Indexes of hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for production 
workers in manufacturing, U.S. and selected countries, 2001


Country			  Index (U.S. = 100)

United States		         100
All 29 foreign economies	  67
Europe				  90
Canada				  77
Mexico				  12
Japan				  96
Asian NIEs			  34
	
	
The Asian NIEs (newly industrializing economies)	
are Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.