Current Economic and Market Data and Statistics Snapshot of the United States of America

Unemployment Rate By State

State	Mar 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2011	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Nevada	12.0	12.3	13.6	-0.3	-1.6
Rhode Island	11.1	11.0	11.2	0.1	-0.1
California	11.0	10.9	11.9	0.1	-0.9
District of Columbia	9.8	9.8	10.0	0	-0.2
North Carolina	9.7	9.9	10.4	-0.2	-0.7
New Jersey	9.0	9.0	9.3	0	-0.3
Mississippi	9.0	9.6	10.5	-0.6	-1.5
Florida	9.0	9.4	10.7	-0.4	-1.7
Georgia	9.0	9.1	9.8	-0.1	-0.8
South Carolina	8.9	9.1	10.4	-0.2	-1.5
Illinois	8.8	9.1	9.3	-0.3	-0.5
Kentucky	8.6	8.7	9.7	-0.1	-1.1
Arizona	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Oregon	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Michigan	8.5	8.8	10.5	-0.3	-2
New York	8.5	8.5	8.0	0	0.5
Washington	8.3	8.3	9.4	0	-1.1
Indiana	8.2	8.4	8.8	-0.2	-0.6
Tennessee	7.9	8.0	9.4	-0.1	-1.5
Idaho	7.9	8.0	8.7	-0.1	-0.8
Colorado	7.8	7.8	8.5	0	-0.7
Connecticut	7.7	7.8	9.1	-0.1	-1.4
Pennsylvania	7.5	7.6	7.9	-0.1	-0.4
Ohio	7.5	7.6	8.8	-0.1	-1.3
Missouri	7.4	7.4	8.7	0	-1.3
Arkansas	7.4	7.6	8.0	-0.2	-0.6
Alabama	7.3	7.5	9.3	-0.2	-2
New Mexico	7.2	7.2	7.5	0	-0.3
Maine	7.2	7.1	7.8	0.1	-0.6
Louisiana	7.1	7.0	7.5	0.1	-0.4
Alaska	7.0	7.0	7.6	0	-0.6
Texas	7.0	7.1	8.0	-0.1	-1
Delaware	6.9	6.9	7.3	0	-0.4
West Virginia	6.9	7.2	8.0	-0.3	-1.1
Wisconsin	6.8	6.9	7.6	-0.1	-0.8
Maryland	6.6	6.5	7.1	0.1	-0.5
Massachusetts	6.5	6.9	7.5	-0.4	-1
Hawaii	6.4	6.4	6.6	0	-0.2
Kansas	6.2	6.1	6.8	0.1	-0.6
Montana	6.2	6.2	6.8	0	-0.6
Minnesota	5.8	5.7	6.6	0.1	-0.8
Utah	5.8	5.7	7.1	0.1	-1.3
Virginia	5.6	5.7	6.2	-0.1	-0.6
Oklahoma	5.4	6.0	5.9	-0.6	-0.5
Wyoming	5.3	5.4	6.1	-0.1	-0.8
Iowa	5.2	5.3	5.9	-0.1	-0.7
New Hampshire	5.2	5.2	5.4	0	-0.2
Vermont	4.8	4.9	5.8	-0.1	-1
South Dakota	4.3	4.3	4.9	0	-0.6
Nebraska	4.0	4.1	4.5	-0.1	-0.5
North Dakota	3.0	3.1	3.4	-0.1	-0.4

