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RATES, PRICES and other economic data for the Mid-coast on Dec. 17. New this week: commodities, bank rates

	Commodities
This		Last	Last
week		week	year
Heating oil #21s	$3.68	$3.63	—
Propane2 s	3.33	3.24	—
Gas, unlead3 s	3.46	3.43	3.47
Kerosene1 s	4.03	4.00	—
Firewood, dry4	235	235	215
Hard lobster, whsl5	—	—	—
Soft lobster, whsl5	—	—	—

	Unemployment6
Oct.			Sept.	Oct. ’12
Bath	t	4.7%	5.1%	6.5%
Brunswick	t	5.4%	5.6%	6.4%
Freeport	t	4.3%	4.6%	5.0%
Harpswell	t	4.7%	4.5%	5.4%
Lisbon	t	4.9%	5.4%	6.7%
Richmond	t	5.1%	5.5%	7.8%
Topsham	t	4.7%	5.6%	5.8%
Wiscasset	–	5.2%	4.5%	5.2%

	Retail		sales7
Sept.				Aug.	Sept. ’12
B’wick		areas	$	64,886$68,710	$60,735
Q3				Q2	Q3‘12
Bath		s	$20,515	$	20,515$20,031
Brunswick		s	97,413	91,425	89,224
Freeport		s	104,540		67,338101,117
Harpswell		s	8,898	4,765	7,951
Lisbon		s	10,438	9,749	9,669
Richmond		s	4,042	4,132	3,776
Topsham		s	47,956	46,678	46,642
Wiscasset		t	7,705	17,706	18,058

	Building		permits8
Oct.			Sept.	Oct.	‘12
Bath	t	$101,100	$156,100		422,600
B’wicks		10,715,951	1,296,680		2,525,372
F’portt		1,129,800	2,516,154	1,252,500

	Bank			rates
This					week	Last	week
30-	year		mortgage9		4.59%		4.59%
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, s is week to week 2– TR survey of local dealers, based on 600 gal/yr., s is week to week 3 – TR staff survey averaged, s is week to week 4 – split, delivered, TR survey, averaged 5 – TR wholesalers survey, per pound, s is week to week 6 – Maine Department of Labor, not seasonally adjusted, s is year to year 7 – Maine State Planning Office, in thousands s is year to year 8 – Total project value, permits filed in town offices, s is year to year 9 – 30- year, fixed-rate loan of $165,000, 0 points, TR survey of local banks, averaged, s is week to week 10 – TR survey of rates from local banks, averaged, s is week to week.

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