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ECONOWATCH L.A. COUNTY.


                          ECONOWATCH L.A. COUNTY
                            GENERAL INDICATORS
                                                       % + from
                                      Latest  Previous previous       Year
                                      period    period   period        ago
Employment (000's) (Nov.)              4,573     4,550     +0.5%     4,452
Unemployment (000's) (Nov.)              241       245     -1.6        270
Help-wanted ads index (Nov.)              42        40     +5.0         43
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (Nov.) [1]       5.8       6.5    -10.8        6.3
Film permits (Dec.) [2]                2,391     2,487     -3.9      2,159
Bankruptices
  Chapter 7 (Oct.)                     2,466     1,986    +24.4      2,867
  Chapter 11 (Oct.)                       18        14    +28.6         14
Exports (mils.) (Sept.) [3]         $6,684.5  $7,092.7     -5.8   $5,571.1
Imports (mils.) (Sept.)            $13,587.2 $13,653.8     -0.5  $12,011.0
Air cargo [4]
  LAX (Oct.)                           204.9     186.2    +10.0      200.7
  Burbank (Oct.)                         6.3       5.4    +16.7        6.1
Container volume (000's)
  Long Beach (Nov.)                    411.0     432.9     -5.1      397.3
  Los Angeles (Nov.)                   414.0     481.5    -14.0      343.6
Los Angeles CPI (Nov.) [5]             173.5     173.8     -0.2      167.1
Electricity Accounts (000s) [6]
  Residential (Nov.) [7]             1,206.8   1,208.8     -0.1    1,194.2
  Commercial (Nov.)                    173.6     176.4     -1.6      173.0
  Industrial (Nov.)                     15.8      15.7     +0.6       15.9
                                   % + from
                                   year ago
Employment (000's) (Nov.)              +2.7%
Unemployment (000's) (Nov.)           -10.7
Help-wanted ads index (Nov.)           -2.3
Jobless-to-job ad ratio (Nov.) [1]     -7.9
Film permits (Dec.) [2]               +10.8
Bankruptices
  Chapter 7 (Oct.)                    -14.0
  Chapter 11 (Oct.)                   -28.6
Exports (mils.) (Sept.) [3]           +20.0
Imports (mils.) (Sept.)               -13.1
Air cargo [4]
  LAX (Oct.)                           +2.1
  Burbank (Oct.)                       +3.7
Container volume (000's)
  Long Beach (Nov.)                    +3.4
  Los Angeles (Nov.)                  +20.5
Los Angeles CPI (Nov.) [5]             +3.8
Electricity Accounts (000s) [6]
  Residential (Nov.) [7]               +1.1
  Commercial (Nov.)                    +0.3
  Industrial (Nov.)                    -0.6
                                REAL ESTATE
                                                              % + from
                                              Latest Previous previous
                                              period   period   period
Construction lending (mils.) (Oct.)           $303.0   $249.1    +21.6%
Property acquisition lending (mils.) (Oct.) $2,395.9 $2,361.7     +1.4
Refinance lending (mils.) (Oct.) [8]        $1,814.6 $1,632.2    +11.2
Foreclosures
  Number (Oct.)                                  842      748    +12.6
  Value (mils.) (Oct.)                        $130.9   $121.6     +7.6
Building contracts (mils.)
  Residential (Nov.)                          $152.9   $199.4    -23.3
  Nonresidential (Nov.)                       $246.9   $261.6     -5.6
Building permits (mils.)
  Residential (Nov.)                          $262.6   $267.5     -1.8
  Nonresidential (Nov.)                       $220.6   $259.7    -15.1
Housing start permits (Nov.)                   1,194      904    +32.1
Home sales (Oct.)                              7,337    7,571     -3.1
Home prices (000's) (Oct.)                    $200.0   $200.0      0.0
Condo sales (Oct.)                             1,741    1,312    +32.7
Condo prices (000's) (Oct.)                   $178.0   $188.0     -5.3
Apartments (3rd qtr.) [9]
  Gross occupancy                              98.6%    97.6%       NA
  Avg. sq. ft. rent                            $1.33    $1.33      0.0
  Avg. monthly rent                           $1,100   $1,119     -1.7
Office vacancy rates (4th qtr.) [10]
  Downtown L.A                                 20.9%    22.0%       NA
  San Fernando Valley                           9.8%    10.8%       NA
  West L.A                                      7.8%     6.4%       NA
  South Bay                                    10.9%    11.8%       NA
  Countywide                                   11.8%    13.3%       NA
Industrial vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown/Central                              3.5%     3.6%       NA
  South Bay                                     3.5%     3.3%       NA
  San Gabriel Valley                           32.7%     3.6%       NA
                                                Year % + from
                                                 ago year ago
Construction lending (mils.) (Oct.)           $305.0     -0.7%
Property acquisition lending (mils.) (Oct.) $2,107.5    +13.7
Refinance lending (mils.) (Oct.) [8]        $2,574.5    -29.5
Foreclosures
  Number (Oct.)                                1,210    -30.4
  Value (mils.) (Oct.)                        $174.8    -25.1
Building contracts (mils.)
  Residential (Nov.)                          $110.5    +38.5
  Nonresidential (Nov.)                       $271.1     -8.9
Building permits (mils.)
  Residential (Nov.)                          $252.1     +4.2
  Nonresidential (Nov.)                       $460.6    -52.1
Housing startpermits (Nov.)                    1,451    -17.7
Home sales (Oct.)                              7,206     +1.8
Home prices (000's) (Oct.)                    $196.0     +2.0
Condo sales (Oct.)                             1,355    +28.5
Condo prices (000's) (Oct.)                   $176.0     +1.1
Apartments (3rd qtr.) [9]
  Gross occupancy                              96.6%       NA
  Avg. sq. ft. rent                            $1.27     +4.7
  Avg. monthly rent                           $1,015     +8.4
Office vacancy rates (4th qtr.) [10]
  Downtown L.A                                 20.0%       NA
  San Fernando Valley                          11.0%       NA
  West L.A                                     10.5%       NA
  South Bay                                    15.4%       NA
  Countywide                                   16.7%       NA
Industrial vacancy rates (4th qtr.)
  Downtown/Central                              1.3%       NA
  South Bay                                     4.1%       NA
  San Gabriel Valley                            6.1%       NA
                                  TOURISM
                                                % + from
                                Latest Previous previous   Year  %+ from
                                 month    month    month    ago  year ago
Hotel occupancy rate (Sept.)    77.97%   81.34%       NA  72.49%    NA
Room rate (Sept.)              $120.87  $131.38    -9.2% $110.64  +9.0%
Passengers
 LAX (000's) (Oct.)            5,829.0  6,398.6     -8.8 5,433.4   +7.3
Burbank Airport (000's) (Oct.)   405.9    388.8     +4.4   400.6   +1.3


