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Business Definition for: Leading Economic Indicator

  • an economic variable, such as private-sector wages, that tends to show the direction of future economic activity

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Society for Human Resource Management, Rutgers to create new economic indicator
The Society for Human Resource Management and Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations will collaborate to create the Leading Indicator of National Employment, a new economic indicator to be released on the fourth Tuesday of each month. HR professThe Society for Human Resource Management and Rutgers School of Management...
Tags: Society for Human Resource Management
Research articles 2004-09-07
Transport: The 11th Leading Economic Indicator is Negative
Steven Hansen submits: "An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's."  - Will Rogers  Economists use the ten components of the Leading Economic Index to predict and confirm whether we are headed for a recession. To confirm that we have been in one...
Tags: Transport
External links 2008-09-01
Why the slowdown matters.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OCED releases its latest indices of leading indicators today. Stifle your yawns. This matters. There's a close correlation between changes in the OECD's leading indicator of world activity The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OCED releases...
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Research articles 2005-02-11
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
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
Warmer spirits; Holiday shindigs grow, but companies still aren't partying like it's 1999.(catering companies)
Byline: Brent Snavely There is at least one leading economic indicator in metro Detroit showing signs of improvement: Some companies are inviting more people to their customer-appreciation parties and are springing for a higher-priced menu than la Byline: Brent Snavely ...
Tags: company, Forte Software, sales
Research articles 2004-12-13
California PR Firms Offer Indications of Economic Revival. (Originated from The Orange County Register, Calif.)
Mar. 22--"Maybe we ought to start an economic indicator of public- relations contracts signed," joked Laer Pearce, owner of an Irvine communications company of the same name. Mar. 22--"Maybe we ought to start an economic indicator of public- relations contracts signed," joked Laer Pearce, owner of...
Tags: Orange PCS
Research articles 1994-03-21
SHRM, Rutgers to produce National Employment Indicator.(Inside SHRM)(Society for Human Resource Management)(Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE))(Brief Article)
The Society for Human Resource Management SHRM and the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations have joined forces to create the Leading Indicator of National Employment LINE, a monthly employment indicator. LINE is planned for release th The Society for Human Resource Management SHRM and...
Tags: Society for Human Resource Management
Research articles 2004-10-01
Key National Indicator Systems: An Opportunity to Assess National Progress, Improve Performance and Strengthen Accountability
Significant efforts are under way around the world to develop comprehensive key indicator systems for communities, cities, states and nations. Last fall, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD invited more than 500 experts from 4Significant efforts are under way around the world to develop comprehensive key indicator systems...
Tags: accountability, OECD, performance
Research articles 2005-07-01
iRise Views House Resolution on Modeling & Simulation as Leading Indicator of Market Opportunity
Recognition as "National Critical Technology" Points to Potential Global Economic Impact of Simulation Solutions
Tags: modeling
Research articles 2007-11-19
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
MERRILL LYNCH INDICATOR EXPECTS STRONG AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH.
SYDNEY, May 20 Asia Pulse - A business cycle profile indicator by global funds manager Merrill Lynch suggests Australian economic growth will remain strong over 2002 and that interest rates are expected to increase rapidly. SYDNEY, May 20 Asia Pulse - A business cycle...
Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2002-05-20
Property Futures: Volume 2-2002 - World Winning Cities
This study focuses on hotel properties and describes how they influence the success of a city. Winning Cities is a research program aimed at defining the essence of competitiveness in cities of the future and using this analysis to pick winning locations ahead of the curve for property market players....
Tags: Human Resources, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Property
White papers 2002-11-21
The Ratio of International Reserves to Short-Term External Debt as an Indicator of External Vulnerability: Some Lessons From the Experience of Mexico and Other Emerging Economies
This paper has four objectives: First, to provide evidence on the usefulness of the International Reserves and Short-Term External Debt (IR/STED) indicator in predicting economic crises; second, to deepen the analysis of the limitations faced when using this ratio, taking into account both the ideal characteristics its components should display...
Tags: Vulnerability, Ratio, Productivity
White papers 2003-03-17
Signs of economic turnaround, restocking ignite chemical stocks: DuPont, Georgia Gulf, Robin and Haas, Praxair and Air Products hit new 52-week highs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
EVIDENCE OF A US industrial recovery from a key economic indicator after 18 consecutive months of decline has lit a fire under chemical stocks, propelling many to new 52-week highs. The sector has enjoyed a robust rally from its bottom in late Sept EVIDENCE...
Tags: DuPont Co., recovery, stock
Research articles 2002-03-11
AISTRALIAN ECONOMY RECOVERING FROM LOW IN DEC, MAR QTRS.
SYDNEY, May 21 Asia Pulse - Australia's economy appeared to reach its low point in the December and March quarters and was now recovering, according to an economic indicator out today. SYDNEY, May 21 Asia Pulse - Australia's economy appeared to reach its low...
Tags: Digital Equipment Corp.
Research articles 2003-05-21
AUSTRALIA'S GROWTH SET TO SLOW IN 2003: MERRILL LYNCH.
SYDNEY, June 18 Asia Pulse - Australia's economic growth is likely to slow next year, according to the latest Merrill Lynch Indicator. SYDNEY, June 18 Asia Pulse - Australia's economic growth is likely to slow next year, according to the latest Merrill Lynch Indicator.
Tags: Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2002-06-18
The dollar vs. the Nasdaq: A trick to click.(Brief Article)
One trick to finding buy and sell signals on the U.S. dollar is to find a correlated indicator of the country's economic condition. Here, we will examine recent correlations between the Nasdaq and the dollar, as the two have tracked -- and at times d One...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., U.S. Dollar
Research articles 2001-05-01
Fall Forecast: Some Sun Ahead.(mailing list sales up)(Brief Article)
Byline: Paul Miller Just as some observers estimate spring's arrival by whether the groundhog sees his shadow on Feb. 2, many in the catalog industry view list rental activity as an early economic indicator. If this spring's rental activity i ...
Tags: mailing list, sales, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2002-06-01
Indicator Models of Core Inflation for Canada
This paper tests a wide range of observable variables for their leading-indicator properties with respect to core inflation, including: commodity prices, cost indicators, measures of capacity pressures in labour and product markets, and components of the consumer price index CPI itself. The results show that several indicator models generate lower...
Tags: Currency & Foreign Exchange, Inflation, Finance, Consumer Price Index, Bank Of Canada
White papers 1999-09-01
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