Washington Area Economic Indicators

Historical Table:  Leading Index and Components

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  Leading Residential South Atlantic Help Wanted For Unadjusted Seasonally
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Date (1996 = 100) Permits (1986 = 100) (1986 = 100) Insurance   1996 Dollars
Jan-88 97.5 1,504 115.4 101 4,396 861 1,191
Feb-88 100.2 3,341 120.7 102 2,970 921 1,248
Mar-88 100.3 3,924 117.6 101 2,988 1,079 1,268
Apr-88 101.0 3,877 123.3 102 2,541 1,037 1,236
May-88 100.0 3,010 124.5 97 2,538 1,097 1,213
Jun-88 99.7 3,473 121.2 95 2,859 1,096 1,229
Jul-88 99.8 3,493 118.6 99 3,177 1,009 1,196
Aug-88 100.7 3,833 120.2 104 2,798 1,006 1,117
Sep-88 99.7 3,474 116.6 94 2,267 968 1,160
Oct-88 98.7 3,960 120.5 88 2,816 911 1,091
Nov-88 100.5 3,073 118.2 105 2,982 961 1,132
Dec-88 95.3 2,799 105.6 69 3,134 1,227 1,189
Jan-89 97.8 2,100 107.8 96 3,791 825 1,109
Feb-89 98.2 2,205 112.9 92 2,881 833 1,098
Mar-89 97.6 2,388 114.6 84 2,613 959 1,103
Apr-89 98.9 3,087 108.6 90 2,424 993 1,161
May-89 98.4 2,658 112.6 85 2,710 1,132 1,229
Jun-89 98.9 3,543 118.4 82 3,000 1,165 1,284
Jul-89 98.4 2,526 117.2 84 3,318 1,094 1,278
Aug-89 98.3 3,202 114.5 79 2,644 1,117 1,228
Sep-89 99.5 3,891 116.5 81 2,077 1,042 1,241
Oct-89 97.4 1,890 117.6 78 2,840 1,008 1,197
Nov-89 97.7 2,518 117.3 74 2,612 1,025 1,194
Dec-89 96.4 3,583 103.3 69 3,529 1,268 1,215
Jan-90 98.0 4,504 109.3 78 4,285 941 1,251
Feb-90 96.9 2,095 109.8 70 2,729 981 1,279
Mar-90 96.9 2,620 112.5 65 2,753 1,136 1,290
Apr-90 95.8 2,087 104.7 63 2,615 1,063 1,229
May-90 95.6 1,934 106.4 61 2,959 1,193 1,280
Jun-90 96.2 3,078 115.4 58 3,234 1,149 1,257
Jul-90 93.9 1,319 101.9 56 3,585 1,089 1,260
Aug-90 92.6 1,950 79.0 51 3,353 1,099 1,192
Sep-90 92.4 1,283 79.1 49 2,756 1,072 1,260
Oct-90 90.4 1,491 59.8 43 3,853 1,054 1,235
Nov-90 89.9 1,516 57.1 40 3,893 1,051 1,213
Dec-90 89.7 1,068 58.1 39 3,809 1,324 1,257
Jan-91 88.1 764 56.4 38 5,751 900 1,184
Feb-91 89.8 1,032 77.0 34 3,747 887 1,138
Mar-91 92.6 1,864 113.7 35 3,845 1,026 1,144
Apr-91 92.0 1,454 106.2 33 4,020 1,090 1,234
May-91 92.8 1,903 109.1 33 3,802 1,205 1,263
Jun-91 93.1 1,693 109.9 36 3,471 1,135 1,209
Jul-91 92.3 1,782 111.5 30 4,327 1,094 1,230
Aug-91 92.3 1,539 106.2 35 3,837 1,080 1,141
Sep-91 92.7 1,332 105.0 35 2,958 1,015 1,161
Oct-91 91.7 1,482 91.0 37 4,110 989 1,132
Nov-91 90.7 1,256 80.6 33 3,675 1,000 1,125
Dec-91 90.8 1,630 73.8 35 5,400 1,312 1,217
Jan-92 90.2 1,409 79.0 35 7,508 913 1,176
Feb-92 91.2 1,495 78.0 36 5,050 962 1,212