FOOTNOTES

(1.)Thousands of jobless job·less  
adj.
1. Having no job.

2. Of or relating to those who have no jobs.

n. (used with a pl. verb)
Unemployed people considered as a group. Used with the.
 to index point of job ads.

(2.)Film production days

(3.)Through Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  Customs District.

(4.)In thousands of tons (LAX)/in millions of pounds (Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. ).

(5.)1982-1984=100.

(6.)San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
 and metropolitan LA. combined

(7.)Apartment and residential combined

(8.)Includes refinancings, second mortgages and equity mortgages

(9.)Based on survey of major owners of apartment buildings

(10.)Excludes available sublease sublease n. the lease of all or a portion of premises by a tenant who has leased the premises from the owner. A sublease may be prohibited by the original lease, or require written permission from the owner.  space NA means not applicable

BOLDFACE See boldface font.  INDICATES UPDATED FIGURES

Sources: California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  State Employment Development Department (employment figures); The Conference Board, N.Y. (help-wanted ad index); Entertainment Industry Development Corporation Los Angeles Film Office (film permits); U.S. Bankruptcy Court bankruptcy court n. the specialized Federal court in which bankruptcy matters under the Federal Bankruptcy Act are conducted. There are several bankruptcy courts in each state, and each one's territory covers several counties. , Central District of Calif., Los Angeles (bankruptcies); Dun & Bradstreet Brad·street   , Anne Dudley 1612-1672.

English-born colonial poet who wrote several collections of verse, including The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650).
 (business failures); Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles (exports, imports); City of Los Angeles
For the city, see Los Angeles, California.
The City of Los Angeles was a streamlined passenger train jointly operated by the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad.
 Airport Department (LAX passenger traffic and air cargo air cargo: see aviation. ); Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (Burbank passenger traffic and air cargo); Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables.
, Los Angeles (Los Angeles consumer price index); Office of Economic Research at California State University Enrollment
, Long Beach (index of leading indicators The Index of Leading Indicators is an American economic index intended to estimate future economic activity. It is calculated by The Conference Board, a non-governmental organization, which determines the value of the index from the values of ten key variables. ); First American First American may refer to:
  • First American (comics), A superhero from America's Best Comics
  • First American, a division of the now-defunction Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
 Real Estate Solutions, Anaheim Anaheim (ăn`əhīm), city (1990 pop. 266,406), Orange co., S Calif., SE of Los Angeles; inc. 1870. Anaheim was founded by Germans in 1857 as an experiment in communal living.  (construction lending, property lending, refinance Refinance

1. When a business or person revises their payment schedule for repaying debt.

2. Replacing an older loan with a new loan offering better terms.

Notes:
When a business refinances they typically extend the maturity date.
 lending, foreclosures, home sales, home prices, home prices per square foot, condo sales, condo prices); F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill (building contracts); Construction Industry Research Board (housing start permits, building permits); M/PF Research Inc. (apartments); Grubb & Ellis ELLIS - EuLisp LInda System. An object-oriented Linda system written for EuLisp. "Using Object-Oriented Mechanisms to Describe Linda", P. Broadbery <pab@maths.bath.ac.uk> et al, in Linda-Like Systems and Their Implementation, G. Wilson ed, U Edinburgh TR 91-13, 1991.  (office and industrial vacancy VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled.
     2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate.
 rates); PKF PKF Peace Keeping Force
PKF Pannell Kerr Foster (accounting firm)
PKF Park Falls, Wisconsin (Airport Code) 
 Consulting (hotel occupancy Noun 1. hotel occupancy - occupancy rate for hotels
occupancy rate - the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time
 rate, room rate).
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