RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Dec. 17. New this week: commodities, bank rates
| Commodities | |||
| This | Last | Last | |
| week | week | year | |
| Heating oil #21s | $3.68 | $3.63 | — |
| Propane2 s | 3.33 | 3.24 | — |
| Gas, unlead3 s | 3.46 | 3.43 | 3.47 |
| Kerosene1 s | 4.03 | 4.00 | — |
| Firewood, dry4 | 235 | 235 | 215 |
| Hard lobster, whsl5 | — | — | — |
| Soft lobster, whsl5 | — | — | — |
| Unemployment6 | ||||
| Oct. | Sept. | Oct. ’12 | ||
| Bath | t | 4.7% | 5.1% | 6.5% |
| Brunswick | t | 5.4% | 5.6% | 6.4% |
| Freeport | t | 4.3% | 4.6% | 5.0% |
| Harpswell | t | 4.7% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| Lisbon | t | 4.9% | 5.4% | 6.7% |
| Richmond | t | 5.1% | 5.5% | 7.8% |
| Topsham | t | 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 | s | $20,515 | $ | 20,515$20,031 | |
| Brunswick | s | 97,413 | 91,425 | 89,224 | |
| Freeport | s | 104,540 | 67,338101,117 | ||
| Harpswell | s | 8,898 | 4,765 | 7,951 | |
| Lisbon | s | 10,438 | 9,749 | 9,669 | |
| Richmond | s | 4,042 | 4,132 | 3,776 | |
| Topsham | s | 47,956 | 46,678 | 46,642 | |
| Wiscasset | t | 7,705 | 17,706 | 18,058 |
| Building | permits8 | ||||
| Oct. | Sept. | Oct. | ‘12 | ||
| Bath | t | $101,100 | $156,100 | 422,600 | |
| B’wicks | 10,715,951 | 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 | 4.59% | 4.59% | |||
| 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., s is 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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