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