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Alaska
News Releases:
Consumer Price Index, West Region — August 2019
Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), crept up 0.1 percent in August.
Consumer Price Index, Alaska area – August 2019
Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), decreased 1.6 percent for the two months ending in August 2019.
Business Employment Dynamics in Alaska – Fourth Quarter 2018
From September 2018 to December 2018, gross job gains in Alaska totaled 26,655, while gross job losses numbered 23,854, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Alaska Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Feb 2019 |
Mar 2019 |
Apr 2019 |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
July 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
355.3 | 354.8 | 353.9 | 352.9 | 352.0 | (p)351.4 |
Employment(1) |
|
332.2 | 331.7 | 331.0 | 330.2 | 329.6 | (p)329.4 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
23.1 | 23.1 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 22.4 | (p)22.1 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | (p)6.3 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
330.5 | 331.5 | 332.0 | 332.3 | 332.5 | (p)331.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | (p)1.4 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
13.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 13.6 | (p)13.6 |
12-month % change |
|
5.6 | 7.1 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | (p)7.9 |
Construction(3) |
|
17.2 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 17.0 | (p)16.7 |
12-month % change |
|
11.0 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 9.0 | (p)7.7 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
13.7 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.5 | 13.7 | (p)13.4 |
12-month % change |
|
8.7 | 9.7 | 3.1 | -2.3 | 6.2 | (p)2.3 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
64.9 | 64.8 | 65.0 | 64.9 | 64.4 | (p)64.7 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -0.5 | (p)0.8 |
Information(3) |
|
5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | (p)5.7 |
12-month % change |
|
-5.2 | -3.5 | -1.8 | -3.5 | 0.0 | (p)1.8 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
11.5 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | (p)11.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-3.4 | -4.2 | -4.2 | -1.7 | 0.8 | (p)0.8 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
26.4 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 27.9 | (p)28.0 |
12-month % change |
|
-4.0 | -2.5 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | (p)3.3 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
50.4 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 50.7 | 50.6 | (p)50.5 |
12-month % change |
|
0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | (p)0.4 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
36.3 | 36.6 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.0 | (p)35.9 |
12-month % change |
|
2.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.4 | (p)0.8 |
Other Services(3) |
|
10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | (p)10.6 |
12-month % change |
|
-2.7 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | (p)-4.5 |
Government(3) |
|
80.5 | 80.4 | 80.4 | 80.3 | 80.5 | (p)80.9 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.2 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 0.1 | (p)0.6 |
|
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