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Nov
13
Consumer Expenditures for the Anchorage Metropolitan Area: 2017–18
Households in the Anchorage, AK, metropolitan area spent an average of $71,855 per year in 2017–18, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Nov
13
Consumer Price Index, Alaska area – October 2019
Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), decreased 1.2 percent for the two months ending in October 2019.
Nov
13
Consumer Price Index, West Region — October 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.5 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Dec 2020 |
Jan 2021 |
Feb 2021 |
Mar 2021 |
Apr 2021 |
May 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(r)354.0 | 355.0 | 351.1 | 348.8 | (p)351.1 | |
Employment(1) |
|
(r)330.9 | 331.4 | 327.8 | 325.4 | (p)327.5 | |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(r)23.1 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 23.4 | (p)23.6 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
(r)6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | (p)6.7 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
304.1 | 303.7 | 305.0 | 305.8 | 305.9 | (p)304.6 |
12-month % change |
|
-7.8 | -7.8 | -7.5 | -7.0 | 7.5 | (p)7.5 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
10.2 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | (p)10.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-25.0 | -23.1 | -22.4 | -21.2 | -13.4 | (p)-5.6 |
Construction(3) |
|
17.1 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 16.5 | (p)16.4 |
12-month % change |
|
3.0 | 3.0 | 0.6 | -0.6 | 15.4 | (p)10.1 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
13.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.5 | (p)13.2 |
12-month % change |
|
6.3 | 1.6 | -2.3 | 2.3 | 20.5 | (p)5.6 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
59.0 | 58.9 | 59.4 | 60.2 | 59.9 | (p)58.4 |
12-month % change |
|
-8.4 | -8.8 | -7.6 | -5.9 | 5.5 | (p)7.2 |
Information(3) |
|
4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | (p)4.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-11.3 | -9.6 | -7.8 | -7.8 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
10.6 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | (p)10.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-7.8 | -7.9 | -7.0 | -7.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.9 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
26.4 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 25.8 | 25.7 | (p)25.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-5.4 | -5.7 | -6.0 | -8.8 | 2.8 | (p)2.4 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
49.2 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 49.6 | 49.6 | (p)49.8 |
12-month % change |
|
-4.1 | -4.1 | -3.7 | -2.9 | 8.8 | (p)5.3 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
26.1 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.4 | 27.4 | (p)27.4 |
12-month % change |
|
-27.7 | -24.5 | -24.4 | -23.0 | 28.0 | (p)34.3 |
Other Services(3) |
|
10.2 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.6 | (p)10.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-8.1 | -7.2 | -5.4 | -4.5 | 24.7 | (p)11.7 |
Government(3) |
|
77.0 | 76.5 | 76.8 | 76.9 | 77.1 | (p)77.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.9 | -3.7 | -3.2 | -3.3 | 3.4 | (p)6.0 |
|
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