Mar-92 92.7 2,490 84.7 37 3,614 1,047 1,143
Apr-92 93.4 2,149 101.3 36 3,472 1,032 1,141
May-92 94.4 2,661 101.1 36 2,848 1,171 1,202
Jun-92 94.0 2,063 107.7 38 4,160 1,168 1,218
Jul-92 92.9 2,140 88.2 35 3,985 1,108 1,221
Aug-92 93.1 1,725 91.2 36 3,251 1,133 1,171
Sep-92 93.6 2,087 89.2 36 3,171 1,095 1,225
Oct-92 93.1 2,004 88.3 35 3,599 1,068 1,192
Nov-92 93.3 1,512 91.7 36 3,095 1,082 1,187
Dec-92 94.9 1,997 109.7 36 3,390 1,418 1,284
Jan-93 94.9 1,938 111.5 40 4,360 968 1,220
Feb-93 94.4 1,823 103.3 39 3,668 941 1,162
Mar-93 93.7 2,435 88.0 36 3,311 1,030 1,103
Apr-93 94.7 3,483 85.7 38 3,162 1,082 1,173
May-93 94.9 2,518 83.1 39 2,397 1,214 1,221
Jun-93 94.4 2,866 77.6 38 3,306 1,226 1,252
Jul-93 94.3 2,622 69.5 42 3,924 1,233 1,331
Aug-93 94.5 2,535 74.5 39 2,819 1,231 1,243
Sep-93 96.2 2,296 86.7 41 2,127 1,269 1,385
Oct-93 94.7 2,298 71.0 43 3,385 1,194 1,299
Nov-93 96.1 2,659 84.5 43 2,751 1,214 1,298
Dec-93 97.1 2,602 99.5 44 2,466 1,456 1,284
Jan-94 96.5 1,855 107.4 45 3,689 1,011 1,239
Feb-94 97.2 1,955 100.0 45 2,484 1,104 1,327
Mar-94 97.8 2,692 99.7 47 2,976 1,344 1,402
Apr-94 98.7 2,918 103.3 49 2,479 1,303 1,377
May-94 98.0 2,813 101.1 46 2,850 1,386 1,354
Jun-94 97.0 3,674 95.6 39 3,219 1,373 1,358
Jul-94 97.3 2,618 95.6 49 4,317 1,305 1,364
Aug-94 98.2 2,871 95.3 46 2,731 1,460 1,429
Sep-94 96.9 3,231 87.8 36 2,534 1,330 1,410
Oct-94 98.7 2,737 103.8 48 3,009 1,315 1,392
Nov-94 98.3 2,186 98.6 49 2,994 1,348 1,403
Dec-94 98.5 2,415 90.9 49 2,850 1,728 1,480
Jan-95 97.0 1,523 96.9 50 6,195 1,242 1,477
Feb-95 97.8 1,932 96.9 45 2,871 1,185 1,376
Mar-95 99.2 3,803 97.7 46 2,987 1,463 1,475
Apr-95 98.4 2,313 97.3 43 2,464 1,390 1,419
May-95 98.3 2,142 97.4 43 2,810 1,547 1,467
Jun-95 97.9 2,361 93.0 43 3,849 1,592 1,537
Jul-95 97.9 2,138 95.1 43 3,456 1,438 1,471
Aug-95 99.5 3,838 104.8 43 3,302 1,553 1,489
Sep-95 98.7 2,513 98.3 42 2,890 1,420 1,473
Oct-95 98.8 2,934 95.8 43 2,957 1,384 1,437
Nov-95 98.5 2,101 96.7 44 3,429 1,447 1,480
Dec-95 97.5 1,848 87.9 45 4,512 1,753 1,477
Jan-96 96.9 1,665 86.4 42 4,389 1,218 1,425
Feb-96 98.8 1,992 100.6 45 4,167 1,356 1,553
Mar-96 98.0 2,317 91.8 46 5,742 1,509 1,500
Apr-96 99.8 2,614 95.9 44 2,458 1,532 1,547
May-96 100.9 3,565 98.6 47 2,483 1,666 1,565
Jun-96 100.6 3,531 97.0 48 2,854 1,592 1,521
Jul-96 99.6 2,556 91.4 47 3,276 1,522 1,541
Aug-96 100.6 3,319 105.8 44 3,217 1,651 1,568
Sep-96 100.7 2,252 100.4 46 2,234 1,538 1,578
Oct-96 101.7 3,486 108.6 47 2,875 1,598 1,645
Nov-96 101.2 1,713 102.3 50 2,233 1,581 1,606
