EQUIPMENT COSTS RISE MODERATELY

Costs for four of the five equipment items which make up the Nelson-Farrar miscellaneous-equipment cost index rose moderately in the 1991-1992 period. The exception was the heat-exchanger category which dropped steadily from February to December of 1992. This index stood at 772.0 in January 1991, and at 711.4 at the end of December 1992. Greatest increase among the other four components was pumps and compressors, rising from 1153.8 to 1216.4, or 76.4 points. Electric machinery, with a 5.0 rise,

Oct. 18, 1993

This index stood at 772.0 in January 1991, and at 711.4 at the end of December 1992.

Greatest increase among the other four components was pumps and compressors, rising from 1153.8 to 1216.4, or 76.4 points. Electric machinery, with a 5.0 rise, was almost dead even for this time period.

Instruments increased 42.7 points, and engines rose 30.5 points over the 1991-1992 period examined.

The miscellaneous-equipment average was 837.0 in December 1992, and was 817.8 in January 1991, for an index point hike of 19.2.