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New Certificates issued
11 (October 2015)
EMPLOYMENT DATA
State
Unemployment Rate (MA)
4.6% September 2015
U.S.
Unemployment Rate
5.1% September 2015
Metro
Boston Unemployment Rate*
4.1% September 2015
State
and Area Employment (000s)
3,492 September 2015
Jobs
Added MA YoY
67,200 September 2015
Suffolk
County Unemployment# & Rate 17,877; 4.3% Sept '15 NSA
Boston Unemployment
Rates
4.3% September 2015
U.S Productivity: 3.3% 2nd Qtr. 2015
Suffolk
County Avg. Wkly Wage
$1,856 (4th Qtr 2014)
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (Boston Metro
5/2014)
$30.77(avg. hr)
$64,010 (avg. annual salary.)
HOUSING
Housing
Permits (MA):2018
September 2015
Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
63.0% (2014)
Change in FHFA State House Price Indexes
(Seasonally Adjusted, Purchase-Only Index, 2015Q2: 0.92)
CONSUMER
U.S. CPI-U,
All items, 12-month % change*
-0.2% (9/2015 over 9/2014)
Boston Consumer
Price Index
-0.1% (9/2015 over 9/2014)
ENERGY
Boston Average Price -
Gasoline, Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/$2.260 September 2015
Massachusetts
Average Price Heating Oil
$2.424 per gallon 10/26/15 (excl. taxes)
Stock Market: Local:
East Boston Savings Bank Stock
Latest
Bloomberg MA
Stock Index
