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Written by rjs, MarketWatch 666May s employment report; April’s construction spending, factory inventories, et al The most significant economic report released this past week was the Employment Situation Summary for May from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; other major monthly government agency issued reports released during the week included the April report on Construction Spending (pdf) and the Full Report on Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories and Orders for April, both from the Census Bureau.
Household survey data
According to the survey of households, Colorado’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased in January to 6.6 percent from the revised December rate of 6.9 percent. The national unemployment rate dropped by four-tenths of a percentage point from December to 6.3 percent.
Other highlights from the household survey:
Colorado’s labor force grew by 6,700 in January to 3,183,200. The labor force participation rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 68.6 percent.
The number of individuals employed in Colorado increased by 15,000 in January to 2,972,300, which represents 64.0 percent of the state’s 16+ population.
The Colorado counties with the highest unemployment rates in January were: Huerfano (9.8%), Pueblo (9.3%), Gilpin (8.1%), Fremont (8.1%), Las Animas (7.9%), and Mesa (7.9%). County-level unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted and are directly comparable to Colorado’s January unadjusted rate of 6.9 percent.
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In addition, the Fed released the Consumer Credit Report for January, which showed that overall consumer credit, a measure of non-real estate debt, expanded by a seasonally adjusted $9.7 billion, or at a 2.8% annual rate, as non-revolving credit expanded at a 3.9% annual rate to $3,208.3 billion and revolving credit outstanding contracted at a 11.2% rate to $975.9 billion, now the lowest since April 2017..
The week’s privately issued reports included the ADP Employment Report for January, the light vehicle sales report for January from Wards Automotive, which estimated that vehicles sold at a 16.63 million annual rate in January, up from the 16.27 million annual sales rate reported in December, but down from the 16.84 million annual rate of January a