Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
|
8,700
Increase
Employment up 0.5% from March to April
|
42,000
Increase
Employment up 2.6% from April 2017 to 2018
|
41,400
Increase
YTD employment up 2.6% through April
|
% 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
|
|
2.5
% Decrease
Unemployment decreased 0.3 points between March and April
|
0.0 percentage points
No change
Unemployment rate flat from April 2017 to 2018
|
2.9
% Increase
Up 0.1 percentage points from 2017 YTD average
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
|
15.3
% Increase
Claims increased from March to April
|
-13.3
% Decrease
Claims decreased from April 2017 to 2018
|
-9.4
% Decrease
YTD average claims decreased through April 2018
|
Total Retail Sales
|
|
17
% Increase
National sales increased from February to March
|
5.6
% Increase
National sales increased from March 2017 to 2018
|
4.9
% Increase
YTD sales rose through March 2018
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
|
141.5
Increase
Index up 4.5 percent from April to May
|
12.5
% Increase
Index up from May 2017 to 2018
|
133.1
Increase
YTD average up 3.7% through May 2018
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
|
74.4
% Increase
Increased 3.2 percentage points from March to April
|
3.1 percentage points
Increase
Occupancy increased from April 2017 to 2018
|
67.8
% Decrease
YTD occupancy decreased 0.3 percentage points from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
|
21.5
% Increase
Passengers up from February to March
|
1.6
% Increase
Passengers up from March 2017 to 2018
|
3.4
% Increase
YTD passengers increased through March 2018
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
|
531.8
Increase
Index up 2.4% from April to May
|
-3.8
% Decrease
Index down from May 2017 to 2018
|
6.9
% Increase
YTD return up through May 2018
|
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
|
24,415.8
Increase
Index up 1% from April to May
|
16.2
% Increase
Index up from May 2017 to 2018
|
-1.7
% Decrease
YTD return down through May 2018
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
|
4,768
Increase
Sales up 7.6% between March and April
|
-1.4
% Decrease
Sales down from April 2017 to 2018
|
15,572
Decrease
YTD sales down 4.1% through April 2018
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
|
$441,500
Increase
Up 6.5% from 4Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
11.5
% Increase
Price up from 1Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
$441,500
Increase
YTD price 11.5% higher through 1Q 2018
|
Foreclosures
|
|
257
Increase
Up 0.4% from March to April
|
6.2
% Increase
Up from April 2017 to 2018
|
979
Decrease
Down 0.7% YTD through April 2018
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
|
1,774
Decrease
Permits decreased 35.5% from March to April
|
-42.6
% Decrease
Permits down April 2017 to 2018
|
9,053
Decrease
YTD permits down 2.3 percent through April 2018
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
|
6.1
% Decrease
Vacancy decreased 0.3 percentage point from 4Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
0.4 percentage points
Increase
Vacancy increased from 1Q 2017 to 1Q 2018
|
6.1
% Increase
YTD average up 0.4 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
|
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