Roadmap to Recovery - January 2021 Dashboard

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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


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