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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015 BY STATE 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE DECEMBER 14TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4%
LOWEST: NORTH DAKOTA 2.7
HIGHEST HAWAII
500 400
$2.59
405 370
%
/GAL.
LOWEST OKLAHOMA 271 356 $1.44 300 2015
2014 2013
MONTANA 20TH HIGHEST
$1.71 RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
/GAL. 200 SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
AIRPORT STATS 150
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT 124
HIGHEST: NEW MEXICO 6.7%
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.0
/GAL.
235 237
200
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
14,584
16,049
15,524
17,721
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DECEMBER
2014 2015
0
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, FEB. 22 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON JAN. 22.
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY JANUARY
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING -2.3% CONSTRUCTION +3.2% MANUFACTURING +1.1% TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES -0.4% INFORMATION -3.1%
20000
15000
100
96 235
2015 2014 2013
100
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
-0.7% -0.5% +0.1% 0% +2.7%
10000
5000
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
WEYERHAEUSER CO. (WY) APPLIED MATERIALS (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
16,602.58 +3.2%  4,563.29 -0.6%  1,941.59 +1.8%  23.48 -7.6%  18.54 +8.7%  23.73 +2.5%  59.09 +10.3%  29.83 +25.3% 
DEPARTURES
107 102
50 Q1
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
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Q2
Q3 Q4
GOVERNMENT +0.2%
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED PAYROLL INCREASED BY 600 JOBS IN DECEMBER.
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES DEC.
LINCOLN 10.4% SANDERS 9.6% MINERAL 9.4% GLACIER 9.3% BIG HORN 6.3% FLATHEAD 6.2% GRANITE 6.1% WHEATLAND 5.9% ROSEBUD 5.6% RAVALLI 5.6%
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
LOCATION
LOCATION
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