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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2014-2016 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE MAY 18TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.2%
LOWEST: S. DAKOTA 2.5%
HIGHEST: ALASKA 6.7%
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY MAY
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING +1.4% CONSTRUCTION -1.9% MANUFACTURING 0%
BY STATE
HIGHEST CALIFORNIA
500
400
300
$2.89
LOWEST S. CAROLINA
$2.00
291 2016
MONTANA 28TH HIGHEST
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 4.7 SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$2.33
%
/GAL.
/GAL.
270
2015 2014
/GAL.
200 150
100
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
200 237
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2014-2016
NEW
14,112
14,660
14,833
15,559
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20000
15000
10000
5000
0
107 95
96
2016 2015 2014
17,550.74 -0.8% 4,753.61 -2.2% 2,056.14 -0.9% 28.34 -8.9% 
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
INFORMATION
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
-0.5%
0% +0.4% 0% +0.8% -2.4% -2.2%
AIRPORT STATS
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
DEPARTURES
 27.99 +2.3% 
MAY
2015 2016
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
WEYERHAEUSER CO. (WY): APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 24 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON MAY 24.
  
SPRING INTO SAVINGS
FREE
PRICE MATCH GUARANTEE
50 Q1
Q2 Q3
Q4
GOVERNMENT -0.7%
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED PAYROLL DECREASED BY 2,700 JOBS IN MAY. SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES MAY GLACIER 8.0%
LINCOLN 7.5% BIG HORN 7.3% MINERAL 6.4% SANDERS 6.3% GRANITE 5.4% BROADWATER 5.1% RICHLAND 4.9% FLATHEAD 4.8% ROOSEVELT 4.7%
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SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
22.85 +0.5% 26.00 -2.8% 
61.7 +8.3%
ALIGNMENT CHECK
ON TIRES
ON MOST VEHICLES*
ON ALL NAME BRAND TIRES AVAILABLE THRU THE GM TIRE PROGRAM.*
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