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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)

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*NSA - Not seasonally adjusted

 

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