
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 16, 1993                   TAG: 9311300345
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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ROANOKE VALLEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS

The consumer price index, the nation's key measure of inflation, stood at 145.7 points in October, up 2.8 percent since the start of the year.

The index was up 0.4 percent from September's 145.1, primarily because of a 4.3-cent-per gallon rise in the tax on motor vehicle fuels.

The index means that goods and services costing $141.80 in October 1992 carried a price tag of $145.70 last month.

Also, the number of building permits issued in the Roanoke Valley was off from September but improved marginally over the past year. October saw 392 permits, down 7.7 percent from 425 the prior month. That was down 1.3 percent from 387 in October 1992.

by CNB