RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Oct. 15. New this week: commodities, bank rates
| Commodities | ||||
| This | Last | Last | ||
| week | week | year | ||
| Heating oil #21 | . | $3.49 | $3.48 | — |
| Propane2 | . | 2.93 | 2.88 | — |
| Gas, unlead3 | . | 3.49 | 3.59 | 3.88 |
| Kerosene1 | . | 3.88 | 3.86 | — |
| Firewood, dry4 | 235 | 235 | 215 | |
| Hard lobster, | whsl5 | — | — | — |
| Soft lobster, whsl | — | — | — | |
| Unemployment6 | ||||
| Aug. | July | Aug. ’12 | ||
| Bath | . | 5.6% | 5.9% | 6.3% |
| Brunswick | . | 6.0% | 6.4% | 6.5% |
| Freeport | . | 4.5% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Harpswell | . | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| Lisbon | . | 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| Richmond | . | 5.8% | 7.3% | 6.9% |
| Topsham | . | 5.5% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| Wiscasset | . | 4.6% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| Retail | sales7 | ||||
| July | June | July ’12 | |||
| B’wick | area . | $ | 66,585$ | 66,297$62,921 | |
| Q2 | Q1 | Q2‘12 | |||
| Bath | . | $20,515 | $ | 16,891$20,031 | |
| Brunswick | . | 91,183 | 69,269 | 86,068 | |
| Freeport | . | 67,338 | 48,105 | 61,859 | |
| Harpswell | . | 4,765 | 2,411 | 4,369 | |
| Lisbon | . | 9,749 | 8,423 | 9,564 | |
| Richmond | . | 4,132 | 3,345 | 3,837 | |
| Topsham | . | 46,678 | 37,678 | 46,359 | |
| Wiscasset | . | 17,706 | 12,426 | 16,419 |
| Building | permits8 | ||||||
| Aug. | July | Aug. | ‘12 | ||||
| Bath | . | $ | 2,018,300 $47,100 | $ | 20,300 | ||
| B’wick | . | 4,186,776 | 1,975,969 | 2,617,553 | |||
| F’port | . | 802,500 | 1,386,000 | 1,621,273 | |||
| Bank rates | ||
| This | week | Last week |
| 30-year mortgage9 | 4.48% | 4.48% |
| 1-year CD10 | 0.22% | 0.22% |
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QUOTED DATA is deemed an accurate reflection of average economic conditions on the date listed; consumers may not be able to obtain the exact price or rate listed. Sources: 1– TR survey of local dealers, . is week to week 2– TR survey of local dealers, based on 600 gal/yr., . is week to week 3 – TR staff survey averaged, . is week to week 4 – split, delivered, TR survey, averaged 5 – TR wholesalers survey, per pound, . is week to week 6 – Maine Department of Labor, not seasonally adjusted, . is year to year 7 – Maine State Planning Office, in thousands . is year to year 8 – Total project value, permits filed in town offices, . is year to year 9 – 30- year, fixed-rate loan of $165,000, 0 points, TR survey of local banks, averaged, . is week to week 10 – TR survey of rates from local banks, averaged, . is week to week.
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