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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2016 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE APRIL 16TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.2%
BY STATE
HIGHEST CALIFORNIA
500
400
300
$2.80
LOWEST MISSISSIPPI
HIGHEST: ILLINOIS 6.6%
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.0 SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$2.04
291 2016
MONTANA 22ND LOWEST
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
%
$2.24
200 150
100
/GAL.
LOWEST: S. DAKOTA 2.5%
/GAL.
270
2015 2014
200 237
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2016
12,154
12,934
12,933
13,694
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AIRPORT STATS
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
15000
12000
9000
6000
3000
0
107 95
96
2016 2015 2014
+0.6% 0% 0% +1.0% +0% +3.0% +1.1% GOVERNMENT -0.1
APRIL
2015 2016
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED PAYROLL INCREASED BY 2,000 JOBS IN APRIL. SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES APRIL
LINCOLN 9.3% GLACIER 8.3% SANDERS 7.5% BIG HORN 7.4% MINERAL 7.2% GRANITE 6.1% PHILLIPS 5.6% FLATHEAD 5.6% RICHLAND 5.4% WHEATLAND 5.2%
0 2 4 6 8 10
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTURES
ARRIVALS
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
WEYERHAEUSER (WY)
APPLIED MATERIALS (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
17,510.74 -2.7%  4,776.49 -2.6%  2,050.32 -1.9%  30.78 -4.6%  22.85 +8.3%  25.95 -1.5%  56.05 -0.7%  26.98 -14.0% 
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, MAY 23 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON APRIL 22.
/GAL.
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY APRIL TO MAY
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 0% CONSTRUCTION -3.3% MANUFACTURING 0%
50 Q1
Q2 Q3
Q4
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