Economic Indicators

"U.S. labor markets continued to tighten in August, as the unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent and the number of discouraged workers fell by 5.4 percent."

				Percent Change
	August 1999 (p)	July 1999 (r)	August 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force (1)	264,807	267,965	262,521	-1.2	0.9
--Unemployed	9,767	10,884	10,407	-10.3	-6.1
-- Employed	255,040	257,081	252,114	-0.8	1.2
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.7%/4.4%	4.1%/4.5%	4.0%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.2%/4.2%	4.5%/4.3%	4.5%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,298,000	7,636,000	7,462,000	-4.4	-2.2
-- As a percent of all workers	5.4%	5.7%	5.6%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers	265,000	290,000	280,000	-8.6	-5.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,238,000	3,537,000	3,508,000	-8.5	-7.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
--Wyoming Mining
---- Average Weekly Earnings	$854.88	$849.23	$870.42	0.7	-1.8
---- Average Weekly Hours	45.4	45.1	45.5	0.7	-0.2
--U.S. Mining
---- Average Weekly Earnings	$760.06	$764.44	$742.72	-0.6	2.3
---- Average Weekly Hours	44.5	44.6	44.0	-0.2	1.1
--Wyoming Manufacturing
---- Average Weekly Earnings	$590.40	$575.20	$585.78	2.6	0.8
---- Average Weekly Hours	40.3	40.0	39.0	0.7	3.3
--U.S. Manufacturing
---- Average Weekly Earnings	$580.88	$573.50	$560.87	1.3	3.6
---- Average Weekly Hours	41.7	41.2	41.7	1.2	0.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
-- Weeks Compensated (2)	7,508	7,949	6,655	-5.5	12.8
-- Benefits Paid	$1,367,306	$1,462,136	$1,141,298	-6.5	19.8
-- Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$182.11	$183.94	$171.49	-1.0	6.2
-- State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	219,639	215,494	215,087	1.9	2.1
-- Insured Unemployment Rate	0.9%	1.1%	0.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
-- All Items	167.1	166.7	163.4	0.2	2.3
---- Food & Beverages	164.7	164.2	161.4	0.3	2.0
---- Housing	165.0	164.7	161.5	0.2	2.2
---- Apparel	127.5	127.3	131.6	0.2	-3.1
---- Transportation	145.7	144.7	141.2	0.7	3.2
---- Medical Care	251.9	251.1	243.5	0.3	3.4
---- Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.2	101.3	0.0	0.9
---- Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.2	100.4	100.1	0.8	1.1
---- Other Goods & Services	257.6	258.3	238.0	-0.3	8.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	126.8	125.5	124.2	1.0	2.1
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	175	142	139	23.2	25.9
--Valuation	$26,835,000	$22,435,000	$20,157,000	19.6	33.1

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

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