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ECONOMIC INDICATORS
AVERAGE GAS PRICE
RESIDENTIAL SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATE NOVEMBER 13TH LOWEST: MONTANA 4%
LOWEST: N. DAKOTA 2.8
BY STATE
600 500
525
HIGHEST CALIFORNIA
$2.84
%
LOWEST MISSOURI
271
356
237 2013
HIGHEST: WEST VIRGINIA 6.9%
NATIONAL AVERAGE: 5% SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY
$1.69
2015 2014
MONTANA 18TH HIGHEST
200 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 RESIDENTIAL LAND SALES FLATHEAD COUNTY 2013-2015
$2.01
200 150
100
/GAL.
400 300
235
370
/GAL.
12,469
14,016
13,687
16,049
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5000
0
2014 2015
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NASDAQ
S & P 500
PLUM CREEK (PCL)
APPLIED MATERIAL (AMAT) GLACIER BANK (GBCI) NORTHWESTERN ENERGY (NWE) CENTURYLINK (CTL)
17,469.99 5,016.92 2,049.55 48.52 18.80 27.05 54.08 25.71
FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE SELF-EMPLOYED OR AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT. IN TOTAL, MONTANA’S NON-AGRICULTURAL, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED PAYROLL EXPERIENCED NO CHANGE IN NOVEMBER. SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY MT COUNTIES NOV.
LINCOLN 9.2% MINERAL 9.0% GLACIER 8.8% SANDERS 8.0% GRANITE 6.0% WHEATLAND 5.9% FLATHEAD 5.9% PARK 5.6% BIG HORN 5.6% ROSEBUD 5.4%
0 2 4 6 8 10
AIRPORT STATS
142
107 102
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING CONSTRUCTION
MANUFACTURING
TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES INFORMATION
FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES
EDUCATION & HEALTH SERVICES
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY
OTHER SERVICES
GOVERNMENT
-1.2%
+2.0% 0% -0.8% 0% +0.4% +0.3% 0% 0% -1.1% +0.3%
GLACIER PARK INT’L AIRPORT
124
2015 2014 2013
Q4
-1.4%  -1.8%  -1.5%  -4.5%  -0.1%  -7.9%  +0.6%  -4.5% 
20000
15000
10000
96 235
NOVEMBER
DEPARTURES
ARRIVALS
SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MONTH IN STOCKS: LISTED IN TRADING PRICE ON MONDAY, DEC. 28 AND PERCENT CHANGE FROM CLOSING ON NOV. 30.
SOURCE: MT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
/GAL.
SOURCE: GASBUDDY.COM
MONTANA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE BY INDUSTRY NOV.-DEC.
50 Q1
SOURCE: JIM KELLEY AT KELLEY APPRAISAL IN KALISPELL
MONTHLY STOCK INDICATORS
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