In February, 705,000 jobs were added to payrolls, the biggest one-month increase since 1983.

But analysts said a one-month increase from automobile orders belied weakness in the industrial sector.

Demand for military equipment was up 88.6 percent in June, to $15.28 billion, the biggest one-month increase since a 123.2 percent jump in December 1982.

A one-month increase of less than two-tenths of one percentage point is not considered statistically significant.

That was the fastest one-month increase in the index in almost 16 years.

The January inventory rise was the largest one-month increase since a 1.7 percent rise in July 1979.

The weighted average one-month increase in the stock price after he received each grant was 12.6 percent.

The weighted average one-month increase in the shares after each grant to Mr. Sumner was 22.9 percent.

The surge in producer prices was more than twice as large as had been expected and was the biggest one-month increase in three years.

So when comparing last month with September 1987, he said, apparel prices are not as high as the one-month increase suggests.