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

DATE: TUESDAY, December 14, 1993                   TAG: 9312140024
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-6   EDITION: METRO 
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

The consumer price index stood at 145.8 points in November, up marginally from 145.7 in October, the federal Commerce Department reported last week. The index was 142 in November 1992, so goods costing $142 then sold for $145.8 last month.

Also, building permits issued in the Roanoke Valley last month were for construction valued at $21,894,780, up sharply from $7.3 million in October and $10.3 million a year ago.

Of the November total, however, $11.2 million was obtained in Salem for expansion of the Yokohama Tire Co. plant.

by CNB