Unemployment Update

January 23rd, 2012 by Chris F

The December Unemployment (U-3 measure) rates are out, and all of them trended downwards from November.  The national rate settled at 8.5%, Texas dropped to 7.8%, Austin-Round Rock MSA and Georgetown both slid to 6.3%.  These rates are l among …

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Bond Index Update

January 23rd, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue bond rate was up slightly to 4.77% from 4.74% last week.  One month ago it was at 5.01% and one year ago it was 5.66%.…

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Inflation Update

January 19th, 2012 by Chris F

The 12 month percentage change inflation figures are generally down from last month except for the national CCI rate which was up.  The national CPI settled at 3.0%, PPI at 4.8%, MCI at 4.2%, and CCI at 3.6%.  The regional …

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Bond Index Update

January 19th, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue bond rate took a significant dive to 4.74% from 4.93% last week.  One moth ago it was at 5.01% and one year ago it was 5.66%.  This makes the sharpest decline in the rate since the …

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Sales Tax Update

January 12th, 2012 by Chris F

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

City Amount % Change from Last Year
Georgetown $1,127,431.51 -4.35%
Round Rock $5,308,670.00 +17.20%
Cedar Park $1,089,444.00 +10.51%
Leander $144,884.94
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Bond Index Update

January 9th, 2012 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond rate continued to slide last week dropping to 4.93% from 4.97%.  Last month it was 5.03% and one year ago this time it was 5.44%.…

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Bond Index Update

January 3rd, 2012 by Chris F

For the first time since the middle of November 2010 the 25 year Revenue Bond rate was fallen below 5%, resting at 4.97%, down from 5.01% a week ago.  One month ago it was 5.09% and one year ago 5.44%.…

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Bond Index Update

December 26th, 2011 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond Index was unchanged from the week prior at 5.01%.  One month ago it was 5.06% and one year ago 5.42%…

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Bond Index Update

December 19th, 2011 by Chris F

The 25 year Revenue Bond rate settled at 5.01%, down from 5.03%, last week.  One month ago it was 5.09%, and one year ago 5.48%.…

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Inflation Update

December 16th, 2011 by Chris F

The National CPI rate came down again in November from October making the the 12 month percent change 3.4%.  The national PPI came down to 5.9%.  Both the MCI and CCI held at  4.9% and 2.7% respectively.  The Regional CPI …

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