Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
|
12,100
Increase
Employment up 0.7% from Apr to May
|
24,500
Increase
Employment up 1.4% from May 2018 to 2019
|
28,000
Increase
YTD employment up 1.7% through May
|
% Companies Hiring (Denver Area)
|
|
29
% Decrease
Companies hiring fell 6 percentage points from 2Q 2019 to 3Q 2019
|
29
% No change
Companies hiring rose had no change from 3Q 2018 to 3Q 2019
|
29
% Increase
YTD average up 1 percentage point compared with 2018
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
2.4
% Decrease
Unemployment down 0.2 percentage points between Apr and May
|
-0.3 percentage points
Decrease
Unemployment down from May 2018 to 2019
|
3.0
% Increase
Up 0.1 percentage point from 2018 YTD average
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
|
-3.6
% Decrease
Claims decreased from April to May
|
2.1
% Increase
Claims increased from May 2018 to 2019
|
4.2
% Increase
YTD average claims increased through May 2019
|
Total Retail Sales
|
|
-1.7
% Decrease
National sales decreased from Mar to Apr
|
5.6
% Increase
National sales increased from Apr 2018 to 2019
|
3.0
% Increase
YTD sales rose through Apr 2019
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
|
133.6
Decrease
Index down 2.5% from May to Jun
|
16.1
% Increase
Index up from Jun 2018 to 2019
|
133.1
Increase
YTD average up 2.8% through Jun 2019
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
|
77.6
% Increase
Increased 2.6 percentage points from Apr to May
|
2.4 percentage points
Increase
Occupancy increased from May 2018 to May 2019
|
69.9
% Increase
YTD occupancy up from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
|
-2.4
% Decrease
Passengers down from Mar to Apr
|
4.4
% Increase
Passengers up from Apr 2018 to 2019
|
4.5
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through Apr 2019
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
|
577.4
Increase
Index up 8.3% from May to Jun
|
4.5
% Increase
Index up from Jun 2018 to 2019
|
25.4
% Increase
YTD return up through Jun 2019
|
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
|
26,591.9
Increase
Index up 7.2% from May to Jun
|
9.6
% Increase
Index up from Jun 2018 to 2019
|
14.0
% Increase
YTD return up through Jun 2019
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
|
5,743
Increase
Sales up 16.9% between Apr and May
|
7.4
% Increase
Sales up from May 2018 to 2019
|
21,518
Increase
YTD sales up 2.9% through May 2019
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
|
$446,600
Increase
Up 1.9% from 4Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
1.2
% Increase
Price up from 1Q 2018 to 1Q 2019
|
$446,600
Increase
YTD price 1.2% higher through 1Q 2019
|
Foreclosures
|
|
220
Decrease
Down 10.6% from Apr to May
|
6.8
% Increase
Up from May 2018 to 2019
|
1,197
Increase
Up 1% YTD through May 2019
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
|
1,771
Increase
Permits increased 35.1% from Apr to May
|
15.1
% Increase
Permits up May 2018 to 2019
|
7,733
Decrease
YTD permits down 27.5% through May 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)
|
|
9.7
% No change
No change in vacancy rate from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
-1.1 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy rate down from 10.8% one year ago
|
-1.1 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy rate down from 10.8% one year ago
|
Industrial Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
4.8
% Increase
Vacancy rate increased from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
+0.6 percentage points
Increase
2Q 2019 vacancy up from 4.2% one year ago
|
+0.6 percentage points
Increase
2Q 2019 vacancy up from 4.2% one year ago
|
Retail Space Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
|
4.5
% Increase
Vacancy rate increased 0.1 percentage point from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
-0.0 percentage points
No change
2Q 2019 vacancy the same as one year ago
|
-0.0 percentage points
No change
2Q 2019 vacancy the same as one year ago
|
