Economic Indicators

"The number of building permits continues to increase over last year; December 1999 indicates 120 authorized permits compared to 82 in December 1998."

				Percent Change
	Dec 1999 (p)	Nov 1999 (r)	Dec 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	260,592	261,694	256,919	-0.4	1.4
--Unemployed	11,561	10,768	11,743	7.4	-1.5
--Employed	249,031	250,926	245,176	-0.8	1.6
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.4%/4.4%	4.1%/4.4%	4.6%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.7%/4.1%	3.8%/4.1%	4.0%/4.4%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,037,000	8,057,000	8,220,000	-0.2	-2.2
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.0%	6.0%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	267,000	272,000	358,000	-1.8	-25.4
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,332,000	3,045,000	3,455,000	9.4	-3.6
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$873.59	$868.77	$857.92	0.6	1.8
--Average Weekly Hours	45.1	44.1	44.8	2.3	0.7
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$778.34	$757.22	$755.57	2.8	3.0
--Average Weekly Hours	45.2	44.7	43.7	1.1	3.4
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$605.82	$600.73	$603.44	0.8	0.4
--Average Weekly Hours	39.7	39.6	39.7	0.3	0.0
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$605.77	$594.60	$583.19	1.9	3.9
--Average Weekly Hours	42.6	42.2	42.6	0.9	0.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	10,860	8,638	16,199	25.7	-33.0
--Benefits Paid	$2,161,764	$1,573,591	$2,870,597	37.4	-24.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$199.06	$182.17	$177.21	9.3	12.3
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	209,131	209,389	207,051	-0.1	1.0
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.5%	1.1%	1.8%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	168.3	168.3	163.9	0.0	2.7
----Food & Beverages	165.9	165.7	162.7	0.1	2.0
----Housing	164.8	164.9	161.3	-0.1	2.2
----Apparel	130.1	133.6	130.7	-2.6	-0.5
----Transportation	148.3	147.6	140.7	0.5	5.4
----Medical Care	254.2	253.3	245.2	0.4	3.7
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.0	101.9	101.2	0.1	0.8
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.3	102.2	100.7	0.1	1.6
----Other Goods & Services	263.0	263.0	250.3	0.0	5.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.0	128.4	122.8	-0.3	4.2
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	120	121	82	-0.8	46.3
--Valuation	$10,731,000	$12,785,000	$8,498,000	-16.1	26.3

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

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