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Economic Briefing Room (as of Fri Mar 12 15:56:15 2010 GMT)

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

http://www.census.gov/m3

New orders for manufactured durable goods in January increased $5.2 billion or 3.0 percent to $175.7 billion.

January 2010: 3.0 % change
December 2009: 1.9 % change

Counties in Maine(ME) - Travel, vacation, real estate, and local resources

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Androscoggin County	Aroostook County	Cumberland County	Franklin County
Hancock County	Kennebec County	Knox County	Lincoln County
Oxford County	Penobscot County	Piscataquis County	Sagadahoc County
Somerset County	Waldo County	Washington County	York County

100 largest cities in Maine(ME)

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Portland (pop. 62825) in Cumberland County	Brewer (pop. 9079) in Penobscot County
Lewiston (pop. 35234) in Androscoggin County	Bath (pop. 8959) in Sagadahoc County
Bangor (pop. 31853) in Penobscot County	Caribou (pop. 8154) in Aroostook County
South Portland (pop. 23748) in Cumberland County	Old Town (pop. 7742) in Penobscot County
Auburn (pop. 23203) in Androscoggin County	Rockland (pop. 7480) in Knox County
Biddeford (pop. 21594) in York County	Ellsworth (pop. 7070) in Hancock County
Augusta (pop. 18367) in Kennebec County	Belfast (pop. 6754) in Waldo County
Saco (pop. 18164) in York County	Gardiner (pop. 6124) in Kennebec County
Westbrook (pop. 16291) in Cumberland County	Calais (pop. 3215) in Washington County
Waterville (pop. 15923) in Kennebec County	Hallowell (pop. 2453) in Kennebec County
Presque Isle (pop. 9104) in Aroostook County	Eastport (pop. 1556) in Washington County

Maine(ME) state profile based on FDIC data

Maine at a Glance
Employment Growth Rates	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
ECONOMIC INDICATORS (Change from year ago, unless noted)
Total Nonfarm (share of trailing four quarter employment in parentheses)	-3.7%	-3.9%	-1.3%	-3.6%	-0.1%
Manufacturing (9%)	-9.4%	-11.9%	-3.9%	-10.6%	-1.1%
Other (non-manufacturing) Goods-Producing (5%)	-14.4%	-13.6%	-7.4%	-14.3%	-4.6%
Private Service-Producing (69%)	-2.7%	-2.6%	-0.7%	-2.5%	0.4%
Government (17%)	-1.4%	-1.5%	-0.1%	-0.9%	0.2%
Unemployment Rate (% of labor force)	8.1%	8.2%	6.4%	8.0%	5.4%

Other Indicators	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Single-Family Home Permits	16.2%	-6.0%	-40.2%	-12.9%	-43.3%
Multifamily Building Permits	-47.1%	-51.5%	-42.4%	-72.7%	-7.6%
Home Price Index	-4.4%	-3.4%	-3.0%	-3.4%	-0.6%
Nonbusiness Bankruptcy Filings per 1000 people (quarterly annualized level)	2.59	2.99	2.27	2.75	2.17

BANKING TRENDS
General Information	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Institutions (#)	29	29	31	29	31
Total Assets (in millions)	27,704	51,449	40,197	27,704	40,197
New Institutions (# < 3 years)	0	0	0	0	0
Subchapter S Institutions	0	0	0	0	0

Asset Quality	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Past-Due and Nonaccrual Loans / Total Loans (median %)	3.22	2.87	2.67	3.22	2.67
Noncurrent Loans / Total Loans (median %)	1.81	1.65	1.25	1.81	1.25
ALLL/Total Loans (median %)	1.18	1.14	1.10	1.18	1.10
ALLL/Noncurrent Loans (median multiple)	0.64	0.67	0.93	0.64	0.93
Net Loan Losses / Total Loans (median %)	0.27	0.29	0.17	0.25	0.16

Capital / Earnings	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Tier 1 Leverage (median %)	9.45	9.22	8.77	9.45	8.77
Return on Assets (median %)	0.57	0.45	0.31	0.43	0.32
Pretax Return on Assets (median %)	0.79	0.60	0.33	0.59	0.42
Net Interest Margin (median %)	3.67	3.60	3.49	3.58	3.58
Yield on Earning Assets (median %)	5.58	5.44	6.07	5.54	6.22
Cost of Funding Earning Assets (median %)	1.83	2.01	2.53	2.08	2.87
Provisions to Avg. Assets (median %)	0.35	0.40	0.31	0.32	0.20
Noninterest Income to Avg. Assets (median %)	0.62	0.65	0.48	0.64	0.54
Overhead to Avg. Assets (median %)	2.96	2.91	2.73	2.95	2.92

Liquidity / Sensitivity	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Net Loans to Assets (median %)	79.4	77.2	80.5	79.4	80.5
Noncore Funding to Assets (median %)	30.4	28.7	31.7	30.4	31.7
Long-term Assets to Assets (median %, call filers)	45.2	46.8	46.7	45.2	46.7
Brokered Deposits (number of institutions)	21	22	17	21	17
Brokered Deposits to Assets (median % for those above)	4.0	3.3	5.2	4.0	5.2

Loan Concentrations (median % of Total Risk-Based Capital)	Q4-09	Q3-09	Q4-08	2009	2008
Commercial and Industrial	48.5	45.1	44.6	48.5	44.6
Commercial Real Estate	227.6	220.4	218.4	227.6	218.4
Construction & Development	30.6	28.0	28.0	30.6	28.0
Multifamily Residential Real Estate	9.8	9.6	10.8	9.8	10.8
Nonresidential Real Estate	172.9	170.9	183.2	172.9	183.2
Residential Real Estate	471.1	455.4	448.6	471.1	448.6
Consumer	16.9	17.8	17.5	16.9	17.5
Agriculture	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3

BANKING PROFILE

Largest Deposit Markets (from 2009 Summary of Deposits)	Institutions in Market	Deposits ($ millions)	Asset Distribution	Institutions
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME	20	34,809	< $100 million	6 (20.7% )
Bangor, ME	10	1,894	$100 million to $250 million	2 (6.9% )
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	10	1,169	$250 million to $1 billion	16 (55.2% )
			$1 billion to $10 billion	4 (13.8% )
			> $10 billion	1 (3.4% )

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