Economic Indicators

"Pushed up by rising fuel costs, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.7 percent over the year."

				Percent Change
	March 2000 (p)	February 2000 (r)	March 1999 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	259,891	258,480	260,437	0.5	-0.2
--Unemployed	12,466	14,061	15,245	-11.3	-18.2
--Employed	247,425	244,419	245,192	1.2	0.9
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.8%/4.0%	5.4%/4.2%	5.9%/5.0%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	4.3%/4.1%	4.4%/4.1%	4.4%/4.2%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	7,707,000	7,735,000	8,027,000	-0.4	-4.0
--As a percent of all workers	5.7%	5.8%	6.1%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	257,000	262,000	295,000	-1.9	-12.9
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	3,306,000	3,296,000	3,703,000	0.3	-10.7
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$857.58	$863.30	$858.02	-0.7	-0.1
--Average Weekly Hours	43.4	44.8	43.4	-3.1	0.0
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$752.51	$756.32	$717.82	-0.5	4.8
--Average Weekly Hours	43.7	44.1	42.2	-0.9	3.6
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$599.01	$614.64	$629.20	-2.5	-4.8
--Average Weekly Hours	39.1	39.4	40.0	-0.8	-2.2
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$590.96	$588.89	$568.42	0.4	4.0
--Average Weekly Hours	41.5	41.5	41.4	0.0	0.2
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	15,707	18,402	21,726	-14.6	-27.7
--Benefits Paid	$2,988,754	$3,499,963	$4,013,221	-14.6	-25.5
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$190.28	$190.19	$184.72	0.0	3.0
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	203,858	201,751	203,325	1.0	0.3
--Insured Unemployment Rate	1.9%	2.1%	2.4%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	171.1	169.7	165.0	0.8	3.7
----Food & Beverages	167.1	166.8	163.7	0.2	2.1
----Housing	167.6	166.9	162.8	0.4	2.9
----Apparel	132.5	129.2	132.7	2.6	-0.2
----Transportation	153.4	149.7	140.6	2.5	9.1
----Medical Care	258.1	257.0	248.3	0.4	3.9
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	102.9	102.5	101.8	0.4	1.1
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.0	102.2	100.8	-0.2	1.2
----Other Goods & Services	268.0	266.7	253.3	0.5	5.8
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	131.0	129.8	122.6	0.9	6.9
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	175	90	319	94.4	-45.1
--Valuation	$45,640,000	$10,774,000	$35,586,000	323.6	28.3

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

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