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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE JULY 17TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.2%
LOWEST: S. DAKOTA 2.8%
HIGHEST: ALASKA 6.7%
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY JULY TO AUG.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 0% CONSTRUCTION -1.6% MANUFACTURING -1.0% TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES -1.1% INFORMATION 0%
BY STATE
HIGHEST HAWAII
500
400
300 291
$2.71
449
LOWEST S. CAROLINA
$1.92
271
MONTANA 11TH HIGHEST
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 4.9 SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$2.30
%
/GAL.
405 356
2016 2015 2014
124 100
2016 2015 2014
/GAL.
200 237
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
200 150
100 95 96
95
50 Q1
38,255 36,079
39,341
37,401
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AIRPORT STATS
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
140
40000
35000
30000
25000
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
-0.4%
+1.5% +0.7% +0.8%
JULY
2015 2016
0
DEPARTURES
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
20000 15000 10000 5000
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
WEYERHAUSER CO. (WY)
APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
18,493.74 +.00003%  5,216.92 +2.3%  2,176.2 +0.3%  31.12 -4.2%  29.7 +12.1%  29.05 +4.6%  58.98 -4.2%  59.05 -5.9 
ARRIVALS
/GAL.
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT.
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES JULY
GLACIER 9.2% LINCOLN 7.8% BIG HORN 7.4% SANDERS 6.8% MINERAL 6.4% ROSEBUD 6.3% ROOSEVELT 6.2% GRANITE 5.5% PHILLIPS 4.9% HILL 4.9%
0 2 4 6 8 10
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON AUG. 24 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON JULY 25.
Q2
Q3 Q4
-1.7% GOVERNMENT -0.4%