A composite of 11 economic measurements developed to help forecast likely changes in the economy as a whole. It is compiled by the Conference Board. The components are: average work week, unemployment claims, orders for consumer goods, slower deliveries, plant and equipment orders, building permits, durable-order backlog, materials prices, stock prices, M2 money supply and consumer expectations.
Reported by the Conference Board, as a composite of economic measurements to help forecast likely changes in the economy as a whole.
A composite of 11 economic measurements that tend to change in the economy as a whole. Leading indicators are believed to predict changes in the economy. The components are: average work week, unemployment claims, orders for consumer goods, slower deliveries, plant and equipment orders; building permits, durable order backlog, materials prices, stock prices, M2 money supply and consumer expectations.
Economic statistics, such as housing starts, stock prices, and consumer expectations, that foreshadow future changes in economic activity.
Measures of economic performance that tend to move ahead of GDP, thus indicating how the economy will perform in the months ahead. Examples include stock prices, the money supply and new business start-ups. (See also Economic forecasting.)
See "Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators" above.
An index that combines 11 economic statistics to predict economic activity for a period of six to nine month in advance.
a series of indicators which tend to rise or fall in advance of the economy
This index is a composite of 11 statistics designed to foretell economic activity 6 to 9 months hence, (i.e. building permits, new orders for consumer goods and materials, the average workweek, index of consumer expectations).
A group of economic activity reports that tend to foretell an upswing in general economic activity.
Economic series that tend to rise or fall in advance of the rest of the economy.
A composite of 11 statistics used to predict future economic activity, (i.e. index of consumer expectations, building permits, new orders for consumer goods and materials, the average work week, ).