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RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Dec. 3. New this week: commodities, bank rates

Commodities

		This	Last		Last
week			week	year
Heating oil #	21.	$3.57	$3.55	—
Propane2	.	3.05	3.01	—
Gas, unlead3	.	3.40	3.41	3.54
Kerosene1	.	3.96	3.95	—
Firewood, dry4		235	235	215
Hard lobster,	whsl5	—	—	—
Soft lobster, whsl		—	—	—

Unemployment6

		Oct.	Sept.	Oct. ’12
Bath	.	4.7%	5.1%	6.5%
Brunswick	.	5.4%	5.6%	6.4%
Freeport	.	4.3%	4.6%	5.0%
Harpswell	.	4.7%	4.5%	5.4%
Lisbon	.	4.9%	5.4%	6.7%
Richmond	.	5.1%	5.5%	7.8%
Topsham	.	4.7%	5.6%	5.8%
Wiscasset	–	5.2%	4.5%	5.2%

Retail sales7

		Sept.	Aug.	Sept. ’	12
B’wick	area .	$	64,886$68,710	$	60,735
Q3			Q2	Q3‘12
Bath	.	$20,515	$	20,515$20,031
Brunswick	.	97,413	91,425	89,224
Freeport	.	104,540		67,338101,117
Harpswell	.	8,898	4,765	7,951
Lisbon	.	10,438	9,749	9,669
Richmond	.	4,042	4,132	3,776
Topsham	.	47,956	46,678	46,642
Wiscasset	.	7,705	17,706	18,058

Building permits8

	Oct.	Sept.	Oct.	‘12
Bath	. $101,100	$156,100		422,600
B’wick	. 10,715,951	1,296,680		2,525,372
F’port	. 1,129,800	2,516,154		1,252,500

Bank rates

				This week	Last week
30-	year		mortgage9 .	4.54%	4.51%
1-year		CD10		0.22%	0.22%

QUOTED DATA is deemed an accurate reflection of average economic conditions on the date listed; consumers may not be able to obtain the exact price or rate listed. Sources: 1– TR survey of local dealers, . is week to week 2– TR survey of local dealers, based on 600 gal/yr., . is week to week 3 – TR staff survey averaged, . is week to week 4 – split, delivered, TR survey, averaged 5 – TR wholesalers survey, per pound, . is week to week 6 – Maine Department of Labor, not seasonally adjusted, . is year to year 7 – Maine State Planning Office, in thousands . is year to year 8 – Total project value, permits filed in town offices, . is year to year 9 – 30-year, fixed-rate loan of $165,000, 0 points, TR survey of local banks, averaged, . is week to week 10 – TR sur vey of rates from local banks, averaged, . is week to week.

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