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Economic Indicators
by: David Bullard, Senior Economist

"The number of residential building permits issued in October 2002 was up 18.8 percent from October 2001."

 

Oct Sep Oct Percent Change
2002 2002 2001  Month  Year
____(p)___ ____ (r)___ ____(b)___ _____ _____
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1) 272,697 271,743 273,606 0.4 -0.3
            Unemployed 9,232 9,042 9,424 2.1 -2.0
            Employed 263,465 262,701 264,182 0.3 -0.3
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 3.4%/3.9% 3.3%/3.9% 3.4%/4.0% N/A N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj. 5.3%/5.7% 5.4%/5.6% 5.0%/5.4% N/A N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders 7,236,000 7,232,000 7,112,000 0.1 1.7
      As a percent of all workers 5.4% 5.4% 5.3% N/A N/A
U.S. Discouraged Workers 355,000 387,000 330,000 -8.3 7.6
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons 3,891,000 3,854,000 3,954,000 1.0 -1.6
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
       Average Weekly Earnings $895.64 $932.97 $880.99 -4.0 1.7
       Average Weekly Hours 40.6 41.3 41.4 -1.7 -1.9
U.S. Mining Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $752.80 $764.21 $772.59 -1.5 -2.6
       Average Weekly Hours 42.7 43.2 43.6 -1.2 -2.1
Wyoming Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $629.88 $650.37 $631.79 -3.2 -0.3
       Average Weekly Hours 36.9 38.1 37.9 -3.1 -2.6
U.S. Manufacturing Hours & Earnings
       Average Weekly Earnings $630.27 $636.85 $607.78 -1.0 3.7
       Average Weekly Hours 40.9 41.3 40.6 -1.0 0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
       Weeks Compensated (2) 12,044 8,659 6,900 39.1 74.6
       Benefits Paid $2,756,230 $2,001,181 $1,471,224 37.7 87.3
       Average Weekly Benefit Payment $228.85 $231.11 $213.22 -1.0 7.3
       State Insured Covered Jobs (1) 226,143 230,255 222,473 -1.8 1.6
        Insured Unemployment Rate 1.3% 1.2% 0.8% N/A N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers 
(1982 to 1984 = 100)
         All Items 181.3 181.0 177.7 0.2 2.0
               Food & Beverages 177.1 176.9 175.3 0.1 1.0
               Housing 181.4 181.5 176.7 -0.1 2.7
               Apparel 126.8 124.6 129.5 1.8 -2.1
               Transportation 154.9 154.0 152.3 0.6 1.7
               Medical Care 289.2 287.7 275.9 0.5 4.8
               Recreation (Dec. 1997=100) 106.4 106.2 105.3 0.2 1.0
               Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100) 109.4 109.5 107.1 -0.1 2.1
               Other Goods & Services 295.4 297.0 285.6 -0.5 3.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
       All Commodities 133.1 132.0 130.3 0.8 2.1
Wyoming Building Permits
      New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized 202 245 170 -17.6 18.8
      Valuation $27,332,000 $28,099,000 $19,065,000 -2.7 43.4
(p) Preliminary.  (r) Revised.  (b) Benchmarked.
(1) Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program estimates.
(2) Not Normalized.


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