1999

2000

1996 = 100

Raw Data Units

Assigned Weights

JUL

AUG

SEP

JUL

AUG

SEP

MAINE BUSINESS INDEX (Composite)

113.8

116.6

118.6

117.5

128.6

115.1

Truck freight on Turnpike ¹

(tons)

1.8%

114.9

121.4

123.7

118.1

132.1

118.8

Automobiles on Turnpike ¹

(number)

27.4%

121.3

119.5

115.3

117.2

116.3

118.7

Construction employment ²

(workers)

6.8%

120.3

127.5

117.1

134.9

145.1

134.0

Manufacturing production ²

(hours)

19.5%

118.6

114.3

115.6

126.0

126.0

120.1

Fish landings ³

(pounds)

0.5%

115.9

86.0

91.0

92.2

92.3

92.9

Electricity sales ⁴

(kwh)

3.1%

108.5

97.0

107.7

106.7

99.2

102.1

Agricultural sales ⁵

(1982 $)

1.2%

131.8

119.9

120.3

126.0

134.0

123.0

Hotel and motel receipts ⁶

(1982-84 $)

1.0%

132.5

104.2

140.3

111.8

118.5

119.7

State government expenditures ⁶

(1996 $)

14.0%

86.5

130.0

131.0

115.8

177.6

104.0

Retail sales, less motel receipts ⁶

(1982-84 $)

17.9%

121.0

111.8

127.3

113.6

123.8

114.6

Finance, insurance, and real estate ⁷

(1996 $)

6.8%

96.4

96.2

95.8

96.7

95.9

95.7

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.