Monthly data is collected for each industry for a historical period of seven or more years.
This year's projections will have a historical period of 1994-2000, where 4 th quarter 2000 will be used as the base period. The Utah Department of Workforce Services provided the software and technical support, while the Illinois Department of Employment Security provided the training through the Short Term Forecast Consortium. They are then further divided into two and three digit coding groups, which will be used to classify the industries in these projections. We will be projecting industries through 4 th quarter 2002. Each month, employment and wage information is collected from all Arkansas employers.