© Copyright 2003 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Economic Indicators
by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.4 percent from its December 2001 level."

 

Dec Nov Dec Percent Change
2002 2002 2001  Month  Year
____(p)___ ____ (r)___ ____(b)___ _____ _____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 270,312 271,456 269,881 -0.4 0.2
            Unemployed 12,012 10,736 11,513 11.9 4.3
            Employed 258,300 260,720 258,368 -0.9 0.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.4%/4.4% 4.0%/4.2% 4.3%/4.2% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.7%/6.0% 5.7%/6.0% 5.4%/5.8% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 7,554,000 7,183,000 7,266,000 5.2 4.0
      As a percent of all workers 5.6% 5.3% 5.4% N/A N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers 398,000 381,000 344,000 4.5 15.7
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 4,278,000 4,080,000 4,388,000 4.9 -2.5
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
       Average Weekly Earnings $923.10 $920.40 $920.32 0.3 0.3
       Average Weekly Hours 41.6 40.6 43.7 2.5 -4.8
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $755.23 $762.27 $771.76 -0.9 -2.1
       Average Weekly Hours 42.5 42.8 43.9 -0.7 -3.2
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $661.06 $655.07 $627.13 0.9 5.4
       Average Weekly Hours 38.3 37.8 38.1 1.3 0.5
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $646.99 $633.13 $625.00 2.2 3.5
       Average Weekly Hours 41.5 40.9 41.2 1.5 0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
       Weeks Compensated (2) 22,435 15,041 12,433 49.2 80.4
       Benefits Paid $5,096,680 $3,400,662 $2,666,133 49.9 91.2
       Average Weekly Benefit Payment $227.18 $226.09 $214.44 0.5 5.9
       State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 222,015 221,962 218,162 0.0 1.8
        Insured Unemployment Rate 2.3% 1.8% 1.8% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers 
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
         All Items 180.9 181.3 176.7 -0.2 2.4
               Food & Beverages 177.8 177.4 175.2 0.2 1.5
               Housing 181.1 181.2 176.9 -0.1 2.4
               Apparel 121.5 125.5 123.7 -3.2 -1.8
               Transportation 154.2 155.2 148.5 -0.6 3.8
               Medical Care 291.3 290.5 277.3 0.3 5.0
               Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 106.5 106.4 105.3 0.1 1.1
               Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 109.2 109.3 106.9 -0.1 2.2
               Other Goods & Services 295.8 295.6 286.4 0.1 3.3
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
       All Commodities 133.0 133.2 128.1 -0.2 3.8
Wyoming Building Permits
      New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized 125 131 104 -4.6 20.2
      Valuation $16,377,000 $17,338,000 $9,466,000 -5.5 73.0
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.
(1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
(2) Not Normalized.


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