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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015 600
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE AUGUST 11TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.1%
BY STATE
HIGHEST ALASKA
500 400 300
235
472
$2.99
LOWEST: NEBRASKA 2.8%
LOWEST S. CAROLINA
271
356
237 2013
HIGHEST: WEST VIRGINIA 7.6%
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.1% SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$1.95
2015 2014
MONTANA 9TH HIGHEST
200 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
$2.52
200 150
100
50 Q1 Q2 SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
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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)
16,100.37 -3.2% 
AIRPORT STATS
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
124 102 2015
2014 2013
AUGUST
2014 2015
0
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
107 143 96 235
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
-0.7%
+0.7%
-0.6%
+1.7%
-1.6%
40000
35000
30000
25000
Q3
Q4
GOVERNMENT +0.2% FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED PAYROLL INCREASED BY 700 JOBS IN AUGUST. SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES AUGUST
LINCOLN 8.5% GLACIER 8.0% SANDERS 7.5% MINERAL 6.7% BIG HORN 6.6% ROSEBUD 6.1% ROOSEVELT 5.4% LAKE 5.1% PONDERA 4.9% GRANITE 4.9%
0 2 4 6 8 10
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTURES
/GAL.
370
/GAL.
/GAL.
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY AUGUST
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING -1.1% CONSTRUCTION +0.8% MANUFACTURING +1.6% TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES -0.3% INFORMATION 0%
34,242
35,143
37,111
39,710
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, SEPT. 28 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON AUG. 28.
4,591.42 -4.9% 1,897.35 -4.6% 39.25 +0.6%  14.50 -9.3%  26.35 +2.6%  53.58 +2.3%  24.98 -7.6% 
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