Figure 6 Comparison of Monthly Transportation Index with Annual BEA and BLS Outputs,,,, ,Transportation Output Index,BLS Experimental Series,BLS Real Output,BEA Real Output Jan-80,66.6,65.5,, Feb-80,65.3,65.1,, Mar-80,64.6,64.8,, Apr-80,63.3,64.4,, May-80,62.7,64.1,, Jun-80,62.0,63.7,, Jul-80,61.5,63.4,, Aug-80,61.6,63.0,, Sep-80,62.1,62.7,, Oct-80,62.7,62.3,, Nov-80,62.9,62.0,, Dec-80,63.8,61.7,, Jan-81,63.8,61.5,, Feb-81,64.1,61.3,, Mar-81,63.7,61.2,, Apr-81,63.4,61.0,, May-81,63.1,60.8,, Jun-81,62.5,60.7,, Jul-81,62.6,60.5,, Aug-81,61.5,60.3,, Sep-81,61.4,60.2,, Oct-81,61.0,60.0,, Nov-81,60.6,59.9,, Dec-81,60.1,59.7,, Jan-82,59.2,59.5,, Feb-82,59.2,59.3,, Mar-82,58.8,59.2,, Apr-82,58.4,59.0,, May-82,57.8,58.8,, Jun-82,57.6,58.6,, Jul-82,57.3,58.5,, Aug-82,57.0,58.3,, Sep-82,56.7,58.1,, Oct-82,56.4,57.9,, Nov-82,56.5,57.7,, Dec-82,56.6,57.6,, Jan-83,57.1,57.8,, Feb-83,57.5,58.1,, Mar-83,58.2,58.4,, Apr-83,58.7,58.7,, May-83,59.1,59.0,, Jun-83,59.9,59.3,, Jul-83,60.2,59.6,, Aug-83,60.4,59.8,, Sep-83,60.9,60.1,, Oct-83,61.3,60.4,, Nov-83,61.9,60.7,, Dec-83,62.2,61.0,, Jan-84,63.0,61.3,, Feb-84,63.6,61.6,, Mar-84,64.1,61.9,, Apr-84,64.4,62.2,, May-84,64.9,62.6,, Jun-84,65.2,62.9,, Jul-84,64.7,63.2,, Aug-84,65.1,63.5,, Sep-84,64.2,63.8,, Oct-84,64.2,64.2,, Nov-84,63.9,64.5,, Dec-84,63.8,64.8,, Jan-85,63.9,64.9,, Feb-85,63.1,64.9,, Mar-85,63.5,65.0,, Apr-85,63.6,65.1,, May-85,63.8,65.1,, Jun-85,63.1,65.2,, Jul-85,63.1,65.2,, Aug-85,63.8,65.3,, Sep-85,63.7,65.4,, Oct-85,63.8,65.4,, Nov-85,63.8,65.5,, Dec-85,64.9,65.6,, Jan-86,65.2,65.8,, Feb-86,65.4,66.0,, Mar-86,65.8,66.3,, Apr-86,66.5,66.5,, May-86,67.0,66.7,, Jun-86,66.5,67.0,, Jul-86,67.6,67.2,, Aug-86,67.7,67.4,, Sep-86,68.3,67.7,, Oct-86,68.5,67.9,, Nov-86,68.9,68.1,, Dec-86,69.9,68.4,, Jan-87,69.5,68.7,, Feb-87,70.6,69.0,, Mar-87,70.7,69.4,, Apr-87,71.3,69.7,, May-87,71.4,70.0,, Jun-87,71.8,70.4,, Jul-87,73.3,70.7,, Aug-87,72.5,71.0,, Sep-87,73.9,71.4,, Oct-87,74.2,71.7,, Nov-87,75.1,72.0,, Dec-87,75.7,72.4,74.1, Jan-88,75.4,72.7,74.3, Feb-88,76.8,72.9,74.5, Mar-88,76.3,73.2,74.7, Apr-88,76.8,73.5,74.