Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
|
7,100
Increase
Employment up 0.4% from Feb to Mar
|
29,100
Increase
Employment up 1.7% from Mar 2018 to 2019
|
31,300
Increase
YTD employment up 1.9% through Mar
|
% Companies Hiring (Denver Area)
|
|
35
% Increase
Companies hiring rose 13 percentage points from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
35
% Increase
Companies hiring rose 4 percentage points from 2Q 2018 to 2Q 2019
|
29
% Increase
YTD average up 2 percentage points compared with 2018
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
2.9
% Decrease
Unemployment down 0.4 percentage points between Feb and Mar
|
0.0 percentage point
No change
Unemployment flat from Mar 2018 to 2019
|
3.4
% Increase
Up 0.4 percentage points from 2018 YTD average
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
|
-25.0
% Decrease
Claims decreased from Feb to Mar
|
1.2
% Increase
Claims increased from Mar 2018 to 2019
|
5.9
% Increase
YTD average claims increased through Mar 2019
|
Total Retail Sales
|
|
-2.8
% Decrease
National sales decreased from Jan to Feb
|
2.1
% Increase
National sales increased from Feb 2018 to 2019
|
2.7
% Increase
YTD sales rose through Feb 2019
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
|
139.2
Increase
Index up 8.9% from Mar to Apr
|
2.8
% Increase
Index up from Apr 2018 to 2019
|
131.7
Increase
YTD average up 0.5% through Apr 2019
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
|
70.9
% Increase
Increased 5.7 percentage points from Feb to Mar
|
-0.3 percentage points
Decrease
Occupancy decreased from Mar 2018 to Mar 2019
|
65.6
% No change
YTD occupancy remained flat from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
|
-6.6
% Decrease
Passengers down from Jan to Feb
|
5.6
% Increase
Passengers up from Feb 2018 to 2019
|
5.2
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through Feb 2019
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
|
556.3
Increase
Index up 1.9% from Mar to Apr
|
7.2
% Increase
Index up from Apr 2018 to 2019
|
20.8
% Increase
YTD return up through Apr 2019
|
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
|
26,592.9
Increase
Index up 2.6% from Mar to Apr
|
10.1
% Increase
Index up from Apr 2018 to 2019
|
14.0
% Increase
YTD return up through Apr 2019
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
|
4,389
Increase
Sales up 32.9% between Feb and Mar
|
-1.0
% Decrease
Sales down from Mar 2018 to 2019
|
10,861
Increase
YTD sales up 0.5% through Mar 2019
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
|
$438,300
Decrease
Down 2.6% from 3Q 2018 to 4Q 2018
|
5.8
% Increase
Price up from 4Q 2017 to 4Q 2018
|
$449,900
Increase
YTD price 8.5% higher through 4Q 2018
|
Foreclosures
|
|
250
Decrease
Down 5.3% from Jan to Feb
|
10.1
% Increase
Up from Feb 2018 to 2019
|
514
Increase
Up 10.3% YTD through Feb 2018
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
|
1,596
Increase
Permits increased 25.6% from Feb to Mar
|
-42.1
% Decrease
Permits down Mar 2018 to 2019
|
4,679
Decrease
YTD permits down 35.8% through Mar 2019
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
|
5.4
% Decrease
Vacancy decreased 0.4 percentage points from 4Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
-0.7 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy decreased from 1Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
5.4
% Decrease
YTD average down 0.7 percentage points from last year
|
Office Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
9.5
% Decrease
Vacancy rate decreased from 4Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
-1.1 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy rate down from 10.6% one year ago
|
-1.1 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy rate down from 10.6% one year ago
|
Industrial Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
4.6
% Increase
Vacancy rate increased from 4Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
+0.8 percentage points
Increase
1Q 2019 vacancy up from 3.8% one year ago
|
+0.8 percentage points
Increase
1Q 2019 vacancy up from 3.8% one year ago
|
Retail Space Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
4.3
% Increase
Vacancy rate increased 0.1 percentage point from 4Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
-0.1 percentage points
Decrease
1Q 2019 vacancy down from 4.4% one year ago
|
-0.1 percentage points
Decrease
1Q 2019 vacancy down from 4.4% one year ago
|
