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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2014-2016 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE MARCH 17TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.3%
LOWEST: S. DAKOTA 2.5%
HIGHEST: ALASKA 6.6%
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY MAR-APR.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING -1.4% CONSTRUCTION 0.4% MANUFACTURING +1.0% TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES -0.1% INFORMATION 0%
BY STATE
HIGHEST CALIFORNIA
500
$2.77
LOWEST OKLAHOMA
$1.87
300
200
291 237
270
2016 2015 2014
MONTANA 18TH LOWEST
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NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.0 SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$2.04
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2014-2016 200
%
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15000
12000
9000
6000
3000
0
96
2016 2015 2014
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
GOVERNMENT
+0.4% +0.2% +0.4% -0.5% +0.6%
0%
AIRPORT STATS
150
100 107
95
50 Q1
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
MARCH
2015 2016
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED PAYROLL INCREASED BY 400 JOBS IN MARCH. SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES MARCH
LINCOLN 12.4% GLACIER 10.4% SANDERS 10.1% MINERAL 9.1% BIG HORN 8.9% PHILLIPS 7.4% FLATHEAD 7.1% GRANITE 7.0% ROOSEVELT 6.6% MUSSELSHELL 6.4%
0 3 6 9 12 15
DEPARTURES
ARRIVALS
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
WEYERHAEUSER CO. (WY) APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
17,894.04 4,881.89 2,080.59 32.0
20.9 26.13 56.17 31.21
+2.1%  +2.3%  +2.2%  +5.4%  +4.7%  +4.3%  -7.7%  +0.1% 
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, APRIL 25 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON MARCH 24.
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
/GAL.
400
/GAL.
/GAL.
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
15,192
14,246
15,682
14,738
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