Economic Indicators

"After remaining flat for two months in a row, the consumer price index increased 0.3 percent from June to July."

				Percent Change
	Jul 1999 (p)	Jun 1999 (r)	Jul 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	267,750	267,886	265,056	-0.1	1.0
--Unemployed	10,868	12,186	11,335	-10.8	-4.1
--Employed	256,882	255,700	253,721	0.5	1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.5%	4.5%/4.9%	4.3%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.3%	4.5%/4.3%	4.7%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,636,000	7,492,000	7,643,000	1.9	-0.1
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.7%	5.6%	5.8%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	290,000	220,000	374,000	31.8	-22.5
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,537,000	3,641,000	4,025,000	-2.9	-12.1
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$838.93	$843.92	$845.85	-0.6	-0.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.9	44.3	45.5	-0.9	-3.5
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$757.15	$749.19	$735.76	1.1	2.9
--Average Weekly Hours	44.2	44.2	43.9	0.0	0.7
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$582.23	$583.11	$593.98	-0.2	-2.0
--Average Weekly Hours	39.5	38.9	40.6	1.5	-2.7
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$574.33	$581.02	$549.92	-1.2	4.4
--Average Weekly Hours	41.2	41.8	41.1	-1.4	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	7,949	10,614	8,067	-25.1	-1.5
--Benefits Paid	$1,462,136	$1,958,554	$1,390,758	-25.3	5.1
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$183.94	$184.53	$172.40	-0.3	6.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	215,494	220,809	214,382	-2.4	0.5
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	1.2%	1.0%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	166.7	166.2	163.2	0.3	2.1
----Food & Beverages	164.2	164.1	160.9	0.1	2.1
----Housing	164.7	164.1	161.2	0.4	2.2
----Apparel	127.3	130.9	129.6	-2.8	-1.8
----Transportation	144.7	143.4	141.8	0.9	2.0
----Medical Care	251.1	250.2	242.7	0.4	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.2	101.1	0.0	1.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	100.4	100.3	100.0	0.1	0.4
----Other Goods & Services	258.3	255.9	237.8	0.9	8.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	125.5	125.1	124.9	0.3	0.5

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

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