Nonfarm Employment Growth
|
-7,200
Decrease
Employment down 0.5% from June to July
|
+48,100
Increase
YTD employment up 3.2% through July
|
% 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
|
3.8
% Decrease
Unemployment down 0.4 percentage points from June to July
|
4.2
% Decrease
Down from 2014 YTD average of 5.3%
|
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims
|
0.5
% Increase
Claims increased from June to July
|
-9.1
% Decrease
YTD average claims decreased through July 2015
|
Total Retail Sales
|
-15.5
% Decrease
Metro sales decreased from March to April
|
3.1
% Increase
YTD sales up through April 2015
|
Consumer Confidence Index
|
125.2
Increase
Index up 9.4% from July to Aug.
|
111
Increase
YTD average up 42.1% through August 2015
|
Hotel Occupancy
|
89.1
% Increase
Increased 0.3 percentage points from June to July
|
77.4
% Increase
YTD occupancy up 0.8 percentage points from last year
|
DIA Passengers
|
6
% Increase
Passengers increased from May to June
|
-0.6
% Decrease
YTD passengers decreased through June 2015
|
Bloomberg Colorado Index
|
572.7
Decrease
Index down 5.6% from July to Aug.
|
-4.7
% Decrease
YTD return through Aug. 2015
|
Dow Jones / Industrial Average
|
16,528
Decrease
Index down 6.6% from July to Aug.
|
-7.3
% Decrease
YTD return through Aug. 2015
|
Home Sales (Closed)
|
5,844
Decrease
Sales down 2% from June to July
|
31,337
Increase
YTD sales up 3.1% through July 2015
|
Median Home Price (Denver-Aurora MSA)
|
$362,900
Increase
Up 7.3% from 1Q 2015 to 2Q 2015
|
$350,500
Increase
YTD price 15.9% higher through 2Q 2015
|
Foreclosures
|
340
Decrease
Down 1.7% from June to July
|
2,190
Decrease
Down 36.4% YTD through July 2015
|
Residential Building Permits (Total)
|
1,287
Decrease
Permits decreased 18.4% from June to July
|
10,169
Increase
YTD permits up 1.2% through July 2015
|
Apartment Vacancy Rate
|
4.5
% Decrease
Vacancy decreased 0.4 percentage points from 1Q 2015 to 2Q 2015
|
4.7
% Decrease
YTD average down 0.2 percentage points from last year
|
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% 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
|