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Consumer Price Index, West Region — November 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), inched down 0.1 percent in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Business Employment Dynamics in Washington – First Quarter 2019
From December 2018 to March 2019, gross job gains in Washington totaled 176,059, while gross job losses numbered 160,092, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Consumer Expenditures for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton Area: 2017–18
Households in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, metropolitan area spent an average of $84,864 per year in 2017–18, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Washington Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
Aug 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
3,875.9 | 3,878.9 | 3,884.7 | 3,895.8 | 3,907.1 | (p)3,922.3 |
Employment(1) |
|
3,695.7 | 3,699.5 | 3,705.4 | 3,716.1 | 3,728.1 | (p)3,743.9 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
180.2 | 179.4 | 179.2 | 179.7 | 179.0 | (p)178.3 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | (p)4.5 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
3,488.6 | 3,496.2 | 3,502.1 | 3,510.9 | 3,505.5 | (p)3,503.9 |
12-month % change |
|
2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | (p)2.2 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
6.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.3 | (p)6.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.0 | -1.6 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | (p)-1.6 |
Construction(3) |
|
223.0 | 221.9 | 223.0 | 223.1 | 222.9 | (p)223.6 |
12-month % change |
|
5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | (p)2.5 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
296.7 | 297.9 | 298.7 | 298.6 | 299.7 | (p)298.6 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | (p)2.9 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
648.2 | 647.5 | 645.6 | 645.9 | 648.3 | (p)648.5 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | (p)1.5 |
Information(3) |
|
138.5 | 140.9 | 142.0 | 143.0 | 143.9 | (p)144.7 |
12-month % change |
|
4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.9 | (p)5.1 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
163.1 | 163.5 | 164.5 | 164.9 | 165.8 | (p)166.4 |
12-month % change |
|
3.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.9 | (p)4.5 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
435.9 | 437.6 | 438.9 | 439.7 | 438.8 | (p)438.5 |
12-month % change |
|
3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | (p)2.9 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
512.4 | 513.6 | 512.4 | 516.1 | 515.1 | (p)514.1 |
12-month % change |
|
4.6 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.4 | (p)3.6 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
354.0 | 353.8 | 353.5 | 353.0 | 352.5 | (p)352.5 |
12-month % change |
|
3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.9 | (p)2.2 |
Other Services(3) |
|
125.7 | 127.3 | 127.5 | 126.4 | 124.9 | (p)123.6 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.0 | (p)0.2 |
Government(3) |
|
584.8 | 585.9 | 589.6 | 593.9 | 587.3 | (p)587.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.6 | -0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | (p)0.3 |
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