RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Nov. 5. New this week: commodities, bank rates
| Commodities | |||||
| This | Last | Last | |||
| week | week | year | |||
| Heating oil | # | 21 . | $3.45 | $3.47 | — |
| Propane2 | . | 2.97 | 2.88 | — | |
| Gas, unlead3 | . | 3.38 | 3.40 | 3.63 | |
| Kerosene1 | . | 3.85 | 3.87 | — | |
| Firewood, | dry4 | 235 | 235 | 215 | |
| Hard lobster, | whsl5 | — | — | — | |
| Soft lobster, | — | — | — | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Aug. | July | Aug. ’12 | |||
| B’wick | area . | $ | 68,397$ | 66,585$63,561 | |
| 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 | |||||||
| Sept. | Aug. | Sept. | ‘12 | |||||
| Bath | . | $ | 156,100$ | 2,018,300 | $ | 203,100 | ||
| B’wick | . | 1,296,680 | 4,186,776 | 242,700 | ||||
| F’port | . | 2,516,154 | 802,500 | 2,377,201 | ||||
| Bank rates | |||
| This | week | Last week | |
| 30-year mortgage9 | . | 4.31% | 4.22% |
| 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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