Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
|
+1,800
Increase
Employment up 0.1% from June to July
|
+57,500
Increase
Employment up 3.6% from July 2015 to 2016
|
+47,600
Increase
YTD employment up 3.1% through July
|
% Companies Hiring (Denver Area)
|
|
25
% Increase
Companies expecting to add workers rose 2 percentage points from 2Q 2016 to 3Q 2016
|
25
% Decrease
Companies expecting to add workers fell 1 percentage point from 3Q 2015 to 3Q 2016
|
24
% Increase
YTD average up 1 percentage point compared with 2015
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
3.4
% Decrease
Unemployment was down 0.4 percentage points from June to July
|
-0.2 percentage points
Decrease
Unemployment rate down from July 2015 to 2016
|
3.3
% Decrease
Down from 2015 YTD average of 4.0%
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
|
1.4
% Increase
Claims increased from June to July
|
-9.1
% Decrease
Claims decreased from July 2015 to 2016
|
-2.7
% Decrease
YTD average claims decreased through July 2016
|
Total Retail Sales
|
|
-1.1
% Decrease
Metro sales decreased from Jan. to Feb.
|
1.3
% Increase
Metro sales up from Feb. 2015 to 2016
|
-2.8
% Decrease
YTD sales down through Feb. 2016
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
|
110.7
Increase
Index up 13.0% from July to Aug.
|
-11
% Decrease
Index down from Aug. 2015 to 2016
|
100.2
Decrease
YTD average down 9.7% through Aug. 2016
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
|
87.7
% Decrease
Increased 11 percentage points from May to June
|
-1.4 percentage points
Decrease
Occupancy increased from June 2015 to 2016
|
75.8
% Decrease
YTD occupancy down 2.3 percent from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
|
6.3
% Increase
Passengers up from May to June
|
8.4
% Increase
Passengers up from June 2015 to 2016
|
6.8
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through June 2016
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
|
511.9
Increase
Index up 1.4% from July to Aug.
|
-10.6
% Decrease
Index down from Aug. 2015 to 2016
|
3
% Increase
YTD return through Aug. 2016
|
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
|
18,400.9
Decrease
Index down 0.2% from July to Aug.
|
11.3
% Increase
Index up from Aug. 2015 to 2016
|
5.6
% Increase
YTD return through Aug. 2016
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
|
6,458
Increase
Sales up 17.8% from May to June
|
-9
% Decrease
Sales down from June 2015 to 2016
|
28,066
Decrease
YTD sales down 2% through June 2016
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
|
$394,400
Increase
Up 6.9% from 1Q 2016 to 2Q 2016
|
8.7
% Increase
Price up from 2Q 2015 to 2Q 2016
|
$381,700
Increase
YTD price 8.9% higher through 2Q 2016
|
Foreclosures
|
|
209
Decrease
Down 16.7% from June to July
|
-38.2
% Decrease
Down from July 2015 to 2016
|
1,905
Decrease
Down 11.6% YTD through July 2016
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
|
1,485
Increase
Permits increased 0.3% from June to July
|
-0.2
% Decrease
Permits down from June 2015 to 2016
|
12,443
Increase
YTD permits up 20.5% through July 2016
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
|
5.4
% Decrease
Vacancy decreased 0.7 percentage points from 1Q 2016 to 2Q 2016
|
0.9 percentage points
Increase
Vacancy increased from 2Q 2015 to 2Q 2016
|
5.8
% Increase
YTD average up 1.1 percentage points from last year
|
Office Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
9.6
% Decrease
Vacancy rate down 0.2 percentage points from 1Q 2016 to 2Q 2016
|
-0.7 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2016 vacancy rate down from 10.3% one year ago
|
-0.7 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2016 vacancy rate down from 10.3% one year ago
|
Industrial Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
3.9
% Increase
Vacancy rate up 0.5 percentage points from 1Q 2016 to 2Q 2016
|
+0.8 percentage points
Increase
2Q 2016 vacancy up from 3.1% one year ago
|
+0.8 percentage points
Increase
2Q 2016 vacancy up from 3.1% one year ago
|
Retail Space Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
4.9
% Decrease
Vacancy rate down 0.2 percentage points from 1Q 2016 to 2Q 2016
|
-0.4 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2016 vacancy rate down from 5.3% one year ago
|
-0.4 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2016 vacancy rate down from 5.3% one year ago
|
