Economic Indicators

"Several figures suggest a tightening U.S. labor market. The unemployment rate fell, the number of discouraged workers fell, and the number of persons working part time for economic reasons fell."

				Percent Change
	Oct 1999 (p)	Sep 1999 (r)	Oct 1998 (b)	Month	Year
Wyoming Total Civilian Labor Force(1)	263,054	262,229	260,909	0.3	0.8
--Unemployed	10,276	9,785	10,616	5.0	-3.2
--Employed	252,778	252,444	250,293	0.1	1.0
Wyoming Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.9%/4.6%	3.7%/4.6%	4.1%/4.8%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Unemployment Rate/Seas. Adj.	3.8%/4.1%	4.1%/4.2%	4.2%/4.5%	N/A	N/A
U.S. Multiple Jobholders	8,014,000	7,584,000	8,234,000	5.7	-2.7
--As a Percent of All Workers	6.0%	5.7%	6.2%	N/A	N/A
U. S. Discouraged Workers	271,000	289,000	333,000	-6.2	-18.6
U.S. Part Time for Economic Reasons	2,832,000	2,948,000	3,086,000	-3.9	-8.2
Hours & Earnings for Production Workers
Wyoming Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$862.17	$877.40	$863.77	-1.7	-0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	43.5	43.5	45.2	0.0	-3.8
U.S. Mining
--Average Weekly Earnings	$749.47	$759.68	$751.08	-1.3	-0.2
--Average Weekly Hours	44.4	44.4	44.0	0.0	0.9
Wyoming Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$596.12	$600.78	$619.86	-0.8	-3.8
--Average Weekly Hours	39.4	38.0	40.7	3.7	-3.2
U.S. Manufacturing
--Average Weekly Earnings	$588.28	$589.22	$567.75	-0.2	3.6
--Average Weekly Hours	41.9	41.7	41.9	0.5	0.0
Wyoming Unemployment Insurance
--Weeks Compensated (2)	5,788	5,666	6,298	2.2	-8.1
--Benefits Paid	$1,068,727	$1,043,915	$1,110,098	2.4	-3.7
--Average Weekly Benefit Payment	$184.65	$184.24	$176.26	0.2	4.8
--State Insured Covered Jobs (1)	213,737	218,805	211,382	-2.3	1.1
--Insured Unemployment Rate	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	N/A	N/A
Consumer Price Index (U) for All U.S. Urban Consumers (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Items	168.2	167.9	164.0	0.2	2.6
----Food & Beverages	165.5	165.1	162.4	0.2	1.9
----Housing	165.0	165.2	161.4	-0.1	2.2
----Apparel	134.6	131.8	135.6	2.1	-0.7
----Transportation	147.3	146.5	141.3	0.5	4.2
----Medical Care	252.8	252.3	244.3	0.2	3.5
----Recreation (Dec. 1997=100)	101.8	101.7	101.1	0.1	0.7
----Education & Communication (Dec. 1997=100)	102.1	101.9	101.0	0.2	1.1
----Other Goods & Services	263.2	262.6	241.3	0.2	9.1
Producer Prices (1982 to 1984 = 100)
--All Commodities	127.9	128.0	124.0	-0.1	3.1
Wyoming Building Permits
--New Privately Owned Housing Units Authorized	156	137	137	13.9	13.9
--Valuation	$20,489,000	$22,693,000	$21,459,000	-9.7	-4.5

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

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