BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
# DBA Certificates issued
(January
2012: 28)
EMPLOYMENT DATA
State Unemployment Rate (MA)
6.8% December 2011
U.S. Unemployment Rate
8.5% in December 2011
Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
(P) 5.8 in
December 2011
State and Area Employment
(000s)
3234.5 (P) December 2011
Jobs (MA:
40,700 - YoY 12/10 -12/11)
Suffolk County Unemployment # &
Rate
23,465 6.2% (November 2011 NSA^)
Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates (Boston Metro
5/2010)
$27.19 (avg. hr)
$56,560 (avg. a.)
U.S Productivity:
0.7% in 4rd Qtr of 2011 (p)
INCOME
Suffolk County Avg. Wkly Wage
$1,382 (2nd qtr 2011)
HOUSING
Housing Permits
(MA):
December 2011:
894
Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
65.1 (2009)
Four Quarter 2010 % Change in FHFA
MSA-Level House Price Indexes
(All Transactions Index,
Boston -1.49% 2011 Q3)
Foreclosure Rate Suffolk County (MA)
Mortgages delinquent over 90+ days
2010 Q3: 6.1%
CONSUMER
U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month %
change*
+3.0% December 2010 over December 2011
Boston Consumer Price Index
12mo % change (11/10 -11/11): +2.9%
ENERGY
Boston Average Price - Gasoline,
Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/
$3.249 Dec. 2011
Massachusetts Average Price Heating
Oil
$3.951 per gallon (excl. taxes) January 30, 2012
Stock Market: Local:
East Boston Savings Bank Stock
Latest
*NSA - Not seasonally adjusted