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Maine Business Index

Prepared by Stanley M. Max

 

1999

2000

1987 = 100

Raw Data Units

Assigned Weights

JAN

FEB

MAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

MAINE BUSINESS INDEX (Composite)

136.9

141.2

146.4

154.6

146.7

147.5

Truck freight on Turnpike 1

(tons)

1.8%

155.7

165.2

173.9

203.4

209.2

204.3

Automobiles on Turnpike 1

(number)

27.4%

202.6

203.7

216.3

218.9

209.7

205.9

Construction employment 2

(workers)

6.8%

87.4

90.6

90.9

102.2

104.1

105.4

Manufacturing production 2

(hours)

19.5%

115.4

120.5

117.5

130.9

130.2

132.3

Fish landings 3

(pounds)

0.5%

127.5

112.9

139.3

150.3

150.7

150.6

Electricity sales 4

(kwh)

3.1%

111.1

101.2

102.2

106.3

113.2

108.7

Agricultural sales 5

(1982 $)

1.2%

120.3

112.1

129.7

124.8

116.0

112.1

Hotel and motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

1.0%

146.5

119.4

112.1

132.4

118.5

139.7

State government expenditures 6

(1996 $)

14.0%

117.5

145.7

150.0

172.7

141.1

136.0

Retail sales, less motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

17.9%

111.4

107.8

114.7

116.6

110.1

121.3

Finance, insurance, and real estate 7

(1992 $)

6.8%

99.7

100.5

100.2

97.7

98.5

98.6

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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