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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
# DBA Certificates issued
(April 2013:
30)
EMPLOYMENT DATA
State Unemployment Rate (MA)
6.4% March 2013
U.S. Unemployment Rate
7.5% in April 2013
Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
(P) 5.9 in
March 2013
State and Area Employment
(000s)
3,311.7 March 2013
Jobs (MA:
40,300 YoY 3/13 over 3/12)
Suffolk County Unemployment # &
Rate
22,0008; 6% (March 2013 NSA^)
U.S Productivity:
+0.7% in 1st Qtr of 2013(p)
Suffolk County Avg. Wkly Wage
$1397 (3rd qtr 2012)
Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates (Boston Metro
5/2011)
$29.04 (avg. hr)
$60,390 (avg. annual salary.)
HOUSING
Housing Permits
(MA):
March
2013: 900
Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
66.2 (2013 - 1st Qtr.)
Four Quarter 2012 % Change in FHFA
MSA-Level House Price Indexes
(All Transactions Index,
Boston 0.57 2012 Q4)
CONSUMER
U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month %
change*
-0.2% March 2013 over March 2012
Boston Consumer Price Index
12mo % change (3/13 - 3/12): +0.4%
ENERGY
Boston Average Price - Gasoline,
Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/
$3.663 March 2013
Massachusetts Average Price Heating
Oil
$4.009 per gallon (excl. taxes) March 18, 2013 (End
of Season)
Stock Market: Local:
East Boston Savings Bank Stock
Latest
*NSA - Not seasonally adjusted
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