Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
+15,700
Increase
Employment up 1% from April to May
|
+49,900
Increase
YTD employment up 3.3% through May
|
% Companies Hiring (Denver Area)
|
26
% Increase
Companies expecting to add workers increased from 2Q 2015 to 3Q 2015
|
23
% Increase
YTD average up 2 percentage points compared with 2014
|
Unemployment Rate
|
4
% Decrease
Unemployment down 0.1 percentage points from April to May
|
4.2
% Decrease
Down from 2014 YTD average of 5.5%
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
8.6
% Increase
Claims increased from April to May
|
-9.4
% Decrease
YTD average claims decreased through May 2015
|
Total Retail Sales
|
69.9
% Increase
Metro sales increased from Nov. to Dec.
|
4
% Increase
YTD sales up through Dec. 2014
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
116.4
Increase
Index up 11.8% from May to June
|
108.3
Increase
YTD average up 24.6% through June 2015
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
80.1
% Increase
Increased 6.9 percentage points from April to May
|
72.7
% Increase
YTD occupancy up 0.7 percentage points from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
-6.8
% Decrease
Passengers decreased from March to April
|
-0.6
% Decrease
YTD passengers decreased through April 2015
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
590
Decrease
Index down 2.2% from May to June
|
-1.8
% Decrease
YTD return through June 2015
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
17,619.5
Decrease
Index down 2.2% from May to June
|
-1.2
% Decrease
YTD return through June 2015
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
5,048
Increase
Sales up 9.1% from April to May
|
19,436
Increase
YTD sales up 1.6% through May 2015
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
$338,100
Increase
Up 7.4% from 4Q 2014 to 1Q 2015
|
$338,100
Increase
YTD price 17.2% higher through 1Q 2015
|
Foreclosures
|
302
Decrease
Down 18.2% from April to May
|
1,504
Decrease
Down 41.6% YTD through May 2015
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
1,446
Decrease
Permits decreased 20.2% from April to May
|
7,306
Increase
YTD permits up 4.2% through May 2015
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
4.9
% Increase
Vacancy increased 0.2 percentage points from 4Q 2014 to 1Q 2015
|
4.9
% Decrease
YTD average down from 1Q 2014
|
Office Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
10.4
% Decrease
Vacancy rate down 0.2 percentage points from 1Q 2015 to 2Q 2015
|
-0.9 percentage point
Decrease
2Q 2015 vacancy rate down from 11.3% one year ago
|
Industrial Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
3.2
% Decrease
Vacancy rate down 0.1 percentage points from 1Q 2015 to 2Q 2015
|
-0.8 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2015 vacancy rate down from 4.0% one year ago
|
Retail Space Vacancy Rate (with Sublet)
|
5.2
% Decrease
Vacancy rate down 0.2 percentage points from 1Q 2015 to 2Q 2015
|
-0.6 percentage points
Decrease
2Q 2015 vacancy rate down from 5.8% one year ago
|