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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.
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.
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 |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
Aug 2019 |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
352.9 | 352.0 | 351.4 | 350.7 | 350.0 | (p)349.1 |
Employment(1) |
|
330.2 | 329.6 | 329.4 | 328.9 | 328.3 | (p)327.6 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
22.7 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 21.8 | 21.7 | (p)21.5 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 | (p)6.2 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
332.3 | 332.5 | 331.5 | 330.7 | 330.2 | (p)329.9 |
12-month % change |
|
1.6 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | (p)0.3 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.5 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | (p)13.9 |
12-month % change |
|
7.1 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 8.7 | (p)8.6 |
Construction(3) |
|
17.2 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 | (p)16.7 |
12-month % change |
|
10.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 6.9 | (p)1.8 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
12.5 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.6 | (p)13.1 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.3 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 7.1 | (p)4.8 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
64.9 | 64.4 | 64.7 | 64.5 | 64.9 | (p)64.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.9 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | (p)0.5 |
Information(3) |
|
5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | (p)5.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | (p)0.0 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.6 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.3 | (p)11.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.7 | 0.8 | -1.7 | -0.9 | -3.4 | (p)-3.4 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
28.1 | 27.9 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 26.9 | (p)27.1 |
12-month % change |
|
4.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 1.8 | -1.5 | (p)-0.7 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
50.7 | 50.6 | 50.6 | 50.2 | 50.1 | (p)50.4 |
12-month % change |
|
1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.6 | -0.8 | (p)-0.4 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
36.8 | 36.0 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 35.9 | (p)35.9 |
12-month % change |
|
3.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | (p)-0.3 |
Other Services(3) |
|
11.2 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.7 | (p)10.7 |
12-month % change |
|
1.8 | 0.9 | -3.6 | -1.8 | -3.6 | (p)-1.8 |
Government(3) |
|
80.3 | 80.5 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 80.5 | (p)80.4 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | (p)-0.1 |
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