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Economic Indicators

"The number of new building permits rose from 77 in January 1999 to 88 in January 2000."

Percent Change
Jan 2000 (p) Dec 1999 (r) Jan 1999 (b) Month Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 257,312 260,091 255,840 -1.1 0.6
--Unemployed 13,702 11,540 16,300 18.7 -15.9
--Employed 243,610 248,551 239,540 -2.0 1.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.3%/4.1% 4.4%/4.4% 6.4%/5.1% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 4.5%/4.0% 3.7%/4.1% 4.8%/4.3% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 7,637,000 8,037,000 7,897,000 -5.0 -3.3
--As a Percent of All Workers 5.7% 6.0% 6.0% N/A N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers 234,000 267,000 339,000 -12.4 -31.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 3,535,000 3,332,000 3,815,000 6.1 -7.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $873.24 $884.52 $838.93 -1.3 4.1
--Average Weekly Hours 45.6 45.5 43.9 0.2 3.9
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings $766.34 $761.46 $728.83 0.6 5.1
--Average Weekly Hours 44.4 44.4 42.3 0.0 5.0
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $611.42 $600.46 $618.20 1.8 -1.1
--Average Weekly Hours 39.6 39.4 40.3 0.5 -1.7
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings $589.47 $603.50 $564.16 -2.3 4.5
--Average Weekly Hours 41.6 42.5 41.3 -2.1 0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2) 14,011 12,164 18,428 15.2 -24.0
--Benefits Paid $2,642,468 $2,210,676 $3,379,974 19.5 -21.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment $188.60 $181.74 $183.41 3.8 2.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 202,139 209,131 199,604 -3.3 1.3
--Insured Unemployment Rate 2.0% 1.5% 2.5% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items 168.7 168.3 164.3 0.2 2.7
----Food & Beverages 166.6 165.9 163.9 0.4 1.6
----Housing 165.8 164.8 161.8 0.6 2.5
----Apparel 126.8 130.1 127.9 -2.5 -0.9
----Transportation 148.3 148.3 140.4 0.0 5.6
----Medical Care 255.5 254.2 246.6 0.5 3.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 102.3 102.0 101.7 0.3 0.6
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 102.7 102.3 100.9 0.4 1.8
----Other Goods & Services 264.7 263.0 255.4 0.6 3.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities 128.3 128.0 122.9 0.2 4.4
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized 88 120 77 -26.7 14.3
--Valuation $9,030,000 $10,731,000 $8,349,000 -15.9 8.2

(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
1 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
2 Not Normalized


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