Dec-96 101.2 2,095 99.0 51 2,743 1,951 1,633
Jan-97 101.4 2,349 112.0 50 3,847 1,389 1,620
Feb-97 102.0 1,808 113.0 50 2,737 1,495 1,707
Mar-97 101.3 2,014 109.7 48 2,610 1,535 1,521
Apr-97 102.2 2,473 106.9 48 2,434 1,683 1,698
May-97 103.3 2,987 117.6 49 2,127 1,739 1,633
Jun-97 103.0 2,810 116.1 50 2,427 1,658 1,588
Jul-97 101.6 2,566 109.3 48 4,512 1,675 1,707
Aug-97 102.7 3,105 114.1 46 2,617 1,718 1,647
Sep-97 103.3 2,345 116.4 50 2,300 1,607 1,670
Oct-97 103.3 2,496 115.5 50 2,774 1,692 1,762
Nov-97 103.2 2,338 110.6 50 2,151 1,609 1,656
Dec-97 104.6 2,815 119.4 55 2,438 2,025 1,720
Jan-98 102.8 1,940 111.2 51 3,039 1,466 1,730
Feb-98 104.1 2,332 116.9 52 2,392 1,530 1,769
Mar-98 104.4 2,954 119.9 51 2,181 1,618 1,627
Apr-98 105.0 2,686 119.9 51 2,002 1,782 1,819
May-98 105.5 3,678 118.7 53 1,949 1,804 1,718
Jun-98 105.2 3,475 120.2 55 2,809 1,775 1,722
Jul-98 104.4 3,738 117.3 50 3,429 1,733 1,777
Aug-98 104.9 3,213 119.8 51 2,298 1,747 1,682
Sep-98 104.9 3,806 105.0 49 1,926 1,744 1,824
Oct-98 104.4 3,071 102.2 49 2,064 1,755 1,841
Nov-98 104.7 2,938 110.0 52 2,284 1,658 1,714
Dec-98 105.1 3,453 105.1 53 2,307 2,104 1,795
Jan-99 105.1 2,722 107.8 57 3,022 1,573 1,872
Feb-99 106.0 2,447 116.7 54 2,029 1,636 1,918
Mar-99 106.3 3,953 120.2 50 2,091 1,803 1,842
Apr-99 106.3 3,450 113.0 52 1,917 1,842 1,910
May-99 106.1 3,131 115.0 53 1,889 1,829 1,766
Jun-99 105.6 3,136 123.2 49 2,705 1,834 1,803
Jul-99 106.2 3,470 113.1 52 2,295 1,830 1,905
Aug-99 105.9 3,235 118.4 48 2,147 1,857 1,813
Sep-99 106.1 2,737 113.4 48 1,779 1,874 1,977
Oct-99 106.4 3,586 113.4 49 1,997 1,827 1,931
Nov-99 106.1 2,688 117.1 48 1,915 1,811 1,892
Dec-99 107.0 3,463 118.2 51 2,193 2,304 1,990
Jan-00 108.5 2,895 126.7 58 2,072 1,702 2,048
Feb-00 108.0 2,709 119.6 57 2,142 1,784 2,110
Mar-00 108.0 3,614 114.1 55 1,758 1,936 1,984
Apr-00 108.0 3,132 117.5 50 1,544 2,041 2,124
May-00 108.7 3,096 124.9 55 1,699 2,102 2,030
Jun-00 107.8 3,570 116.3 52 1,900 2,028 1,998
Jul-00 107.7 3,840 119.1 47 1,782 1,918 2,003
Aug-00 107.5 3,245 124.9 45 1,936 2,060 2,023
Sep-00 108.3 2,312 122.1 48 1,273 2,037 2,164
Oct-00 107.6 3,377 115.2 45 1,671 1,990 2,119
Nov-00 107.5 3,283 110.9 44 1,526 2,062 2,163
Dec-00 107.7 2,843 120.7 44 1,767 2,508 2,166
Jan-01 106.2 2,772 94.0 49 2,282 1,753 2,106
Feb-01 106.3 3,680 80.9 44 1,709 1,955 2,301
Mar-01 106.7 3,461 96.5 40 1,313 2,041 2,094
Apr-01 105.5 3,033 86.6 37 1,507 2,038 2,125
May-01 105.6 2,918 96.5 36 1,809 2,194 2,134
Jun-01 106.1 3,917 97.1 35 1,590 2,076 2,060
Jul-01 104.9 2,718 94.2 33 1,922