Economic Indicators

"A sharp increase in gasoline prices caused the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to increase 0.7 percent over the month; this is a larger monthly increase than has been seen in almost nine years."

				Percent Change
	April 1999 (p)	March 1999 (r)	April 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	259,580	259,394	255,755	0.1	1.5
--Unemployed	12,397	13,906	13,039	-10.9	-4.9
--Employed	247,183	245,488	242,716	0.7	1.8
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.8%/4.4%	5.4%/4.4%	5.1%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.3%	4.4%/4.2%	4.1%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,648,000	8,027,000	7,930,000	-4.7	-3.6
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.8%	6.1%	6.1%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	245,000	295,000	344,000	-16.9	-28.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,316,000	3,703,000	3,649,000	-10.5	-9.1
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$926.34	$838.72	$842.35	10.4	10.0
--Average Weekly Hours	44.6	43.3	43.6	2.8	0.2
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$739.94	$722.91	$730.86	2.4	1.2
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	42.3	43.4	2.8	0.2
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$633.36	$621.24	$648.08	2.0	-2.3
--Average Weekly Hours	40.6	39.9	41.2	1.8	-1.5
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$574.08	$568.01	$549.17	1.1	4.5
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.4	40.8	0.5	2.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	15,008	21,726	14,545	-30.9	3.2
--Benefits Paid	$2,744,491	$4,013,221	$2,528,487	-31.6	8.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$182.87	$184.72	$173.84	-1.0	5.2
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	204,522	201,065	201,527	1.7	1.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.4%	1.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	166.2	165.0	162.5	0.7	2.3
----Food & Beverages	163.9	163.7	160.2	0.1	2.3
----Housing	163.0	162.8	159.5	0.1	2.2
----Apparel	135.2	132.7	135.8	1.9	-0.4
----Transportation	144.3	140.6	141.5	2.6	2.0
----Medical Care	249.1	248.3	240.7	0.3	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.0	101.8	101.1	0.2	0.9
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.7	100.8	99.9	-0.1	0.8
----Other Goods & Services	256.1	253.3	234.7	1.1	9.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	123.5	122.8	124.9	0.6	-1.1

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

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