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Economic Indicator |
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Percent Change |
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May-10 |
Apr-10 |
May-09 |
Apr-10 |
May-09 |
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Prelim. |
Final |
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May-10 |
May-10 |
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Washington Area Business Cycle Indicators |
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Coincident Index (1996 = 100) |
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106.6 |
106.5 |
106.5 |
0.13% |
0.07% |
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Leading Index (1996 = 100) |
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108.5 |
108.3 |
106.9 |
0.22% |
1.51% |
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Washington Area Coincident Index Components |
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Total Wage & Salary Employment ('000)a |
2977.1 |
2956.9 |
2963.9 |
0.68% |
0.45% |
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Consumer Confidence (South Atlantic)a |
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28.0 |
29.0 |
29.7 |
-3.45% |
-5.72% |
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Domestic Airport Passengers, See Note. ('000)b |
2246.1 |
2187.0 |
2155.5 |
2.70% |
4.20% |
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Estimated Nondurable Retail Sales ($000,000)c |
2628.5 |
2710.0 |
2624.6 |
-3.00% |
0.15% |
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Washington Area Leading Index Components |
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Total Residential Building Permitsa |
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890.0 |
1157.0 |
916.0 |
-23.08% |
-2.84% |
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Consumer Expectations (South Atlantic)a |
85.9 |
77.6 |
76.4 |
10.70% |
12.43% |
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Initial Unemployment Claimsb |
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1278.7 |
1479.9 |
2004.6 |
-13.59% |
-36.21% |
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Help Wanted Indexa |
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3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
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Estimated Durable Retail Sales ($000,000)c |
2450.5 |
2539.6 |
2654.7 |
-3.51% |
-7.69% |
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Washington Area Labor Forcea |
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Total Labor Force ('000) |
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3060.8 |
3054.5 |
3063.1 |
0.21% |
-0.08% |
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Employed Labor Force |
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2876.2 |
2875.1 |
2879.5 |
0.04% |
-0.12% |
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Unemployed Labor Force |
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184.6 |
179.4 |
183.6 |
2.93% |
0.55% |
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Unemployment Rate |
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6.0% |
5.9% |
6.0% |
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Washington Area Wage and Salary Employmenta |
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Total ('000) |
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2977.1 |
2956.9 |
2963.9 |
0.68% |
0.45% |
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Construction ('000) |
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143.6 |
138.8 |
150.1 |
3.46% |
-4.33% |
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Manufacturing ('000) |
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52.8 |
52.7 |
55.9 |
0.19% |
-5.55% |
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Transportation & Public Utilities ('000) |
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61.4 |
60.3 |
61.5 |
1.82% |
-0.16% |
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Wholesale & Retail Trade ('000) |
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323.3 |
320.8 |
314.6 |
0.78% |
2.77% |
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Services ('000) |
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1705.4 |
1701.7 |
1705.1 |
0.22% |
0.02% |
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State Government ('000) |
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690.6 |
682.6 |
676.7 |
1.17% |
2.05% |
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Federal Government ('000) |
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381.1 |
373.1 |
357.8 |
2.14% |
6.51% |
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aUnadjusted data |
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bSeasonally adjusted data |
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cSeasonally adjusted constant (1996)
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