Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
13,300
Increase
Employment up 0.8% from January to February
|
40,800
Increase
Employment up 2.5% from February 2017 to 2018
|
39,800
Increase
YTD employment up 2.5% through January
|
% Companies Hiring (Denver Area)
|
31
% Increase
Companies expecting to add workers rose 8 percentage points from 1Q 2018 to 2Q 2018
|
31
% Increase
Companies expecting to add workers rose 4 percentage points from 2Q 2017 to 2Q 2018
|
27
% Increase
YTD average up 1 percentage point compared with 2017
|
Unemployment Rate
|
3.1
% Decrease
Unemployment decreased 0.1 points between January and February
|
0.2 percentage points
Increase
Unemployment rate up from February 2017 to 2018
|
3.1
% Increase
Up 0.1 percentage points from 2017 YTD average
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
-13.5
% Decrease
Claims decreased from January to February
|
3.9
% Increase
Claims increased from February 2017 to 2018
|
-6.4
% Decrease
YTD average claims decreased through February 2018
|
Total Retail Sales
|
-20.7
% Decrease
National sales decreased from December to January
|
5.2
% Increase
National sales increased from January 2017 to 2018
|
5.2
% Increase
YTD sales rose through January 2018
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
134.7
Increase
Index up 2.5 percent from February to March
|
10
% Increase
Index up from March 2017 to 2018
|
129.4
Increase
YTD average up 3.7% through March 2018
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
64.5
% Increase
Increased 3.3 percentage points from January to February
|
-0.2 percentage points
Decrease
Occupancy decreased from February 2017 to 2018
|
62.8
% Decrease
YTD occupancy decreased 0.5 percentage points from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
0.8
% Increase
Passengers up from November to December
|
2.6
% Increase
Passengers up from December 2016 to 2017
|
5.3
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through December 2017
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
484.2
Increase
Index up 1.8% from February to March
|
-11.8
% Decrease
Index down from March 2017 to 2018
|
-2.7
% Decrease
YTD return down through March 2018
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
24,103.1
Decrease
Index down 3.7% from February to March
|
16.6
% Increase
Index up from March 2017 to 2018
|
-3
% Decrease
YTD return down through March 2018
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
3,077
Decrease
Sales down 6.6% from January to February
|
-2.7
% Decrease
Sales down from February 2017 to 2018
|
6,371
Decrease
YTD sales down 4.9% through February 2018
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
$414,400
Decrease
Down 0.9% from 3Q 2017 to 4Q 2017
|
8.6
% Increase
Price up from 4Q 2016 to 4Q 2017
|
$414,700
Increase
YTD price 7.9% higher through 4Q 2017
|
Foreclosures
|
229
Decrease
Downt 4.2% from January to February
|
0.9
% Increase
Up from February 2017 to 2018
|
468
Increase
Up 2.2% YTD through February 2018
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
2,242
Decrease
Permits decreased 7.7% from January to February
|
0.3
% Increase
Permits up February 2017 to 2018
|
4,671
Increase
YTD permits up 23.7 percent through February 2018
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
6.4
% Increase
Vacancy increased 1 percentage point from 3Q 2017 to 4Q 2017
|
0.2 percentage points
Increase
Vacancy increased from 4Q 2016 to 4Q 2017
|
5.6
% Decrease
YTD average down 0.1 percentage points from last year
|
Office Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
11
% Increase
Vacancy rate increased from 4Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
+0.2 percentage points
Increase
Vacancy rate up from 10.8% one year ago
|
+0.2 percentage points
Increase
Vacancy rate up from 10.8% one year ago
|
Industrial Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
4.4
% Decrease
Vacancy rate decreased from 4Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
+0.1 percentage points
Increase
1Q 2018 vacancy up from 4.3% one year ago
|
+0.1 percentage points
Increase
1Q 2018 vacancy up from 4.3% one year ago
|
Retail Space Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
4.6
% No change
Vacancy rate remained unchanged from 4Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
+0.0 percentage points
No change
1Q 2018 vacancy rate remained unchanged from one year ago
|
+0.0 percentage points
No change
1Q 2018 vacancy rate remained unchanged from one year ago
|