ALASKA TRENDS
Indicator
Southeast Gulf Coast United States
By Amy Miller
Units
Period
Latest Report Period
Percent Percent Percent
October October October
6.2 6.6 5.8
Previous Report Period (revised)
5.2 6.2 5.9
Year Ago Period
6 7.1 7.3
Year Over Year Change
3.33% -7.04% -20.55%
PETROLEUM/MINING Crude Oil Production—Alaska Millions of Barrels October 15.50 14.32 16.14 -3.97% Natural Gas Field Production—Alaska Billions of Cubic Ft. October 9.09 8.92 7.72 17.75% ANS West Coast Average Spot Price $ per Barrel October 84.91 96.05 104.82 -18.99% Hughes Rig Count Alaska Active Rigs October 8 10 10 -20.00% United States Active Rigs October 1925 1930 1744 10.38% Gold Prices $ Per Troy Oz. October 1223.03 1240.08 1316.18 -7.08% Silver Prices $ Per Troy Oz. October 17.19 18.49 21.92 -21.58% Zinc Prices Per Pound October 2.27 2.29 0.94 141.49% REAL ESTATE Anchorage Building Permit Valuations Total Millions of $ October 37.64 57.7 29.71 26.69% Residential Millions of $ October 16.23 17.5 10.57 53.55% Commercial Millions of $ October 20.65 39.7 19.14 7.89% Deeds of Trust Recorded Anchorage—Recording District Total Deeds October 835 763 871*GeoNorth -4.13% Fairbanks—Recording District Total Deeds October 232 232 150 54.67% VISITOR INDUSTRY Total Air Passenger Traffic—Anchorage Thousands October 382.27 446.81 360.58 Total Air Passenger Traffic—Fairbanks Thousands October 76.06 90.7 75.12
6.02% 1.25%
ALASKA PERMANENT FUND Equity Millions of $ October 51110.50 50718.00 48263.00 Assets Millions of $ October 51824.30 51828.10 49163.50 Net Income Millions of $ October 167.60 302.30 125.50 Net Income—Year to Date Millions of $ October 332.70 -1170.20 1162.70 Marketable Debt Securities Millions of $ October 74.80 -175.40 77.10 Real Estate Investments Millions of $ October 102.40 20.00 34.60 Preferred and Common Stock Millions of $ October 135.40 -895.60 852.70
5.90% 5.41% 33.55% -71.39% -2.98% 195.95% -84.12%
BANKING (excludes interstate branches) Total Bank Assets—Alaska Millions of $ 3rdQ14 5,781.68 5,589.78 5,432.28 Cash & Balances Due Millions of $ 3rdQ14 299.37 309.79 478.68 Securities Millions of $ 3rdQ14 146.66 145.27 133.97 Net Loans and Leases Millions of $ 3rdQ14 2,742.89 2,703.46 2,464.96 Other Real Estate Owned Millions of $ 3rdQ14 18.01 18.73 17.23 Total Liabilities Millions of $ 3rdQ14 5,002.29 4,814.61 4,697.44 Total Bank Deposits—Alaska Millions of $ 3rdQ14 4,346.55 4,188.54 4,086.89 Noninterest-bearing deposits Millions of $ 3rdQ14 1,830.26 1,702.65 1,693.48 Interest- bearing deposits Millions of $ 3rdQ14 2,516.30 2,485.89 2,393.41
6.43% -37.46% 9.47% 11.28% 4.53% 6.49% 6.35% 8.08% 5.13%
FOREIGN TRADE Value of the Dollar In Japanese Yen Yen October 107.97 107.18 97.81 10.39% In Canadian Dollars Canadian $ October 1.12 1.10 1.04 7.69% In British Pounds Pounds October 0.62 0.61 0.62 0.00% In European Monetary Unit Euro October 0.79 0.77 0.73 8.22% In Chinese Yuan Yuan October 6.14 6.15 6.13 0.16% Notes: 1. Source of Anchorage Deeds of trust (GeoNorth) is cited in the data field. 2. Banking data has been updated to include Alaska State Banks and Alaska’s sole federally chartered, Alaska-based bank, First National Bank Alaska
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