Economic Indicators

"In September, the Producer Price Index for commodities rose faster (3.4%) than the Consumer Price Index (2.6%)."

				Percent Change
	Sep 1999 (p)	Aug 1999 (r)	Sep 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	262,224	264,884	259,264	-1.0	1.1
--Unemployed	9,766	9,791	9,992	-0.3	-2.3
--Employed	252,458	255,093	249,272	-1.0	1.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.7%/4.6%	3.7%/4.5%	3.9%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.2%	4.2%/4.2%	4.4%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,584,000	7,298,000	7,906,000	3.9	-4.1
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.7%	5.4%	6.0%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	289,000	265,000	317,000	9.1	-8.8
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	2,948,000	3,238,000	3,112,000	-9.0	-5.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$862.00	$865.93	$830.76	-0.5	3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.1	43.8	43.0	-1.6	0.2
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$754.55	$758.28	$734.02	-0.5	2.8
--Average Weekly Hours	44.1	44.5	42.9	-0.9	2.8
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$600.96	$573.92	$622.75	4.7	-3.5
--Average Weekly Hours	38.4	38.7	40.1	-0.8	-4.2
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$587.39	$583.11	$564.40	0.7	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	41.8	41.5	-0.5	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	5,666	7,508	6,688	-24.5	-15.3
--Benefits Paid	$1,043,915	$1,367,306	$1,176,684	-23.7	-11.3
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$184.24	$182.11	$175.94	1.2	4.7
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	218,805	219,639	215,281	-0.4	1.6
--Insured Unemployment Rate	0.8%	0.9%	0.8%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	167.9	167.1	163.6	0.5	2.6
----Food & Beverages	165.1	164.7	161.5	0.2	2.2
----Housing	165.2	165.0	161.5	0.1	2.3
----Apparel	131.8	127.5	133.6	3.4	-1.3
----Transportation	146.5	145.7	140.7	0.5	4.1
----Medical Care	252.3	251.9	243.9	0.2	3.4
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.7	102.2	101.3	-0.5	0.4
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	101.9	101.2	100.9	0.7	1.0
----Other Goods & Services	262.6	257.6	240.4	1.9	9.2
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.0	126.8	123.8	0.9	3.4
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	137	175	147	-21.7	-6.8
--Valuation	$22,693,000	$26,835,000	$19,914,000	-15.4	14.0

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

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