Component Changes, 1997

 

Month

Building Permits

Initial Claims

Stock Prices

Tourism Index

Help Wanted

National Economy

Leading Index

Percent Change

January

+0.22

+0.45

+0.75

+1.09

+0.65

+0.46

131.5

+0.6

February

+0.61

+1.33

+1.11

+0.91

+0.88

+0.61

132.7

+0.9

March

-0.19

+2.02

+0.66

+0.90

+1.13

+0.30

133.8

+0.8

April

+0.16

+1.04

-0.42

+0.61

+0.85

-0.15

134.2

+0.3

May

+0.42

+0.48

-0.62

+0.56

+0.53

+0.30

134.6

+0.3

June

+0.95

+0.12

+0.00

+0.43

+0.47

+0.15

135.1

+0.4

July

+1.17

-0.38

+0.78

+0.48

+0.17

+0.45

135.7

+0.4

August

+1.41

-0.03

+1.49

+0.19

+0.00

+0.15

136.4

+0.5

September

+1.56

-0.38

+2.40

+0.57

-0.18

+0.30

137.4

+0.7

October

+3.06

+0.08

+2.75

+0.83

+0.36

+0.00

139.0

+1.2

November

+1.37

+1.56

+2.07

+0.99

+0.65

+0.15

140.6

+1.1

December

+0.10

+1.07

+0.99

+0.85

+0.50

+0.00

141.4

+0.6


For more information on the University of San Diego's Index of Leading Economic Indicators or the activities of the University's Economic Research Group, please contact:

 

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School of Business Administration 
University of San Diego 
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TEL: (619) 260-4883 

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