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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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