State	Mar 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2011	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Nevada	12.0	12.3	13.6	-0.3	-1.6
Rhode Island	11.1	11.0	11.2	0.1	-0.1
California	11.0	10.9	11.9	0.1	-0.9
North Carolina	9.7	9.9	10.4	-0.2	-0.7
District of Columbia	9.8	9.8	10.0	0	-0.2
Mississippi	9.0	9.6	10.5	-0.6	-1.5
Florida	9.0	9.4	10.7	-0.4	-1.7
South Carolina	8.9	9.1	10.4	-0.2	-1.5
Georgia	9.0	9.1	9.8	-0.1	-0.8
Illinois	8.8	9.1	9.3	-0.3	-0.5
New Jersey	9.0	9.0	9.3	0	-0.3
Michigan	8.5	8.8	10.5	-0.3	-2
Kentucky	8.6	8.7	9.7	-0.1	-1.1
Arizona	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Oregon	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
New York	8.5	8.5	8.0	0	0.5
Indiana	8.2	8.4	8.8	-0.2	-0.6
Washington	8.3	8.3	9.4	0	-1.1
Tennessee	7.9	8.0	9.4	-0.1	-1.5
Idaho	7.9	8.0	8.7	-0.1	-0.8
Connecticut	7.7	7.8	9.1	-0.1	-1.4
Colorado	7.8	7.8	8.5	0	-0.7
Pennsylvania	7.5	7.6	7.9	-0.1	-0.4
Arkansas	7.4	7.6	8.0	-0.2	-0.6
Ohio	7.5	7.6	8.8	-0.1	-1.3
Alabama	7.3	7.5	9.3	-0.2	-2
Missouri	7.4	7.4	8.7	0	-1.3
New Mexico	7.2	7.2	7.5	0	-0.3
West Virginia	6.9	7.2	8.0	-0.3	-1.1
Maine	7.2	7.1	7.8	0.1	-0.6
Texas	7.0	7.1	8.0	-0.1	-1
Alaska	7.0	7.0	7.6	0	-0.6
Louisiana	7.1	7.0	7.5	0.1	-0.4
Delaware	6.9	6.9	7.3	0	-0.4
Wisconsin	6.8	6.9	7.6	-0.1	-0.8
Massachusetts	6.5	6.9	7.5	-0.4	-1
Maryland	6.6	6.5	7.1	0.1	-0.5
Hawaii	6.4	6.4	6.6	0	-0.2
Montana	6.2	6.2	6.8	0	-0.6
Kansas	6.2	6.1	6.8	0.1	-0.6
Oklahoma	5.4	6.0	5.9	-0.6	-0.5
Virginia	5.6	5.7	6.2	-0.1	-0.6
Minnesota	5.8	5.7	6.6	0.1	-0.8
Utah	5.8	5.7	7.1	0.1	-1.3
Wyoming	5.3	5.4	6.1	-0.1	-0.8
Iowa	5.2	5.3	5.9	-0.1	-0.7
New Hampshire	5.2	5.2	5.4	0	-0.2
Vermont	4.8	4.9	5.8	-0.1	-1
South Dakota	4.3	4.3	4.9	0	-0.6
Nebraska	4.0	4.1	4.5	-0.1	-0.5
North Dakota	3.0	3.1	3.4	-0.1	-0.4

State	Mar 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2011	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Nevada	12.0	12.3	13.6	-0.3	-1.6
California	11.0	10.9	11.9	0.1	-0.9
Rhode Island	11.1	11.0	11.2	0.1	-0.1
Florida	9.0	9.4	10.7	-0.4	-1.7
Michigan	8.5	8.8	10.5	-0.3	-2
Mississippi	9.0	9.6	10.5	-0.6	-1.5
South Carolina	8.9	9.1	10.4	-0.2	-1.5
North Carolina	9.7	9.9	10.4	-0.2	-0.7
District of Columbia	9.8	9.8	10.0	0	-0.2
Georgia	9.0	9.1	9.8	-0.1	-0.8
Kentucky	8.6	8.7	9.7	-0.1	-1.1
Arizona	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Oregon	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Washington	8.3	8.3	9.4	0	-1.1
Tennessee	7.9	8.0	9.4	-0.1	-1.5
New Jersey	9.0	9.0	9.3	0	-0.3
Alabama	7.3	7.5	9.3	-0.2	-2
Illinois	8.8	9.1	9.3	-0.3	-0.5
Connecticut	7.7	7.8	9.1	-0.1	-1.4
Indiana	8.2	8.4	8.8	-0.2	-0.6
Ohio	7.5	7.6	8.8	-0.1	-1.3
Missouri	7.4	7.4	8.7	0	-1.3
Idaho	7.9	8.0	8.7	-0.1	-0.8
Colorado	7.8	7.8	8.5	0	-0.7
New York	8.5	8.5	8.0	0	0.5
West Virginia	6.9	7.2	8.0	-0.3	-1.1
Arkansas	7.4	7.6	8.0	-0.2	-0.6
Texas	7.0	7.1	8.0	-0.1	-1
Pennsylvania	7.5	7.6	7.9	-0.1	-0.4
Maine	7.2	7.1	7.8	0.1	-0.6
Alaska	7.0	7.0	7.6	0	-0.6
Wisconsin	6.8	6.9	7.6	-0.1	-0.8
New Mexico	7.2	7.2	7.5	0	-0.3
Louisiana	7.1	7.0	7.5	0.1	-0.4
Massachusetts	6.5	6.9	7.5	-0.4	-1
Delaware	6.9	6.9	7.3	0	-0.4
Maryland	6.6	6.5	7.1	0.1	-0.5
Utah	5.8	5.7	7.1	0.1	-1.3
Kansas	6.2	6.1	6.8	0.1	-0.6
Montana	6.2	6.2	6.8	0	-0.6
Minnesota	5.8	5.7	6.6	0.1	-0.8
Hawaii	6.4	6.4	6.6	0	-0.2
Virginia	5.6	5.7	6.2	-0.1	-0.6
Wyoming	5.3	5.4	6.1	-0.1	-0.8
Iowa	5.2	5.3	5.9	-0.1	-0.7
Oklahoma	5.4	6.0	5.9	-0.6	-0.5
Vermont	4.8	4.9	5.8	-0.1	-1
New Hampshire	5.2	5.2	5.4	0	-0.2
South Dakota	4.3	4.3	4.9	0	-0.6
Nebraska	4.0	4.1	4.5	-0.1	-0.5
North Dakota	3.0	3.1	3.4	-0.1	-0.4

