He said it was an increase of 63 percent over the 1988 assessment of $375,000, equivalent to $6,087,000.

But mandating the benefit would have the same economic effect as mandating an equivalent increase in the minimum wage.

While an equivalent increase in wingspan would be more effective than a winglet of the same length, the bending force becomes a greater factor.

A 25-cent transit fare increase at the end of the year and equivalent increases on the commuter railroads would raise $1.6 billion over four years.

There is 6.28% or equivalent to 45,871 increase in the number of voters registered from 729,914 registered voters last 2010.

Housing was up 0.2 percent, mostly because of higher rent and an equivalent increase in the monthly cost of owning a home.

The equivalent increases for diesel fuel would be 5.3 percent in 1995 and 9.6 percent in 2000.

But it has also underlined the absence of any equivalent increase in their political weight.

There has certainly been a sharp increase in weight over the last century, equivalent to a 30-pound gain for a 6-foot man.

For two pensioner households, the equivalent increase was from 46.8% to 48.2%.