9, May-88,76.5,73.8,75.1, Jun-88,76.8,74.0,75.3, Jul-88,77.0,74.3,75.5, Aug-88,77.0,74.6,75.7, Sep-88,77.4,74.9,75.9, Oct-88,76.9,75.1,76.1, Nov-88,77.3,75.4,76.3, Dec-88,77.3,75.7,76.5, Jan-89,77.4,75.8,76.6, Feb-89,76.6,75.9,76.7, Mar-89,76.4,76.1,76.9, Apr-89,76.4,76.2,77.0, May-89,76.3,76.3,77.1, Jun-89,76.4,76.4,77.2, Jul-89,75.6,76.5,77.4, Aug-89,76.4,76.7,77.5, Sep-89,76.6,76.8,77.6, Oct-89,77.0,76.9,77.8, Nov-89,77.3,77.0,77.9, Dec-89,77.3,77.1,78.0, Jan-90,78.1,77.4,78.2, Feb-90,78.0,77.7,78.4, Mar-90,78.6,78.0,78.6, Apr-90,78.4,78.3,78.8, May-90,78.9,78.5,79.0, Jun-90,79.3,78.8,79.2, Jul-90,79.0,79.1,79.3, Aug-90,79.9,79.4,79.5, Sep-90,79.2,79.6,79.7, Oct-90,79.1,79.9,79.9, Nov-90,78.6,80.2,80.1, Dec-90,78.1,80.5,80.3, Jan-91,77.9,80.4,80.3,79.4 Feb-91,76.8,80.4,80.3,79.4 Mar-91,76.7,80.4,80.3,79.4 Apr-91,77.4,80.4,80.4,79.4 May-91,78.3,80.4,80.4,79.4 Jun-91,78.3,80.3,80.4,79.4 Jul-91,79.4,80.3,80.4,79.4 Aug-91,80.3,80.3,80.5,79.4 Sep-91,81.5,80.3,80.5,79.5 Oct-91,82.0,80.3,80.5,79.5 Nov-91,81.4,80.2,80.5,79.5 Dec-91,81.9,80.2,80.6,79.5 Jan-92,82.0,80.6,80.9,79.8 Feb-92,82.9,81.0,81.3,80.1 Mar-92,82.6,81.4,81.7,80.4 Apr-92,82.8,81.9,82.1,80.8 May-92,83.6,82.3,82.5,81.1 Jun-92,84.3,82.7,82.9,81.4 Jul-92,85.3,83.1,83.3,81.7 Aug-92,84.6,83.5,83.7,82.1 Sep-92,85.3,83.9,84.1,82.4 Oct-92,85.3,84.3,84.5,82.7 Nov-92,85.5,84.7,84.9,83.0 Dec-92,85.6,85.2,85.3,83.3 Jan-93,85.1,85.4,85.5,83.6 Feb-93,85.3,85.7,85.7,83.8 Mar-93,85.1,85.9,85.9,84.0 Apr-93,85.8,86.2,86.1,84.2 May-93,85.6,86.5,86.3,84.4 Jun-93,86.3,86.7,86.5,84.6 Jul-93,86.9,87.0,86.7,84.8 Aug-93,86.9,87.3,86.9,85.0 Sep-93,87.5,87.5,87.1,85.3 Oct-93,88.6,87.8,87.3,85.5 Nov-93,88.5,88.0,87.6,85.7 Dec-93,88.6,88.3,87.8,85.9 Jan-94,88.6,88.7,88.2,86.4 Feb-94,89.3,89.2,88.7,86.8 Mar-94,90.5,89.6,89.2,87.3 Apr-94,89.2,90.1,89.7,87.7 May-94,90.7,90.5,90.1,88.2 Jun-94,91.7,90.9,90.6,88.7 Jul-94,93.3,91.4,91.1,89.1 Aug-94,94.8,91.8,91.6,89.6 Sep-94,95.8,92.3,92.1,90.1 Oct-94,97.7,92.7,92.5,90.5 Nov-94,98.3,93.1,93.0,91.0 Dec-94,99.9,93.6,93.5,91.4 Jan-95,100.1,93.8,93.7,91.8 Feb-95,99.3,94.0,93.9,92.1 