BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
#DBA New Certificates issued
10 for November 2017
EMPLOYMENT DATA
State Unemployment Rate (MA)
3.7% October 2017
U.S. Unemployment Rate
4.1% October 2017
Metro Boston Unemployment Rate*
3.3% September 2017
State and Area Employment (000s)
3,643 October 2017
Jobs Added MA YoY
69,000 October 2017
Suffolk County Unemployment# & Rate 13,410; 3.1% October 17 NSA
Boston Unemployment Rates
3.1% October 2016
U.S Productivity: 3.0% 3rd Qtr. 2017 est.
Suffolk County Avg. Wkly Wage
$2,016 (1st Qtr 2017)
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (Boston Metro 5/2016)
$32.66 (avg. hr)
$67,930 (avg. annual salary.)
HOUSING
Housing Permits (MA): 1568
October 2017
Massachusetts Homeownership Rate
59.7% (2016)
Change in FHFA State House Price Indexes
(Seasonally Adjusted, Purchase-Only Index, 2017Q2:1.96)
CONSUMER
U.S. CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change*
0.1% (10/2017 over 10/2016) All Items YoY: +2.0%
Boston Metro Consumer Price Index
2.7% (9/2017 over 9/2016)
ENERGY
Boston Average Price - Gasoline, Unleaded Reg., Per Gallon/ 2.560 October 2017
Massachusetts Average Price Heating Oil
$2.877 per gallon 11/27/17 (excl. taxes)
Stock Market: Local:
East Boston Savings Bank Stock Latest
Bloomberg MA Stock Index (BCMAX:IND)
