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Show I BA ' - y ' Sun Advocate Price, Utah Tuesday September 26, 2000 r-- i r.; According to the Autumn 2000 dal developments for the state of est statewide Jobless, rates in the , Issue of Zion Bank's Insight -- Utah, the Intermountain region, nation and the lowest in Utah's Economic News of Utah and the and the nation. The Autumn 2000. history.. . The Utah economy is expected Nation released today, Utah's eco--. issue also features an update on to add roughly 25,000 net new jobs ; nomic growth pace has slowed in the global economy Following are the smallest Increase from few Utah to the a tied in during2000, highlights rcccntmonths, part tight labor availability and the higher Economic Outlook section of the since the early l990s. We ciurently expect the Utah economy to add Autumn 2000 Issue; Interest rate environment.; to ,000 jobs annually dur-- . '. 28,000 rate creation 'The state's job Utahs economic growth pace next two years. the weakest in the since now big , has clearly slowed, especially 1980a. viewed the when vibrancy against ' Utah's vibrant tourism sector Even as Utah's growth rate of the mid- - 1990s said Jeff weakness further Is to has slowed, currently employs 120,000 people, Thredguld, economic consultant Zions Sank and author of Insight. not expected. Job growth is likely or one of every nine Utah workers.-- ' According to the Utah Travel However, growth is expected to to improve during the next two Council, an estimated 182 million " improve during the next two years. years, in part tied to preparations Utah remains an attractive place for the 2002 Winter Olympic people visited Utah, last year, to Uve, work, and play . . . a reality Games. In addition, a stronger glo- spending $42 billion. Seven of ev that will be increasingly shown to bal marketplace bodes well for ery ten Utah visitors traveled by the global community in coming Utah export growth and foreign car. Residents of the Western U.S. visitation in (Doming years. represented 71 percent of all visi.v ;V: The quarterly Insist publica-tio- n : Utahs unemployment rate av- tors. ' Utahs construction sector has features updates on current eraged 2.9 percent during 2000's remained solid, with particular ; ; and projected economic and Qnan- ; first eight months, one of the low v. strength In new commercial construction along the Wasatch Front The stateVcost of doing is estimated at 93 percent of the national average, while Salt Lake City is 95 percent (source: busi-nes- -- j The estimated cost of living in Utah is closer to the national average. The ACCRA Cost of Living Index for 2000s first quarter notes Salt Lake City at 102.5, versus the national average of 100.0. Provo-Oreis 104.4, while Logan is 98.5. Cedar City Is estimated at 93.9, while St. George Is 982. The Index Includes weighted measures for grocery costa, housing, utilities, transportation, health care, and miscellaneous goods and ser vices. the-lat- . . : . SyS t Local tire centers handle Firestone recall - : sional evaluate the tires to seeif they meet the recall requirement Any tire which shows abnormal wear or shows the cords should te looked at A regular rotation program every three to five thousand miles is the most effective way to maintain. Tb obtain a free copy of Insight, call tread in a tire at Grakos American Car Cam Center. They have adjusted approximately lOOlires at no costto the owners due to the recent firestone recall, said store manager Randy Atwood. Although the store does not stock firestone tires, they have sold them upofi request Qualifying tires must meet the 230 second or better legal wear requirement said Atwood, who advised that anyone with firestone tires on any vehicle is best advised to have a profesErnie Wain measures the m I. ''ars." '.0' s" Eoonomy.com, Inc.). ; : tire safety concluded Atwood. 8. : .. :' .. a., if j.-"- ; - )- - f "' - : f V e . I ' .. . V I SISNA is offering its unparalleled Internet service to residents of Price, UJ at only $9.95 a month. Arid, if you sign up before October 31 , 2000 we'il give you the first month for free. SISNA offers the best of the Net with 56k and the latest modem d and filtering services that technologies featuring no busy signals, :. Plus, get news, streaming Web-base- . t V -- . e-ma- il, : V' A," .;i ; : . r t . . i f f . ' r 24,000 Newsgroups 24x7x365 Customer Service; i I-.- i: Free Software Package i.:. Free Internet Classes .. j ' . 4 I Over 2200 Dial-u- p 4 p: j CD Including Over ' Sign-u- p I Numbers 100 Web Applications Get Connected Today! Call Toll-fre- e (877) 467-476-2 . j ' ' f ; ; ; J - ;. t 200aSlSNA.)NC. Conan h; t 1 www.sisna.cdm j rf a ' . ' 7-- . . i |