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Business Definition for: Lagging Indicator

  • 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

Additional Resources

TED Spread: A Lagging Stock Market Indicator
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...
Tags: Stock, Stock Market, Seeking Alpha, Michael Stokes, Investment, Finance, US Market
External links 2008-11-06
Citigroup's Panic/Euphoria Model: A Useless Sentiment Indicator
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...
Tags: Indicator, Citigroup Inc., Seeking Alpha, Babak, F.C.C. Co. Ltd., TNK-BP, British Petroleum Co plc, BG Group plc, US Market
External links 2008-11-06
monetary base as an indicator of policy, 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...
Tags: deposit, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, reserve
Research articles 1995-12-01
UK broadband lagging behind, according to OECD - Industry Trend or Event - Brief Article
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...
Tags: broadband, industry, NETWORKING, OECD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.K.
Research articles 2001-04-27
Success! Kostech Corp.'s MOJBB Market Indicator Correctly Called Market Bottom
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. ...
Tags: Business Wire, E-mail, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, PRODUCTIVITY
Research articles 1998-08-07
Nike hopes new line of shoes will boost lagging sales
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...
Tags: Nike Inc., sales
Research articles 2000-11-13
Nike hopes new line of shoes will boost lagging sales
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...
Tags: Nike Inc., sales
Research articles 2000-10-13
Philippines lagging behind the Asian recovery
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...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, MARKETING, Philippines, president, recovery, survey
Research articles 2006-02-01
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH INDICATOR UP 0.1% TO 4.8% IN SEPT.
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...
Tags: FINANCE, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2002-11-19
Housing market may be fading.(Business Today)
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...
Tags: SALES, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2004-01-12
National Association of Realtors® Announces Launch of Commercial Real Estate Leading Indicator
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.
Tags: commercial real estate, National Association of Realtors
Research articles 2006-02-16
Cockpit fire indicator forces airliner to land, evacuate at O'Hare.(News)
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...
Tags: bond, FINANCE, Investment, United Airlines
Research articles 2000-04-29
OECD economic indicator improves slightly in June
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...
Tags: OECD
Research articles 2004-08-06
Developing A Leading Indicator For The Remodeling Industry
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...
Tags: Home Improvement, Industry, Harvard University, Indicator
White papers 2007-04-01
Redefining productivity, Soviet-style
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...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment, job, recovery, stock
Research articles 2003-10-06
Samsung Brightens Cellular Viewing with Introduction of an ''Always On'' Indicator Display
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...
Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Research articles 2005-06-29
'Concerned' DEC shareholders set meeting - lagging share price at issue - Company Financial Information
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.
Tags: Digital Equipment Corp., financial, shareholder
Research articles 1997-05-26
Stock Pickers Lack A Favorite in Super Bowl, with 'Indicator' Being Benched.
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. ...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, NFL, stock, team
Research articles 2004-01-31
It's the People, Stupid
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...
Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Financial, Financial Performance, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2002-01-01
Mergers and Acquisitions - Another Tool for Traders
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...
Tags: Finance, Investment, Tool, Currency, Investopedia, Bond, Merger, Trader, Acquisition
White papers 2005-10-12
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