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Maine Business Index

Prepared by Stanley M. Max

 

1998

1999

1987 = 100

Raw Data Units

Assigned Weights

APR

MAY

JUN

APR

MAY

JUN

MAINE BUSINESS INDEX (Composite)

129.3

130.8

130.6

143.2

144.0

148.8

Truck freight on Turnpike 1

(tons)

1.9%

169.7

154.8

173.2

168.7

166.6

178.0

Automobiles on Turnpike 1

(number)

27.4%

179.3

183.8

176.9

220.8

219.4

216.8

Construction employment 2

(workers)

6.8%

81.4

81.5

81.9

96.2

94.7

92.7

Manufacturing production 2

(hours)

20.2%

112.2

113.4

112.9

115.1

113.3

115.1

Fish landings 3

(pounds)

0.5%

177.9

150.4

128.0

129.7

115.3

122.4

Electricity sales 4

(kwh)

3.2%

112.4

102.8

108.0

105.6

108.9

102.3

Agricultural sales 5

(1982 $)

1.3%

108.8

106.6

101.0

136.3

131.9

122.3

Hotel and motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

1.0%

125.3

142.7

111.9

140.9

133.8

136.9

State government expenditures 6

(1987 $)

12.8%

118.5

122.8

144.1

122.9

140.4

176.7

Retail sales, less motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

18.3%

106.5

106.6

101.5

109.9

107.5

110.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate 7

(1987 $)

6.6%

104.3

104.8

104.5

100.1

100.0

100.4

SOURCES: 1 Maine Turnpike Authority; 2 Maine Department of Labor; 3 National Marine Fisheries Service; 4 Central Maine Power Company; 5 U.S. Department of Agriculture; 6 Maine Department of Finance and Administration; 7 U.S. Department of Commerce.

 

 

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