Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
|
-2,200
Decrease
Employment down 0.1% from June to July
|
28,600
Decrease
Employment up 1.7% from July 2018 to 2019
|
28,000
Decrease
YTD employment up 1.7% through July
|
% 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
|
|
2.7
% Decrease
Unemployment down 0.2 percentage points between June and July
|
-0.5 percentage points
Decrease
Unemployment down from July 2018 to 2019
|
3.0
% No change
No change from 2018 YTD average
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
|
2.4
% Increase
Claims increased from June to July
|
2.4
% Increase
Claims increased from July 2018 to 2019
|
3.6
% Increase
YTD average claims increased through July 2019
|
Total Retail Sales
|
|
-5.3
% Decrease
National sales decreased from May to June
|
1.6
% Increase
National sales increased from June 2018 to 2019
|
2.8
% Increase
YTD sales rose through June 2019
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
|
145.5
Increase
Index up 5.9 percent from July to August
|
9.6
% Increase
Index up from August 2018 to 2019
|
135.8
Increase
YTD average up 4.1% through August 2019
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
|
89.1
% Increase
Increased 2.8 percentage points from June to July
|
2.7 percentage points
Increase
Occupancy increased from July 2018 to July 2019
|
75.1
% Increase
YTD occupancy up from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
|
5.7
% Increase
Passengers up from May to June
|
8.2
% Increase
Passengers up from June 2018 to 2019
|
6.1
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through June 2019
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
|
579.1
Decrease
Index down 1.3% from July to August
|
6.2
% Increase
Index up from August 2018 to 2019
|
25.7
% Increase
YTD return up through August 2019
|
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
|
26,403.3
Decrease
Index down 1.7% from July to August
|
1.7
% Increase
Index up from August 2018 to 2019
|
13.2
% Increase
YTD return up through August 2019
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
|
6,173
Increase
Sales up 9.2% between June and July
|
8.4
% Increase
Sales up from July 2018 to 2019
|
33,346
Increase
YTD sales up 2.4% through July 2019
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
|
$471,400
Increase
Up 5.6% from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
1.8
% Increase
Price up from 2Q 2018 to 2Q 2019
|
$459,000
Increase
YTD price 1.5% higher through 2Q 2019
|
Foreclosures
|
|
199
Decrease
Down 9.5% from May to June
|
16.4
% Increase
Up from June 2018 to 2019
|
1,396
Increase
Up 2.9% YTD through June 2019
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
|
1,799
Decrease
Permits decreased 4.6% from June to July
|
45.1
% Increase
Permits up July 2018 to 2019
|
11,241
Decrease
YTD permits down 16% through July 2019
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
|
5.0
% Decrease
Vacancy decreased 0.4 percentage points from 1Q 2019 to 2Q 2019
|
-1.0 percentage points
Decrease
Vacancy decreased from 2Q 2018 to 2Q 2019
|
5.2
% Decrease
YTD average down 0.8 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
|
