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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE JULY 9TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4%
BY STATE
HIGHEST CALIFORNIA
500 400
472
$3.47
LOWEST: NEBRASKA 2.7%
LOWEST S. CAROLINA
271
356
237 2013
HIGHEST: WEST VIRGINIA 7.5%
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.3% SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
MONTANA 13TH HIGHEST
200 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
$2.77
/GAL.
370
$2.10 300
2015 2014
/GAL.
235
/GAL.
200 150
100
35,137
36,552
36,079
38,255
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20000
15000
10000
5000
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
PLUM CREEK (PCL)
APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
4,676.79 -8.1% 1,951.31 -6.1% 41.83 +1.3%  15.63 -10%  25.70 -9.9%  54.60 +6.1%  26.61 -5.1 
AIRPORT STATS
143
107 102
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
124
2015 2014 2013
Q4
16,324.25 -7.1% 
JULY
2014 2015
0
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
+2.3% +1.0% +1.9% +1.2%
+1.1%
40000
35000
30000
25000
96 235
DEPARTURES
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY JULY
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 0% CONSTRUCTION -1.2% MANUFACTURING -1.1% TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES -0.5% INFORMATION +3.2%
50 Q1
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
Q2
Q3
GOVERNMENT -1.9%
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED PAYROLL INCREASED BY 700 JOBS IN JULY. SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES JULY
GLACIER 9.1% LINCOLN 8.5% SANDERS 7.2% MINERAL 6.9% BIG HORN 6.5% ROSEBUD 5.8% WHEATLAND 5.3% PONDERA 5.3% ROOSEVELT 5.2% TREASURE 5.1%
0 2 4 6 8 10
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, AUG. 24 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON JULY 24.
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