Index of hourly compensation costs for
production workers in manufacturing, 
trade-weighted average for 28 foreign 
economies, 1975-97 (U.S.=100)

1975	60
1976	61
1977	61
1978	65
1979	66
1980	67
1981	62
1982	57
1983	56
1984	54
1985	52
1986	61
1987	70
1988	77
1989	77
1990	83
1991	86
1992	88
1993	87
1994	89
1995	95
1996	91
1997	84