RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Nov. 26. New this week: commodities, Sept./ Oct. unemployment, 3Q retail sales, bank rates
| Commodities | |||||
| This | Last | Last | |||
| week | week | year | |||
| Heating oil #21 | . | $3.55 | $3.46 | — | |
| Propane2 | . | 3.01 | 3.10 | — | |
| Gas, unlead3 | . | 3.41 | 3.34 | 3.55 | |
| Kerosene1 | . | 3.95 | 3.86 | — | |
| Firewood, dry4 | 235 | 235 | 215 | ||
| Hard lobster, | whsl5 | — | — | — | |
| Soft lobster, | 5whsl | — | — | — | |
| Unemployment6 | ||||
| Oct. | Sept. | Oct. ’12 | ||
| Bath | . | 4.7% | 5.1% | 6.5% |
| Brunswick | . | 5.4% | 5.6% | 6.4% |
| Freeport | . | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.0% |
| Harpswell | . | 4.7% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| Lisbon | . | 4.9% | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Richmond | . | 5.1% | 5.5% | 7.8% |
| Topsham | . | 4.7% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Wiscasset | – | 5.2% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Retail | sales7 | |||||
| Sept. | Aug. | Sept. ’ | 12 | |||
| B’wick | areas | $64,886$ | 68,710 $ | 60,735 | ||
| Q3 | Q2 | Q3‘12 | ||||
| Bath | . | $20,515 | $ | 20,515$ | 20,031 | |
| Brunswick | . | 97,413 | 91,425 | 89,224 | ||
| Freeport | . | 104,540 | 67,338101,117 | |||
| Harpswell | . | 8,898 | 4,765 | 7,951 | ||
| Lisbon | . | 10,438 | 9,749 | 9,669 | ||
| Richmond | . | 4,042 | 4,132 | 3,776 | ||
| Topsham | . | 47,956 | 46,678 | 46,642 | ||
| Wiscasset | . | 7,705 | 17,706 | 18,058 | ||
| Building | permits8 | ||||
| Oct. | Sept. | Oct. | ‘12 | ||
| Bath | t | $101,100 | $156,100 | 422,600 | |
| B’wicks10,715,951 | 1,296,680 | 2,525,372 | |||
| F’portt | 1,129,800 | 2,516,154 | 1,252,500 | ||
| Bank | rates | ||||||
| This | week | Last | week | ||||
| 30- | year | mortgage9 . | 4.51% | 4.43% | |||
| 1-year | CD10 | 0.22% | 0.22% | ||||
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, s is week to week 2– TR survey of local dealers, based on 600 gal/yr., sis week to week 3 – TR staff survey averaged, s is week to week 4 – split, delivered, TR survey, averaged 5 – TR wholesalers survey, per pound, s is week to week 6 – Maine Department of Labor, not seasonally adjusted, s is year to year 7 – Maine State Planning Office, in thousands s is year to year 8 – Total project value, permits filed in town offices, s is year to year 9 – 30-year, fixed-rate loan of $165,000, 0 points, TR survey of local banks, averaged, s is week to week 10 – TR survey of rates from local banks, averaged, s is week to week.
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