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Maine Business Index

Prepared by Stanley M. Max

 

1999

2000

1996 = 100

Raw Data Units

Assigned Weights

APR

MAY

JUN

APR

MAY

JUN

MAINE BUSINESS INDEX (Composite)

114.5

116.2

121.2

117.1

117.6

125.9

Truck freight on Turnpike 1

(tons)

1.8%

105.1

103.9

110.5

116.4

130.4

120.5

Automobiles on Turnpike 1

(number)

27.4%

117.5

119.2

117.8

112.9

110.3

117.9

Construction employment 2

(workers)

6.8%

128.4

126.4

123.7

142.1

132.6

137.0

Manufacturing production 2

(hours)

19.5%

113.3

111.5

113.3

125.8

121.3

125.1

Fish landings 3

(pounds)

0.5%

98.1

111.9

128.3

88.1

95.5

94.2

Electricity sales 4

(kwh)

3.1%

98.0

100.9

94.8

100.2

104.0

104.0

Agricultural sales 5

(1982 $)

1.2%

147.1

142.4

131.6

131.0

130.0

131.6

Hotel and motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

1.0%

125.1

118.8

121.5

124.0

126.3

167.7

State government expenditures 6

(1996 $)

14.0%

110.2

126.0

158.6

117.4

127.4

149.0

Retail sales, less motel receipts 6

(1982-84 $)

17.9%

117.3

114.7

118.4

114.6

119.4

129.9

Finance, insurance, and real estate 7

(1996 $)

6.8%

96.7

97.0

97.3

96.9

97.0

97.2

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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