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To: Road Walker who wrote (352706)	9/28/2007 3:11:24 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1574908

economagic.com Message 23879365 Now that isn't the really raw data, but its as good of data as you are likely to get. If I did have access to the really raw data it would be enormous. Far to large to post on SI, or for a normal web page that I could link to. At least I'm backing up my points with real data. What is being measured? Real dollars of value added by industrial production. The data in the above link is from an offical government index. The data I gave you before was from the UN. Some more data from the CIA fact book. Not as useful because its just one year, but it is another source. Industrial production growth rate US 4.2% (2006 est.) cia.gov Here is another source for the industrial production index data (same data, so its not independent confirmation, but you might like the St. Louis Fed better as a source than economagic, also it goes back further, also the fed compiles the data so its a more directly link to the source) research.stlouisfed.org Here's a definition Industrial production -- The Federal Reserve Board calculates this index by compiling indices of physical output from a variety of agencies and trade groups, weighting each index by the Census' value added, and adding it to the cost of materials. When physical measures are not available, the Federal Reserve Board uses the number of production workers or amount of electricity consumed as the basis for the index. To convert industrial production into dollars, multiply by the "real value added" estimate used by the Federal Reserve Board. teachmefinance.com