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CANADA - Canadian Fluid
Power Association 
The
Statistics Canada website provides data pertaining to fluid power user markets.
This data provides good
indications of trends in various Canadian industries.
http://www.statcan.ca/start.html
JAPAN -
Japan Fluid
Power Association 
Association
and Industry Profiles compiled by the Japan Fluid Power Association, this
file includes information on the size and leadership of international
associations and the size of fluid power industries they serve.
UNITED STATES - National Fluid
Power Association 
The U.S. Federal Reserve is the central banking institution for
the United States, and is one of the best sources for U.S. economic
information. The St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve publishes
national Economic Trends at the following link:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/net/
Another important report from the U.S. Federal Reserve is the monthly G17
series, which includes indexes of production and capacity utilization for
various industries, many of which represent customer markets for fluid power.
The following link will take you to the monthly reports and historical data that
can be used for analysis of trends.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/
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