Thus the average gauge factor of the piezoresistors is calculated as 69.3.
Yesterday, the Dow industrial average, a gauge of 30 big blue-chip stocks, rose 102.59 points, or 1.04percentto to 9,965.27, its highest close since May 28 , 2002
However, the four-week moving average, a better gauge of underlying labor trends, hit the lowest level since September 2008, the Labor Department said.
That was enough to pull down a four-week moving average of new claims, a gauge of the trend in layoffs, by 2,250 to 350,500, its lowest since March 2008.
Average hourly earnings, a key gauge of inflation pressures, rose a slightly higher-than-expected 0.4percentto to $13.50, in January, the fastest pace since September.
The industry's average return on assets, a gauge of profitability, was 1.27percentt in the first quarter, up from 1.16percentt in the fourth quarter of 2000 but down from 1.34percentt a year earlier.
The four-week moving average, seen as a better gauge of labor conditions because it irons out weekly fluctuations, rose to 408,750 from 400,000, and is also now the highest since December.
But it is undoubtedly true that the average golfer is an exceedingly poor gauge of what really ails his or her performance.
But the four-week moving average for new claims, considered to be a better gauge of underlying trends, fell to the lowest level since late January.
In early trading on Wednesday, the Nikkei 225 stock average in Japan was up 3.3percentt, led by a gauge of financial stocks.
