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  State of Connecticut Business Trends - Economic Scorecard Last Updated: May 9, 2012
The health of the business sector will affect, among other things, the ability of firms to hire workers and, particularly in regard to businesses selling their goods and services outside the State, the ability to increase the State’s income through exports. There are several indicators that provide a picture of the business sector’s vital signs. The levels, changes from the previous period, and year-to-year changes, of Housing Permits#1 give not only a reading of the State’s construction sector, but also of the financial sector, particularly in terms of mortgage-lending activity, and ultimately, consumer spending on durable goods and services related to the purchase of a new house. Air Cargo Tons#2 and the value of Exports#3 (collected quarterly before 2004) gauges the ability of Connecticut businesses to compete in the world market. The Connecticut Manufacturing Production Index (CMPI)#7 and Average Manufacturing Weekly Hours (AMWH)#8 provide a measure of the State’s manufacturing activity, while the strength of the entertainment and tourism sectors is reflected in the Gaming Slots Revenues#4, the Visitors to Major Attractions#5, and Air Passenger Counts#6.
Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 849 601 629 718 651 545 529 517 101 165 133 154
Feb 706 633 454 532 547 674 372 260 209 188 114 410
Mar 561 762 600 933 886 960 538 467 208 277 267 249
Apr 779 1,061 856 1,000 907 781 779 381 339 346 234
May 841 957 916 875 1,107 952 808 529 237 256 228
Jun 793 782 1,143 1,253 1,192 943 742 767 421 247 418
Jul 910 927 928 1,116 983 807 846 445 473 296 276
Aug 1,055 811 850 1,078 1,055 718 682 333 235 239 250
Sep 598 773 893 1,113 1,151 802 553 440 227 398 441
Oct 820 924 1,121 907 841 812 582 481 363 293 187
Nov 706 771 766 1,485 1,147 627 638 578 252 300 270
Dec 636 605 829 899 1,010 640 396 171 269 215 253
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Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 10,423 11,704 11,490 11,825 11,817 10,228 12,875 13,327 11,028 9,969 9,981 11,316
Feb 9,723 10,930 10,361 11,533 12,016 12,554 12,230 12,337 9,906 9,518 9,562 10,720
Mar 13,303 12,125 11,269 13,324 13,887 14,821 14,208 12,750 10,918 11,043 11,803 12,277
Apr 11,202 11,685 11,371 12,754 13,154 13,224 12,507 12,919 11,221 10,941 11,001
May 12,222 12,339 11,637 12,912 12,713 13,430 13,736 12,496 10,036 10,174 10,273
Jun 10,944 11,727 11,245 12,716 14,239 14,202 13,936 12,329 9,879 10,893 11,319
Jul 10,420 11,784 11,613 12,807 12,892 12,360 12,457 10,464 10,377 10,879 10,888
Aug 16,323 12,712 12,655 12,491 13,395 14,457 14,229 12,319 9,840 11,240 12,157
Sep 10,751 13,367 12,167 13,486 13,943 14,061 13,172 11,750 5,601 11,522 12,258
Oct 12,765 13,179 13,657 14,067 14,042 14,006 14,549 12,749 10,950 11,484 11,808
Nov 12,122 11,735 11,447 12,777 13,714 13,693 13,696 10,593 9,813 10,694 11,830
Dec 12,944 9,786 13,382 14,158 14,035 13,846 13,669 12,343 12,549 12,153 13,284
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Month 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan $659,436,116 $687,162,651 $859,753,498 $1,042,757,410 $1,178,085,459 $1,157,568,959 $1,203,596,044 $1,185,630,506 $1,147,654,755
