51.   But it reserves the right to include any other economic indicators that seem appropriate.

52.   But technology companies are not reliable economic indicators, coming from an industry that, for the last couple of years, has been exceedingly strong.

53.   But stock prices and some economic indicators have since rebounded, making it less urgent for the bank to ease policy.

54.   But other recent economic indicators, like new home sales and orders for factory equipment, have suggested a slowing of economic growth.

55.   But the tight-money policies and fiscal discipline that he imposed after that brought the broad economic indicators back to healthy growth in two years.

56.   But the speed with which the political winds have shifted suggests that more than economic indicators and political gifts are at work.

57.   But while economic indicators continue to be strong, polls show that middle-class workers are anxious about their job security.

58.   But, as FleetBoston Financial chief economist Wayne Ayers noted, the Fed has consistently strived to base its decisons on core economic indicators and not market activity.

59.   By Robert D. Hershey Jr. WITH GRAPHIC showing economic indicators.

60.   By farming out the monthly report to an organization outside of government, the Commerce Department intends to save money while focusing its efforts on other economic indicators.