
|
3.8 | 4.7 | 7.1 | -1.6 | -3.4 | (p)-4.7 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
64.7 | 64.5 | 64.9 | 65.5 | 65.5 | (p)65.3 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | (p)1.2 |
Information(3) |
|
5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | (p)5.5 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | -1.8 | -1.8 | (p)-1.8 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.6 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.5 | (p)11.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.7 | -0.9 | -3.4 | -3.4 | 0.0 | (p)3.5 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
27.9 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 26.8 | 27.2 | (p)27.0 |
12-month % change |
|
3.0 | 1.8 | -1.5 | -1.8 | 1.5 | (p)0.4 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
50.6 | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.4 | 50.0 | (p)49.8 |
12-month % change |
|
0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -0.4 | -1.4 | (p)-1.8 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
35.7 | 35.5 | 35.9 | 36.3 | 36.5 | (p)35.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | (p)-0.6 |
Other Services(3) |
|
10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.7 | (p)10.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-3.6 | -1.8 | -3.6 | -2.8 | 0.0 | (p)-0.9 |
Government(3) |
|
80.7 | 80.7 | 80.5 | 80.4 | 80.3 | (p)80.5 |
12-month % change |
|
0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | (p)0.1 |
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