Mar-95,99.3,94.2,94.1,92.4 Apr-95,98.6,94.4,94.2,92.7 May-95,98.9,94.6,94.4,93.0 Jun-95,98.1,94.8,94.6,93.3 Jul-95,96.8,95.0,94.8,93.6 Aug-95,97.7,95.2,95.0,93.9 Sep-95,97.6,95.4,95.2,94.3 Oct-95,98.0,95.6,95.4,94.6 Nov-95,97.8,95.8,95.6,94.9 Dec-95,97.7,96.1,95.7,95.2 Jan-96,98.4,96.4,96.1,95.6 Feb-96,98.7,96.8,96.5,96.0 Mar-96,98.7,97.1,96.9,96.5 Apr-96,98.7,97.5,97.3,96.9 May-96,99.7,97.8,97.6,97.3 Jun-96,99.5,98.2,98.0,97.7 Jul-96,100.2,98.5,98.4,98.2 Aug-96,100.4,98.9,98.8,98.6 Sep-96,100.8,99.2,99.2,99.0 Oct-96,101.9,99.6,99.5,99.4 Nov-96,101.5,100.0,99.9,99.9 Dec-96,102.7,100.3,100.3,100.3 Jan-97,103.3,100.6,100.6,100.6 Feb-97,103.8,100.8,100.9,101.0 Mar-97,103.7,101.1,101.2,101.4 Apr-97,104.4,101.3,101.5,101.7 May-97,105.7,101.6,101.8,102.1 Jun-97,105.3,101.8,102.1,102.5 Jul-97,106.3,102.0,102.4,102.8 Aug-97,106.6,102.3,102.7,103.2 Sep-97,108.2,102.5,103.0,103.6 Oct-97,108.8,102.8,103.2,103.9 Nov-97,108.5,103.0,103.5,104.3 Dec-97,110.2,103.3,103.8,104.7 Jan-98,110.4,103.6,104.0,105.1 Feb-98,111.5,103.9,104.2,105.5 Mar-98,111.3,104.2,104.3,105.9 Apr-98,111.5,104.5,104.5,106.3 May-98,112.3,104.8,104.7,106.7 Jun-98,112.3,105.1,104.8,107.1 Jul-98,112.9,105.4,105.0,107.5 Aug-98,112.1,105.7,105.2,107.9 Sep-98,112.4,106.0,105.3,108.3 Oct-98,113.5,106.3,105.5,108.7 Nov-98,113.8,106.6,105.7,109.1 Dec-98,114.0,107.0,105.8,109.5 Jan-99,113.9,107.0,106.2,109.9 Feb-99,115.1,107.1,106.5,110.2 Mar-99,116.3,107.1,106.9,110.6 Apr-99,115.9,107.2,107.3,110.9 May-99,115.8,107.2,107.6,111.3 Jun-99,116.9,107.3,108.0,111.6 Jul-99,117.7,107.3,108.4,112.0 Aug-99,117.6,107.4,108.7,112.3 Sep-99,118.2,107.5,109.1,112.7 Oct-99,119.0,107.5,109.5,113.0 Nov-99,119.2,107.6,109.8,113.4 Dec-99,119.1,107.6,110.2,113.7 Jan-00,119.0,107.9,110.5,114.0 Feb-00,119.2,108.1,110.7,114.4 Mar-00,118.8,108.4,111.0,114.7 Apr-00,116.8,108.6,111.2,115.0 May-00,117.8,108.8,111.5,115.3 Jun-00,117.8,109.1,111.8,115.6 Jul-00,116.1,109.3,112.0,115.9 Aug-00,117.2,109.6,112.3,116.2 Sep-00,115.8,109.8,112.6,116.5 Oct-00,117.3,110.0,112.8,116.8 Nov-00,116.4,110.3,113.1,117.1 Dec-00,115.7,110.5,113.3,117.4