Sales Tax Update

May 9th, 2012 by Chris F

The Comptroller has published the estimate of sales tax collected by the Cities for the month of March as follows:

City Amount % Change from Last Year
Georgetown $1,636,350.81 -2.35%
Round Rock $5,844,796.63 +5.05%
Cedar Park $1,594,839.53 +13.60%
Leander $225,457.15
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Bond Index Update

May 7th, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 Year Revenue Bond Rate was almost unchanged settling at 4.77% from 4.78% last week.  One month ago it was 4.88% and one year ago 5.45%.…

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Bond Index Update

May 1st, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond Rate slipped slightly last week to 4.78% from 4.81%.  One month ago it was at 4.85%, and one year ago 5.45%…

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Bond Index Update

April 23rd, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond rate was off to 4.81% from 4.85% one week ago.  Last month it was 4.88% and one year ago it rested at 5.54%.  This rate has been under 5% since the last week of December …

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Unemployment Update

April 23rd, 2012 by Chris F

The National rate of Unemployment in March was down to 8.2%.  Texas dropped to 7.0%, the Austin-Round Rock MSA to 6.0%, while Georgetown was steady at 5.9%.…

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Inflation Update

April 18th, 2012 by Chris F

Inflation moderated a bit in March across the board.  The National CPI index was at 2.6% on a 12 month comparison.  National PPI was 2.8%, MCI 3.0%, and CCI 2.9%.  Locally the CPI index was 2.7% and the CCI rate …

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Bond Index Update

April 18th, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond rate was off slightly last week dipping to 4.85% from 4.88%.  One month ago it was 4.83% and one year ago 5.58%.…

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Sales Tax Update

April 11th, 2012 by Chris F

The Comptroller has published the estimate of sales tax collected by the Cities for the month of February as follows:

City Amount % Change from Last Year
Georgetown $1,106,493.84 +27.96%
Round Rock $4,250,510.77 -5.92%
Cedar Park $1,120,084.28 +28.14%
Leander $149,796.56
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Bond Index Update

April 11th, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond Rate was up again this past week rising to 4.88% from 4.85%.  One month ago it was 4.76% and one year ago 5.58%…

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Bond Index Update

April 2nd, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond rate was off slightly to 4.85% from 4.88% a week ago.  One month earlier it was 4.73% and one year ago it was 5.56%.…

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