A crucial economic indicator, the ratio of steel output, was running at 4.5:1 against Germany.

Capital goods output, a crucial indicator of industrial activity, rose 23.7 percent.

The industrial output figure is the first crucial indicator of economic performance released each month.

Corporate investment, which makes up 15 percent of the economy, is a crucial indicator of how confident companies are in the coming year.

State legislatures are considered a crucial indicator of women's progress in elective office.

The crucial indicator is the extremely strong overall capital position of the industry.

That figure is considered a crucial indicator of retail vitality.

According to company executives, newsstand sales, a crucial indicator of consumer interest, were up 8.2 percent through June, to 84,716 from 78,266.

And newsstand sales, a crucial indicator of consumer interest, have dropped as well, down 15.8 percent in the first six months, compared with last year.

So the direction black voters took today was considered a crucial indicator of the city's political future.