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Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, West Region — February 2020
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.4 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, Anchorage area – February 2020
Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were unchanged for the two months ending in February 2020.
Mar
10
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, Alaska – 2019
In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6, was 10.1 percent in Alaska state.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
Nov 2019 |
Dec 2019 |
Jan 2020 |
Feb 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(r)347.3 | (r)346.9 | (r)346.8 | (r)346.8 | 346.3 | (p)345.4 |
Employment(1) |
|
(r)325.8 | (r)325.6 | (r)325.6 | (r)325.6 | 325.3 | (p)325.3 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(r)21.4 | (r)21.3 | (r)21.2 | (r)21.2 | 20.9 | (p)20.1 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
(r)6.2 | (r)6.1 | (r)6.1 | (r)6.1 | 6.0 | (p)5.8 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
331.0 | 330.4 | 329.6 | 329.5 | 328.7 | (p)330.7 |
12-month % change |
|
1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 | (p)0.4 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.4 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.5 | 13.3 | (p)13.2 |
12-month % change |
|
5.5 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 2.3 | (p)0.8 |
Construction(3) |
|
16.3 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.6 | 16.8 | (p)16.7 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 0.6 | -1.8 | -0.6 | 1.8 | (p)1.8 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
14.5 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 11.2 | (p)12.4 |
12-month % change |
|
17.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | -1.6 | -11.1 | (p)-2.4 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
64.5 | 65.4 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 65.9 | (p)65.7 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | (p)1.7 |
Information(3) |
|
5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.3 | (p)5.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-3.6 | -3.6 | -5.5 | -3.6 | -1.9 | (p)-1.9 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 11.8 | (p)11.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.9 | -0.9 | -0.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | (p)1.7 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
27.5 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27.2 | 27.1 | (p)27.1 |
12-month % change |
|
0.7 | -1.4 | -0.7 | -1.1 | -1.5 | (p)-1.8 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
50.9 | 51.4 | 51.1 | 50.8 | 51.1 | (p)51.4 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | (p)1.6 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
36.4 | 37.0 | 36.8 | 36.1 | 36.1 | (p)36.8 |
12-month % change |
|
2.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | (p)2.2 |
Other Services(3) |
|
11.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.8 | (p)10.9 |
12-month % change |
|
1.8 | -0.9 | -1.8 | -0.9 | -0.9 | (p)-0.9 |
Government(3) |
|
79.5 | 79.2 | 79.4 | 79.5 | 79.3 | (p)79.3 |
12-month % change |
|
-1.0 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -1.4 | (p)-1.2 |
|
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