Feb $687,908,931 $720,724,084 $902,898,255 $1,008,713,188 $1,139,336,897 $1,186,964,198 $1,135,578,474 $1,312,449,766 $1,227,026,861
Mar $808,442,087 $903,613,862 $998,617,416 $1,172,769,689 $1,281,489,678 $1,195,883,088 $1,368,359,174 $1,607,168,262
Apr $752,724,878 $762,164,174 $1,070,082,447 $1,043,649,178 $1,263,475,509 $1,062,686,356 $1,410,746,219 $1,371,158,945
May $764,700,247 $795,149,245 $978,740,459 $1,244,967,635 $1,248,721,942 $1,018,000,860 $1,393,681,003 $1,616,730,450
Jun $654,924,576 $794,000,891 $1,175,117,897 $1,191,285,511 $1,391,407,086 $1,104,887,934 $1,341,170,627 $1,305,935,224
Jul $610,805,074 $770,076,734 $1,161,465,363 $1,112,158,940 $1,205,146,284 $975,895,521 $1,139,643,989 $1,143,132,724
Aug $677,410,527 $791,804,958 $929,041,975 $1,114,384,271 $1,345,414,758 $1,124,058,915 $1,360,727,666 $1,299,998,326
Sep $715,747,310 $838,196,311 $1,004,943,573 $1,140,688,545 $1,371,347,402 $1,239,580,365 $1,378,470,274 $1,121,413,415
Oct $809,161,700 $905,334,231 $1,056,658,757 $1,216,424,485 $1,316,230,089 $1,312,490,577 $1,390,737,143 $1,427,162,006
Nov $706,909,844 $838,738,171 $1,012,623,704 $1,323,477,911 $1,331,759,008 $1,274,559,248 $1,438,534,999 $1,349,456,384
Dec $711,065,979 $880,326,513 $1,088,380,859 $1,107,772,411 $1,240,645,334 $1,369,376,563 $1,471,703,474 $1,457,899,516
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Month 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 1,467,102,267 1,532,848,838 1,447,994,273 1,504,788,241 1,490,462,016 1,522,368,002 1,322,666,390 1,351,613,495 1,246,432,483 1,183,280,605
Feb 1,428,092,795 1,683,655,368 1,570,018,112 1,547,563,842 1,500,795,109 1,478,296,933 1,399,494,524 1,329,043,432 1,313,401,672 1,268,122,804
Mar 1,630,808,748 1,605,141,390 1,600,096,409 1,631,995,703 1,682,281,045 1,609,520,203 1,486,559,478 1,436,906,456 1,432,739,699 1,348,580,861
Apr 1,550,447,417 1,629,690,344 1,686,873,212 1,661,434,656 1,603,002,850 1,495,965,889 1,411,699,826 1,431,335,908 1,449,532,359
May 1,755,932,404 1,731,832,153 1,715,023,925 1,741,207,152 1,655,858,403 1,685,636,897 1,595,967,824 1,492,543,420 1,427,038,191
Jun 1,646,321,449 1,612,807,591 1,574,651,837 1,615,454,597 1,676,191,089 1,550,077,525 1,431,298,753 1,385,572,333 1,344,300,419
Jul 1,738,632,562 1,926,841,720 1,878,192,602 1,835,828,434 1,907,633,563 1,744,822,698 1,561,991,907 1,667,179,170 1,565,617,840
Aug 1,866,166,800 1,838,821,055 1,767,609,792 1,750,882,462 1,781,607,264 1,814,128,802 1,591,422,685 1,577,926,653 1,356,224,193
Sep 1,580,129,021 1,744,151,153 1,686,436,387 1,688,855,809 1,668,193,841 1,509,980,877 1,389,436,520 1,414,892,504 1,337,882,531
Oct 1,643,066,222 1,695,966,564 1,674,826,025 1,693,658,390 1,549,367,646 1,481,452,552 1,403,035,746 1,453,149,816 1,297,061,737
Nov 1,633,334,262 1,558,391,028 1,554,131,136 1,530,640,831 1,548,797,075 1,450,813,758 1,350,497,319 1,296,703,122 1,237,821,388
Dec 1,489,021,012 1,619,797,967 1,587,898,807 1,740,592,367 1,645,943,563 1,278,021,566 1,217,138,692 1,225,070,695 1,297,512,203
NOTE:  Indian Gaming Payments are amounts received by the State as a result of the slot compact with the two Federally recognized tribes in Connecticut, which calls for 25 percent of net slot receipts to be remitted to the State. Indian Gaming Slots are the total net revenues from slot machines only received by the two Federally recognized Indian tribes.
