DASHBOARD
January 2021
The Roadmap to Recovery Dashboard tracks Utah’s path to a full and complete economic recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The Dashboard, which is updated monthly, provides essential insights, tracks timely and leading measures, and shares salient indicators since the start of the pandemic. THREE ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS:
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Taxable Retail Sales See Year-Over Growth Despite the impacts of the pandemic, taxable retail sales have grown year-over. September 2020 saw $3.5 million in taxable retail sales compared to $2.8 million in September 2019.
Unemployment Claims Rise Slightly Continued unemployment claims have steadily fallen since early May. Toward the end of November, claims rose slightly in the wake of a surge in coronavirus cases.
Utah Continued Weekly Unemployment Claims March 21, 2020 – December 12, 2020 140,000
Continued Claims
120,000
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Utah’s job change ranks second in the nation November year-over job change shows job losses in nearly every state. Utah’s job change of -0.2% ranks second in the nation with job change nearing neutral.
Utah Job Change by Industry October 2019 – November 2020 Total
2019 Average
-0.2%
Construction
4.5%
Manufacturing
100,000
2.7%
Information
80,000
-5.4%
Financial Activities
60,000
Leisure & Hospitality
40,000
4.4% -12.6%
Other Services
5.0%
20,000
Government
-0.7%
0
Education/Health Services
-0.8%
21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 2229 6 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 2128 5 12
Mar.
Apr.
3.8% 10.4%
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
8.6%
5.3%
4.5%
4.1%
5.0%
4.1%
Dec.
Natural Resources
4.3% NA
Professional/Business Services
Nov.
Unemployment Rate
Trade/Transportation/Utilities
4%
Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services
3.6%
-0.2%
-4%
-6.0%
-6%
S A -8% LT L A K E C H A M B E R $1,000 -12%
-1.0%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
2% 0.5% 0% 0.1% -2%
$1,200 -10%
-12.6%
990,732,146 896,628,754
1,109,473,192 998,016,752 749,947,333
1,138,540,188 1,122,148,652
ROADMAP TO RECOVERY COALITION