While welcome, the measures fall far short of meeting the air traffic crisis.

But the measure falls short of what is needed.

That was the main reason the entire measure fell short of the $500 billion goal.

Not since July 1977 has the measure fallen that low.

But even an adjusted measure, based on better budget studies, would fall short.

A measure of production growth fell for the second consecutive month, to its lowest level in more than six and a half years.

But a measure of responsibility also falls on American officials.

Statistical measures of group size roughly fall into two categories.

Analysts said it was only the third time since 1947 that all three measures fell in a single month.

The third and largest measure, M-3, fell by $2.4 billion.