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Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 55,667 65,702 74,686 76,308 56,058 71,142 64,508 67,259 56,629 57,334 49,384 52,080
Feb 111,889 136,830 87,695 117,099 93,204 100,378 92,357 93,284 110,636 75,756 93,431 99,641
Mar 84,828 120,156 100,234 89,314 80,885 83,799 82,229 88,748 86,105 71,776 79,372 83,511
Apr 140,988 168,939 154,964 147,721 147,755 147,750 154,426 159,140 162,417 141,784 145,566
May 166,092 188,387 170,697 168,153 162,499 135,739 152,194 148,832 146,794 150,712 154,360
Jun 197,340 223,639 204,326 191,208 188,962 177,165 179,844 168,127 167,181 156,236 167,917
Jul 296,885 307,271 287,778 289,624 267,030 260,417 262,110 255,230 277,005 237,699 253,335
Aug 320,558 350,577 335,475 304,962 287,321 285,729 287,596 297,476 294,136 274,293 251,735
Sep 124,589 126,125 107,820 117,780 106,371 110,698 121,863 98,099 104,967 106,329 104,736
Oct 123,766 128,800 120,915 122,643 121,948 121,082 119,581 112,261 96,989 107,950 105,905
Nov 126,858 114,768 114,887 101,321 112,550 79,952 106,321 103,013 90,889 74,818 80,501
Dec 95,980 80,158 88,982 91,897 97,574 112,170 93,426 84,548 81,722 85,701 115,540
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Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 524,718 437,681 448,894 459,911 531,070 514,561 497,763 458,241 397,503 367,870 355,896 391,051
Feb 545,633 481,933 463,551 505,006 548,270 529,043 454,942 470,316 407,121 360,947 399,323 399,011
Mar 623,484 571,467 536,787 566,875 628,688 622,156 547,827 538,115 472,095 449,186 504,173 471,126
Apr 653,072 582,593 541,108 577,414 646,963 607,804 544,842 579,662 488,096 464,448 491,558
May 649,850 579,405 543,437 578,084 661,934 644,792 595,161 567,824 487,393 462,599 505,815
Jun 625,326 571,293 530,714 567,307 629,806 589,365 559,607 527,739 464,122 452,997 482,501
Jul 672,770 602,498 576,797 609,473 674,287 638,605 602,714 556,050 482,084 490,117 513,450
Aug 711,657 627,753 581,107 618,638 669,914 628,281 610,436 558,909 471,732 502,349 505,475
Sep 369,817 462,377 435,691 485,705 559,680 506,646 494,486 450,145 389,727 418,041 435,985
Oct 520,719 569,203 559,920 608,495 633,654 564,928 577,047 501,984 448,611 486,168 490,842
Nov 507,780 503,856 515,415 579,094 606,638 540,933 530,591 439,155 408,296 464,203 446,079
Dec 483,205 535,156 528,386 581,046 590,468 519,928 503,544 458,839 400,572 462,062 429,921
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Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 81.5 85.0 93.0 90.6 95.8 99.0 103.5 92.6 93.2 85.9 81.8 83.6
Feb 98.1 88.7 82.6 91.6 88.8 99.8 108.3 112.4 88.7 82.5 89.3 86.2
Mar 90.8 92.3 87.8 93.9 99.1 99.1 112.6 113.5 86.1 88.2 88.9 88.1
Apr 86.6 90.6 85.2 92.5 96.0 100.4 112.6 112.7 83.9 87.5 84.9
May 102.3 93.9 88.5 97.9 98.5 110.1 121.7 106.8 90.0 85.9 98.3
Jun 109.8 94.9 94.3 97.7 102.4 114.9 127.5 110.8 83.1 94.9 94.4
Jul 90.0 96.3 91.2 112.8 103.1 117.5 114.9 109.1 94.8 91.1 99.0
Aug 102.3 97.8 95.8 104.2 105.4 109.9 134.4 121.1 91.3 102.8 102.0
Sep 93.3 90.8 98.0 101.2 105.4 108.4 115.6 123.3 90.0 98.3 94.3
Oct 100.3 93.0 97.6 101.3 105.4 108.4 122.6 116.1 87.7 90.8 86.6
Nov 91.5 90.4 90.6 100.5 100.2 102.9 115.9 99.5 84.0 85.9 92.3
Dec 91.0 87.2 85.4 100.9 99.8 104.8 114.5 88.5 84.3 85.3 87.7
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Month 2001 Y/Y 2002 Y/Y 2003 Y/Y 2004 Y/Y 2005 Y/Y 2006 Y/Y 2007 Y/Y 2008 Y/Y 2009 Y/Y 2010 Y/Y 2011 Y/Y 2012 Y/Y
Jan 42.1 41.8 41.6 41.8 42.0 42.5 42.1 42.4 41.9 41.4 39.4 40.1
Feb 41.6 41.3 41.1 41.5 41.9 42.3 42.4 42.2 41.3 41.0 41.0 40.5
Mar 42.0 41.5 41.3 41.7 42.0 42.0 42.4 42.6 41.3 41.6 41.1 40.5
Apr 40.9 41.6 41.3 41.5 42.3 41.6 42.4 42.5 39.5 41.4 40.7
May 41.7 41.4 41.2 42.1 42.2 42.0 42.2 42.6 40.2 41.4 40.7
Jun 41.7 42.1 41.1 42.0 42.5 42.2 42.2 42.6 40.5 41.1 41.1
Jul 41.5 41.0 40.5 41.4 42.1 42.4 42.3 42.4 40.6 41.2 40.1
Aug 41.5 41.4 40.8 41.3 41.8 41.9 42.1 42.4 40.5 41.0 40.4
Sep 42.1 42.0 41.9 41.5 42.0 42.4 42.6 42.7 40.8 41.2 40.2
Oct 42.3 41.8 41.8 42.1 42.1 42.1 42.4 42.3 40.7 40.9 40.6
Nov 41.9 41.9 42.3 42.4 42.3 42.0 42.4 41.9 41.3 41.1 40.6
Dec 40.9 41.9 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.7 42.6 41.7 41.3 41.5 40.7
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