State	Mar 2012	Feb 2012	Mar 2011	M-to-M	Y-to-Y
Alabama	7.3	7.5	9.3	-0.2	-2
Alaska	7.0	7.0	7.6	0	-0.6
Arizona	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Arkansas	7.4	7.6	8.0	-0.2	-0.6
California	11.0	10.9	11.9	0.1	-0.9
Colorado	7.8	7.8	8.5	0	-0.7
Connecticut	7.7	7.8	9.1	-0.1	-1.4
Delaware	6.9	6.9	7.3	0	-0.4
District of Columbia	9.8	9.8	10.0	0	-0.2
Florida	9.0	9.4	10.7	-0.4	-1.7
Georgia	9.0	9.1	9.8	-0.1	-0.8
Hawaii	6.4	6.4	6.6	0	-0.2
Idaho	7.9	8.0	8.7	-0.1	-0.8
Illinois	8.8	9.1	9.3	-0.3	-0.5
Indiana	8.2	8.4	8.8	-0.2	-0.6
Iowa	5.2	5.3	5.9	-0.1	-0.7
Kansas	6.2	6.1	6.8	0.1	-0.6
Kentucky	8.6	8.7	9.7	-0.1	-1.1
Louisiana	7.1	7.0	7.5	0.1	-0.4
Maine	7.2	7.1	7.8	0.1	-0.6
Maryland	6.6	6.5	7.1	0.1	-0.5
Massachusetts	6.5	6.9	7.5	-0.4	-1
Michigan	8.5	8.8	10.5	-0.3	-2
Minnesota	5.8	5.7	6.6	0.1	-0.8
Mississippi	9.0	9.6	10.5	-0.6	-1.5
Missouri	7.4	7.4	8.7	0	-1.3
Montana	6.2	6.2	6.8	0	-0.6
Nebraska	4.0	4.1	4.5	-0.1	-0.5
Nevada	12.0	12.3	13.6	-0.3	-1.6
New Hampshire	5.2	5.2	5.4	0	-0.2
New Jersey	9.0	9.0	9.3	0	-0.3
New Mexico	7.2	7.2	7.5	0	-0.3
New York	8.5	8.5	8.0	0	0.5
North Carolina	9.7	9.9	10.4	-0.2	-0.7
North Dakota	3.0	3.1	3.4	-0.1	-0.4
Ohio	7.5	7.6	8.8	-0.1	-1.3
Oklahoma	5.4	6.0	5.9	-0.6	-0.5
Oregon	8.6	8.7	9.6	-0.1	-1
Pennsylvania	7.5	7.6	7.9	-0.1	-0.4
Rhode Island	11.1	11.0	11.2	0.1	-0.1
South Carolina	8.9	9.1	10.4	-0.2	-1.5
South Dakota	4.3	4.3	4.9	0	-0.6
Tennessee	7.9	8.0	9.4	-0.1	-1.5
Texas	7.0	7.1	8.0	-0.1	-1
Utah	5.8	5.7	7.1	0.1	-1.3
Vermont	4.8	4.9	5.8	-0.1	-1
Virginia	5.6	5.7	6.2	-0.1	-0.6
Washington	8.3	8.3	9.4	0	-1.1
West Virginia	6.9	7.2	8.0	-0.3	-1.1
Wisconsin	6.8	6.9	7.6	-0.1	-0.8
Wyoming	5.3	5.4	6.1	-0.1	-0.8

Initial Unemployment Claims

Claims: 370,000 as of May 12,
Initial Claims Unemployment

Employment, Unemployment Rate, and Labor Force Data

April 2012
Unemployment Rate 8.1%
Payroll Employment +115,000(p)
Change in Unemployment Level -173,000
Change in Employment Level -169,000
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level -342,000
Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate 63.6%

Annual Averages for 2011

Unemployment Rate 8.9% for 2011
Unemployment Level 13,747,000 for 2011

Consumer, Producer, Employer and Import Inflation Data

April 2012
CPI unchanged
PPI -0.2%(p)
ECI +0.4% 1st Qtr of 2012
U.S. Import Price Index -0.5%

Gross Domestic Product

Q3 2011
Real GDP 1.8%

Productivity Data

1st Qtr of 2012
Productivity -0.5%
Output per Hour -0.5%
Hourly Compensation +1.5%
Unit Labor Costs +2.0%
Output +2.7%
Hours of All Persons +3.2%

Income and Hourly Earnings Data

April 2012
Average Hourly Earnings +$0.01(p)
Personal Income +0.4% October 2011

Job Openings and Labor Turnover

March 2012
Latest Job Openings Level 3,737,000(p)
Latest Hires Rate 2.7%(p)
Latest Turnover Rate 3.3%(p)

Mass Layoffs

March 2012
Total Mass Layoff Events 1,273
Change in Total Mass Layoff Events -20
Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants 121,310
Change in Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants +1,847