ECONOMIC DATA LATEST
 
# DBA Certificates issued
(June 2010: 18)
(May 2010: 36)
(April 2010: 21)
(March 10: 21)
(February 10: 23)
(January 10: 15)

State Unemployment Rate (MA)
9.0% in June 2010

U.S. Unemployment Rate
9.5% in June 2010

Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
(P) 8.2% in May 2010

Suffolk County Unemployment # & Rate
34,006 9% (June 2010 NSA^)

Jobs (MA: 16,700 - 6/09-6/10)

Suffolk County Avg. Wkly Wage
$1306 (3rd qtr 09)

Foreclosure Rate Suffolk County (MA) Mortgages deliquent over 90+ days 2009 Q4: 6.5%

Housing Permits (MA):
June 2010: 1351

Boston Average Price - Gasoline, Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/
$2.736 June 2010

U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change*
+1.1% June 2010 over June 2009

Boston Consumer Price Index
12mo % change (05/09 - 05/10): 2.7%

State and Area Employment (000s)
3182.3(P) June 2010

Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (Boston Metro 5/2009)
$26.95 (avg. h)
$56,060 (avg. a.)

U.S.Productivity:
2.8% in 1st Qtr of 2010 (revised)

Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
65.7 (2008)

First Quarter 20101 % Change in FHFA MSA-Level House Price Indexes (All Transactions Index, Boston -4.36% 2010 Q1)

Massachusetts Average Price Heating Oil
298.3 cents per gallon (excl. taxes) (3/15/10)

Stock Market: Local:
East Boston Savings Bank Stock Latest

*NSA - Not seasonally adjusted