1.   The index measures Chicago-area activity only, but that accounts for a significant part of the state economy.

2.   What the index will then be measuring is the proportion in which the speakers mix Patois and English.

3.   And yet, because the index measures dollars, not units, analysts must factor in declining prices.

4.   Additionally, Conference Board indexes measuring plans to buy homes over the next six months declined in November, while an index of plans to buy automobiles was unchanged.

5.   In addition to orders, the index measures production, inventories, delivery times and employment by surveying purchasing managers across the United States.

6.   Other indexes have measured similar or larger declines.

7.   That index measures trends in the cost of benefits as well as wages.

8.   The Bureau of Labor Statistics acknowledges the current index does not measure changes in the cost of living.

9.   The Finex index measures four Latin American bonds backed by U.S. bonds.

10.   The index measured consumer sentiment through Monday.