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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE OCTOBER 13TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4.1%
BY STATE
600 500
525
HIGHEST HAWAII
$2.81
LOWEST: NORTH DAKOTA 2.8%
LOWEST INDIANA
400
$1.80
300
200
271
235 237
356
HIGHEST: WEST VIRGINIA 6.9%
MONTANA 8TH HIGHEST
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
$2.36
RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015 200
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5.0% SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY SEPT.-OCT.
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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)
17,807.21 5,112.78 2,090.26 50.02 18.23 29.25 54.08 27.31
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED PAYROLL DECREASED BY 900 JOBS IN SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER’S DATA WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN THE BEACON WENT TO PRESS.
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES OCTOBER
MINERAL 8.4% GLACIER 8.2% LINCOLN 7.6% SANDERS 7.0% ROSEBUD 5.2% BIG HORN 5.2% GRANITE 5.1% TREASURE 5.0% FLATHEAD 5.0% WHEATLAND 4.8%
0 2 4 6 8 10
/GAL.
370
/GAL.
2015 2014 2013
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
AIRPORT STATS
142
124
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES INFORMATION
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
150
107
100
96 235
-2.2% -4.4% +1.1% +0.8% +1.6% -0.7% +0.2% -0.7% -0.2% -0.5% GOVERNMENT +0.1%
SEPTEMBER
2014 2015
0
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
102
2015 2014 2013
Q4
+0.9% +1.6% +0.7% +22.4% +10.8 +5.3% -2.9% -2.5%
25000
20000
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
19,878
20,356
23.175
22,884
DEPARTURES
/GAL.
50 Q1 Q2 SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
Q3
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, NOV. 23 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON OCT. 23.
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
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