a measurable economic factor, for example, corporate profits or unemployment, that changes after the economy has already moved to a new trend, which it can confirm but not predict
Michael Stokes submits: [This week I’m focusing on the TED spread and what it can tell us about the stock market. If you're not familiar with the TED spread, you can read more about it here.] In this report, I’ll look at the TED spread as a lagging indicator (or...
The worst thing an indicator can do is not to be consistently wrong but to have no edge whatsoever. This is because if it is consistently wrong or almost always wrong, then it can be used as a contrarian indicator. Jim Cramer would be a good example. If on the...
The monetary base as an indicator of policySome analysts use growth in the monetary base as an indicator of monetary policy and a guide to future economic activity and prices. This Fed Letter examines this practice, arguing that its validity depends on the Federal Reserve's operating procedure and the structure...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-27 April 2001-UK broadband lagging behind, according to OECD C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com According to research carried out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the UK is lagging behind other industrialised nations when it comes to broadband penetration. The survey puts the UK...
RENO, Nev.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 6, 1998--On Aug. 5, 1998, at 1:07 p.m. EST, Kostech Corp. announced that its proprietary market indicator was calling for an upward correction. Less than two hours later, the market jumped more than 200 points and has continued to accelerate skywards. ...
BEAVERTON, Ore. NYT -- It has been a long time since Nike has been at the top of its game. Now, the company hopes that it has found a way to stimulate the lagging sales of its athletic shoes, and part of the answer, surprisingly, comes from inside the guts...
BEAVERTON, Ore. NYT -- It has been a long time since Nike has been at the top of its game. Now, the company hopes that it has found a way to stimulate the lagging sales of its athletic shoes, and part of the answer, surprisingly, comes from inside the guts...
While there is a consensus that political instability in the Philippines has adversely affected the country's economy not all of what is happening in this important Southeast Asian economy can be attributed to political events. A look at the graph above shows the country's Leading Economic Indicator LEI...
SYDNEY, Nov 19 Asia Pulse - Despite a 0.1 per cent rise in the Merrill Lynch leading indicator of Australian economic growth to 4.8 per cent in September, it was expected to resume its down trend in the future. The indicator leads Australian GDP growth by around nine...
WASHINGTON -- Raising a caution flag and suggesting that the bull market in housing may be losing some steam, housing sales turned broadly weaker during November, with both sales of existing and new homes heading lower. But housing starts, which tend...
NAR will launch a new leading indicator February 22 at 10:00 a.m. EST for the commercial real estate market: the Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity. The index, to be published quarterly, is designed to provide early signals of turning points between expansions and slowdowns in commercial real estate markets.
All passengers and crew members were evacuated from a United Airlines plane after a fire indicator light in the cockpit forced pilots to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from O'Hare International airport Friday, airport officials said. No one was injured in the...
PARIS AFP ? The OECD published a leading indicator for economic activity in industrialised countries showing a slight improvement overall but signalling weakness in some of the biggest economies. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said its composite leading indicator edged higher to 103.8 points in June from...
This paper describes the process for developing the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity LIRA, designed to estimate quarterly current and future home improvement expenditures by homeowners. The indicator, measured as an annual rate-of-change of its components, provides a short-term outlook of remodeling activity, with a horizon of three quarters. Like...
In his September 9th column, New York Post economics writer John Crudele addresses a puzzling economic anomaly--the ongoing "jobless recovery." Job losses continue, despite a resurgent stock market and reports of robust growth in the Gross Domestic Product. According to Bush administration shills like Rush Limbaugh, job growth is always...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics, a leading company for TFT-LCD technology, will introduce a new "section display" for mobile phones this fall. This display is divided into an indicator window and a main window and the low-power consumption quality of the new technology corrects the existing imperfections of external...
New York--Shareholders currently representing more than 35 percent of the stock in Digital Equipment Corp.--and a growing list of concerned observers--will be meeting in New York next month to discuss the company's lagging share price and issues affecting its performance.
By Matthew Lubanko, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 31--Stock market mavens might have one less number to kick around Sunday after the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers clash in the National Football League championship game. ...
It's a line employees and union leaders have touted for years: Happy employees make for more profitable companies. Now there seems to be more data to back it up. Watson Wyatt Worldwide, the benefits consulting firm, says it has evidence to support the idea that improvements in human-capital practices (in...
One of the most important things one will learn when trading the currency market is that the world is interconnected. The stock, bond, commodity and currency markets all have a hand in each other's business. There is no rule written in stone about which market has a leading or lagging...
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