Economic Indicators

"The number of new building permits rose from 77 in January 1999 to 88 in January 2000."

				Percent Change
	Jan 2000 (p)	Dec 1999 (r)	Jan 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	257,312	260,091	255,840	-1.1	0.6
--Unemployed	13,702	11,540	16,300	18.7	-15.9
--Employed	243,610	248,551	239,540	-2.0	1.7
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	5.3%/4.1%	4.4%/4.4%	6.4%/5.1%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.5%/4.0%	3.7%/4.1%	4.8%/4.3%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,637,000	8,037,000	7,897,000	-5.0	-3.3
--As a Percent of All Workers	5.7%	6.0%	6.0%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	234,000	267,000	339,000	-12.4	-31.0
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,535,000	3,332,000	3,815,000	6.1	-7.3
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$873.24	$884.52	$838.93	-1.3	4.1
--Average Weekly Hours	45.6	45.5	43.9	0.2	3.9
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$766.34	$761.46	$728.83	0.6	5.1
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	44.4	42.3	0.0	5.0
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$611.42	$600.46	$618.20	1.8	-1.1
--Average Weekly Hours	39.6	39.4	40.3	0.5	-1.7
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$589.47	$603.50	$564.16	-2.3	4.5
--Average Weekly Hours	41.6	42.5	41.3	-2.1	0.7
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	14,011	12,164	18,428	15.2	-24.0
--Benefits Paid	$2,642,468	$2,210,676	$3,379,974	19.5	-21.8
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$188.60	$181.74	$183.41	3.8	2.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	202,139	209,131	199,604	-3.3	1.3
--Insured Unemployment Rate	2.0%	1.5%	2.5%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	168.7	168.3	164.3	0.2	2.7
----Food & Beverages	166.6	165.9	163.9	0.4	1.6
----Housing	165.8	164.8	161.8	0.6	2.5
----Apparel	126.8	130.1	127.9	-2.5	-0.9
----Transportation	148.3	148.3	140.4	0.0	5.6
----Medical Care	255.5	254.2	246.6	0.5	3.6
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.3	102.0	101.7	0.3	0.6
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.7	102.3	100.9	0.4	1.8
----Other Goods & Services	264.7	263.0	255.4	0.6	3.6
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	128.3	128.0	122.9	0.2	4.4
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	88	120	77	-26.7	14.3
--Valuation	$9,030,000	$10,731,000	$8,349,000	-15.9	8.2

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

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