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| -13 Point on the Consumer Comfort Index, a scale of +100 to -100 that measures consumer confidence in the economy, where 2001 ended. |
| +4 Index average for 2001. |
| +29 Index average for 2000, its best year on record. |
| -44 Average rank of consumer confidence during the 1992 recession. |
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| 103,781 Number of workers reportedly laid off as a direct or indirect result of the Sept. 11 attacks. |
| 31 Number of states reporting extended mass layoff activity related to the Sept. 11 incidents. |
| 42 Percentage of workers laid off because of the terrorist attacks that had been employed in the scheduled transportation industry. |
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| 5,000 Increase in construction jobs for the month of December 2001. |
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| 240 Companies acquired by United Rentals, 1997-2000. |
| 3 Companies acquired by United Rentals, 2001. |
| Sources: a. ABCNews/Money magazine; b. Bureau of Labor Statistics; c. Bloomberg.com; d. United Rentals |
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