Economic Indicators (Last Updated: Wed, 01/07/2009)

      UTAH REGION UNITED STATES          
ECONOMIC INDICATOR FREQUENCY FOR CURRENT PERIOD PRIOR PERIOD 2008 FORECAST CURRENT PERIOD PRIOR PERIOD CURRENT PERIOD PRIOR PERIOD 2008 FORECAST SOURCE
Demographics
TOTAL POPULATION ANNUALLY 20072,758,0002,700,0002,780,000xx304,060,000301,290,000304,294,000Bureau of the Census & the Utah Population Estimates Committee
POPULATION ANNUAL % CHANGE ANNUALLY 20072.2%3.2%3.0%xx0.9%1.0%0.9%Bureau of the Census & the Utah Population Estimates Committee
NET MIGRATION ANNUALLY 200717,00044,00039,000xx889,000866,000xBureau of the Census & the Utah Population Estimates Committee
MEDIAN AGE ANNUALLY 200728.528.5xxx36.636.4xBureau of the Census & the Utah Population Estimates Committee
Income & Employment
EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL % CHANGE MONTHLY 2008M5-0.9%-0.4%0.4%-1.2%-0.7%-1.4%-0.9%0.1%Bureau of Labor Statistics & Department of Workforce Services
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE MONTHLY 2008M53.7%3.5%3.7%5.6%5.3%6.5%6.1%5.2%Bureau of Labor Statistics & Department of Workforce Services
AVERAGE ANNUAL PAY ANNUAL % CHANGE ANNUALLY 20075.6%5.4%3.5%xx4.5%4.6%4.0%Bureau of Labor Statistics & Department of Workforce Services
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME ANNUALLY 2006$53,529$54,628x$51,604$49,264$50,233$48,201xBureau of the Census, Current Population Survey
PERSONAL INCOME ANNUAL % CHANGE QUARTERLY 2008Q13.2%4.7%4.9%3.6%5.2%3.7%5.0%4.6%Bureau of Economic Analysis
Consumption & Production
INFLATION (CPI) ANNUAL % CHANGE MONTHLY 2008M50.7%3.1%x1.0%3.4%1.0%3.7%4.8%Bureau of Labor Statistics & Moody's Economy.com
REAL GDP ANNUAL % CHANGE ANNUALLY 20075.3%6.3%x2.9%3.9%2.0%3.1%1.4%Bureau of Economic Analysis
EXPORTS ANNUAL % CHANGE QUARTERLY 2008Q133.0%42.9%9.8%18.8%12.9%17.3%18.9%7.7%Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division
AVERAGE STANDARD UNLEADED GAS $ PER GALLON WEEKLY 2008W25$1$2xxx$2$2xOil Price Information Service
AVERAGE WEST TEXAS INTERMEDIATE CRUDE $ PER BARREL WEEKLY 2008W25xxxxx$40$45$119Wall Street Journal
RETAIL SALES ANNUAL % CHANGE QUARTERLY 2008Q12.8%5.7%2.2%1.6%3.9%0.6%2.6%2.1%U.S. Census Bureau & Moody's Economy.com
State Revenue Collections
STATE PERSONAL INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS ANNUAL % CHA FYTD 2008M11-15.9%4.9%5.4%xxxxxUtah Tax Commission
STATE CORPORATE TAX COLLECTIONS ANNUAL % CHANGE FYTD 2008M11-5.1%-1.2%-10.7%xxxxxUtah Tax Commission
STATE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS ANNUAL % CHANGE FYTD 2008M11-4.1%-3.9%-3.4%xxxxxUtah Tax Commission
Housing & Construction
EXISTING HOME SALES ANNUAL % CHANGE QUARTERLY 2008Q1-18.3%-26.9%x12.4%-11.5%-6.2%-15.2%xNational Association of Realtors & Moody's Economy.com
MEDIAN EXISTING HOME PRICE QUARTERLY 2008Q1$186$195,240x$186,850$197,230$185,710$192,850xNational Association of Realtors & Moody's Economy.com
DWELLING UNIT PERMIT ANNUAL % CHANGE MONTHLY 2008M5xxx-47.0%-44.2%-37.8%-34.8%xUniversity of Utah Bureau of Business & Economic Research & Census Bureau
NONRESIDENTIAL INVESTMENT ANNUAL % CHANGE MONTHLY 2008M4xxxxx10.6%11.4%xUniversity of Utah Bureau of Business & Economic Research & Census Bureau
Notes
Forecasts are provided by the Revenue Assumptions Committee
Region = Census Mountain Division (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, & WY) for all indicators except GDP (BEA Rocky Mountain Division = CO, ID, MT, UT, & WY) and Inflation (Census Western Region = AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, & WY)
x = data are unavailable or not applicable
Value for previous period is for time period immediately before the currently reported period; e.g. Utah's personal income growth was 7.4% between the 4th quarters of 2006 and 2007 and 8.8% between the 3rd quarters of 2006 and 2007.
There is no Consumer Price Index for Utah, the Salt Lake Metropolitan Statistical Area CPI is used as a proxy.
Utah's Q4 2007 & Q1 2008 growth rates for exports are anomalies to abnormally large shipments of gold.
Forecast for Utah is for growth in taxable retail sales.
Inludes corporate franchise & income taxes, radioactive wast, and gross receipts taxes.
Non-earmarked sales & use taxes.
Utah nonresidential investment is total permit valuation for nonresidential construction and nonresidential alterations and repairs.
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