Economic Indicators

"The number of building permits requested shows an increase over last year (33.0%) due to warm weather."

				Percent Change
	Nov 1999 (p)	Oct 1999 (r)	Nov 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	261,622	263,134	258,872	-0.6	1.1
--Unemployed	10,740	10,297	11,583	4.3	-7.3
--Employed	250,882	252,837	247,289	-0.8	1.5
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.1%/4.4%	3.9%/4.6%	4.5%/4.7%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.1%	3.8%/4.1%	4.1%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,057,000	8,014,000	8,307,000	0.5	-3.0
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.0%	6.0%	6.3%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	272,000	271,000	310,000	0.4	-12.3
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,045,000	2,832,000	3,159,000	7.5	-3.6
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$851.84	$841.40	$851.09	1.2	0.1
--Average Weekly Hours	44.0	43.8	44.7	0.5	-1.6
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$756.06	$759.09	$757.30	-0.4	-0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	44.5	44.6	43.8	-0.2	1.6
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$604.96	$609.74	$612.31	-0.8	-1.2
--Average Weekly Hours	39.8	39.8	41.4	0.0	-3.9
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$591.93	$589.26	$573.92	0.5	3.1
--Average Weekly Hours	42.1	42.0	42.2	0.2	-0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	8,638	5,788	9,040	49.2	-4.4
--Benefits Paid	$1,573,591	$1,068,727	$1,583,126	47.2	-0.6
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$182.17	$184.65	$175.12	-1.3	4.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	209,276	213,737	206,345	-2.1	1.4
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.1%	0.8%	1.3%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	168.3	168.2	164.0	0.1	2.6
----Food & Beverages	165.7	165.5	162.5	0.1	2.0
----Housing	164.9	165.0	161.3	-0.1	2.2
----Apparel	133.6	134.6	135.0	-0.7	-1.0
----Transportation	147.6	147.3	141.5	0.2	4.3
----Medical Care	253.3	252.8	244.7	0.2	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.9	101.8	101.3	0.1	0.6
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.2	102.1	101.0	0.1	1.2
----Other Goods & Services	263.0	263.2	240.5	-0.1	9.4
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.4	127.9	123.6	0.4	3.9
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	121	156	91	-22.4	33.0
--Valuation	$12,785,000	$20,489,000	$9,410,000	-37.6	35.9

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

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